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Music
hoo boy....here are a few...in extremely random order:
nina simone | bob marley | jane's addiction | jimi hendrix | janis joplin | modest mouse | built to spill | tv on the radio | la makita soma | my morning jacket | the timeout drawer | rilo kiley | jenny lewis | mew | rogue wave | snow patrol | nick drake | peter gabriel | david bowie | the fixx | the police | van morrison | cat stevens | pixies | red hot chili peppers | the clash | the rolling stones (up to and including tattoo you and that. is. it.) | silversun pickups | neutral milk hotel | soul coughing | sufjan stevens | tartufi | wolf parade | bloc party | joe purdy | brian wright | ben folds | ben kweller | ben lee | talk talk | faith no more | crowded house | the finn brothers | bjork | the sugarcubes | death cab for cutie | tegan and sara | tori amos | radiohead | sinead o'connor | portishead | issac hayes | psychedelic furs | echo and the bunnymen | mates of state | beth orton | cat power | feist | beck | colin hay | jill scott | cyndi lauper | the postal service | queen | david gray | finley quaye | fiona apple | gomez | hefner | neko case | the mountain goats | clap your hands say yeah | man man | men at work | damien rice | elliot smith | human league | kings of leon | iron & wine | ray lamontagne | ben harper | the jacksons | looper | me'shell ndegeocello | mos def | prince | outkast | the pharcyde | aretha franklin | ryan adams | spoon | django reinhardt | miles davis | john coltrane | ella fitzgerald | sarah vaughn | roberta flack | stevie wonder | sam cooke | otis redding | marvin gaye | the temptations | tbc...
Movies
alien | aliens | near dark | subway | women on the verge of a nervous breakdown | garden state | raising arizona | fargo | kiss kiss bang bang | the ice harvest | pride and prejudice | dave chapelle's block party | van wilder | old school | lock, stock, and two smoking barrels | snatch | layer cake | intermission | lucky # slevin | dream with the fishes | serenity | better off dead | one crazy summer | high fidelity | fever pitch (US version) | clerks | clerks 2 | tapeheads | grosse point blank | animal house | fried green tomatoes | breakfast club | sixteen candles | history of violence | explorers | flight of the navigator | stand by me | my life as a dog | i've heard the mermaids singing | blade runner | amelie | the city of lost children | delicatessen | dead alive | the big blue | the terminator | the princess bride | little miss sunshine | the oh in ohio | sherry baby | stranger than fiction | slither | grandma's boy
Television
the office | studio 60 | scrubs | lost | 30 rock | andy barker p.i. | entourage | grey's anatomy | csi | project runway | top chef | the sopranos | real sex | family guy | south park | heroes | firefly | the sarah silverman project | flight of the conchords | john from cinncinati
Books
Current: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers | A Hundred Years of Solitude | blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Recent: Word Made Flesh by Jack O'Connell (trippy) | My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Upcoming: What Is The What by Dave Eggers | The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Read: White Teeth by Zadie Smith | Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (really anything by her is phenomenal) | collective works of Nick Hornby | ditto for Bill Bryson | Irvine Welsh nastiness | Henry Miller | Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel | Doctor Doolittle | Peter Pan | Andersen's and Grimm's Fairy Tales (I could read these over and over forever)
Heroes
Anyone who is contributing to this world creatively or in service to others.
About me: Loves: creativity, kindness, and humor
Hates: intolerance, status quo mentality, self
repression
Check out my recent work:
Horace Mann Neighborhood Association | Flash Intro
Design Final Project Winter 2007 | Propaganda Poster
Design Project | Notan Collage
Biomorphic:
Geometric:
I am a member of the AOK
Who I'd like to meet: 1. Every single person in the cast and crew of The Office. Rick keeps warning me that my obsession with the show is going to ruin it...whateva. Check out the latest video I found (below) if you don't understand my love and adoration. Update: I have met one - CHECK!
2. All the artists and bands in my music list, including those no longer of flesh and blood. Spectral forces are ok by me. I don't want to drool or freak out in their presence....Just a quick "hi" and "you enhanced my life, thank you." I'm cool like that.
3. The folk (besides my husband, family, and friends) that melt my heart and other body parts: John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Ryan Reynolds, Nathan Fillion, Timothy Olyphant, Dave Chapelle, Clive Owen, Javier Bardem, Edgar Ramirez, Gerald Butler
I'd like to recommend:
1. Nati and her myriad of projects: +plushus, Skoorba, & Mango Booty
2. Feist, "The Reminder": The #1 album of mid-2007
3. Man Man in concert: Crazy circus band who effing rock live.
4. Any class taught by Masako Miki: Masako is a local painter and art teacher who teaches at SJSU, DeAnza, and a few other campuses. Fun and educational.
So how's life going? Busy busy busy?? LOL! Went and saw Meema last weekend in Eugene. Not looking so good but I didn't say that. Call her one of these days... she's really lonely. You gonna try and come up in June? Ur coz is getting so big. Blonde hair and bright blue eyes...not sure she's mine lol. Anyways, miss you lots and can't wait to see you one of these days... ;) Lots of love!
so i'm coming to SJ this summer...let's rock hard core...I'll hire a professsional photographer to capture us mid memory...then I'm blowing up that picture to an 11x17 and framing it!!!!
dude....a whole wedding...not one pic of you and I? that's it...I'm coming to san jose, and setting up a photo shoot...there must be proof of our love.
not fair neely gets all the ops. just cuz i live 3000 miles away.
Cayleigh Jordan for the girl (hopefully she stays a girl!) and Colby Lee for a boy. But i'll find out for sure in 3 more weeks. =) (Hurry up!!!!) Yup Mexico would be nice, especially right now...... lol. Love ya, Shannon
So are you ready for kids yet? Mom said she showed you the pictures. OMG another Ashlie. I am so in trouble!!! =) It would be way cool if you could come up when I have her!! It's either August 4th or 13th. Love ya coz!
So I finally got to hear the heartbeat!!! That was reassuring =) Ashlie was with me so now she's even more excited. Now only 2 1..2 more weeks and I'm good to go.... So how's your trip going? Hope they're not working you too hard! Miss ya! Love, Shannon
Happy New Year! Did you party all night long? Haha I was in bed by 10. So sleepy lately but that's okay. Doing good so far. Have a dr appt next week and I should be able to hear the heartbeat. Crossin my fingers =) Anyways, don't work so hard! Love you! Shannon
LOL!!! I had to get Linda and my friend Joy to upload them for me. I'm so computer retarded!! I'll have some more in a few days uploaded now that I broke down and finally bought a digital camera. =) Anyways, missed you too! Hope to see you soon! Luv Ya!
Hey my long lost coz! How's the promotion treating you? Life's pretty much the same here. Ash is playing soccer and is doing awesome! Way different than last year. Work's the same, it never changes here. Talk to Meema lately? I seem to be the only one who knows whats going on with her lately so Mom calls me to find out so she can fill Paul and your mom in. I'm kinda glad now that nobody filled me in on stuff before with her and Beepa cuz me and Ash are the only ones in Baker who Meema really talks too anymore. It's quite interesting..... Anyways, just thought I'd see how you were doing! talk to you later. luv ya Shannon
