If you can teach me to play this, I will fly you to me and feed you.
counting crows
ST. ROBINSON IN HIS CADILLAC DREAM
one of my favorite counting crows songs EVER, just so's you know.
Movies
running with scissors elizabeth town domino the lake house raising arizona the big lebowski fargo miller's crossing fight club(!) a river runs thru it(!) memento donnie darko (director's cut) vanilla sky a beautiful mind se7en finding neverland usual suspects boondock saints(!) primal fear american beauty eternal sunshine the life aquatic the jacket crash in good company the machinist the royal tenebaums jerry mcguire the sixth sense the life of david gale walk the line lord of war blow the godfather(all 3) goodfellas casino ferris bueller's day off the shawshank redemption 21 grams magnolia(!) lost in translation good will hunting the butterfly effect labrynth legend anything with muppets cinderella man lords of dogtown the score big fish constantine equilibrium blues brothers (original, thank you) the jerk the cube heat say anything wayne's world city of lost children (avec subtitles) life is beautiful (avec subtitles) princess bride envy school of rock the pianist the wall kill bill 1 & 2 stargate charlie and the chocolate factory willy wonka and the chocolate factory the producers (mostell and wilder) batman (all of 'em) aviator tombstone(!) ocean's 11 & 12 clue true romance indiana jones (all of 'em) jungle book (disney) lion king (disney) rent LotR last samurai empire of the sun matrix the little prince what the bleep do we know mr. and mrs. smith age of innocence oscar a few good men nightmare before christmas corpse bride forrest gump parenthood bill & ted's excellent adventure legends of the fall pi billy elliot matchstick men moulin rouge strictly ballroom shall we dance mad hot ballroom dune starwars (episodes 4-6) spellbound mighty wind(!) spinal tap, best in show house of yes house of d rory o'shea was here(!) almost famous the little prince things to denver when you're dead serpico xxx (stop laughing!) confidence frailty stargate in the name of the father godspell jc superstar grizzly man(!) ...
Books
Translations of the Ghazals of Hafiz
SOME FILL WITH EACH GOOD RAIN
There are different wells within your heart.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far too deep for that.
In one well
You have just a few precious cups of water,
That "love" is literally something of yourself,
It can grow as slow as a diamond
If it is lost.
Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a
Stranger,
Only to someone
Who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife
Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you.
There are different wells within us.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far, far too deep
For that.
Translator:
Ladinsky, D. (1999). The gift: Poems by the great sufi master. New York: Penguin.
Heroes
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...
JACK KEROUAC
"Seven Blunders of the World"
1. Wealth without work
2. Pleasure without conscience
3. Knowledge without character
4. Commerce without morality
5. Science without humanity
6. Worship without sacrifice
7. Politics without principle
Harvard University
Cambridge,MA
Graduated: N/A
Degree: In Progress
Major: Humanities
Minor: Creative Writing
2007 to Present
University Of Kansas Main Campus
Lawrence,KS
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: none
Major: Delusion
Minor: Requirements
Clubs: Miller Scholarship Hall
1998 to 1999
Seaman High
Topeka,KS
Graduated: 1997
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
1995 to 1997
the pirate princess “If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.” ~unknown Posted at 2:45 PM Nov 25 view more
Who I'd like to meet: christopher walken. james spader. jello biafra. lindsey buckingham. stephen king. helena bonham carter. mary todd lincoln. ee cummings. rumi. the guy from Boston Legal who says, "Well, when I couldn't get the PopTart out of the toaster..."
In the last two days, I've heard these two GEMS. I'm thinking of cross-stitching them on pillows and giving them out as Christmas presents:
1. "The eagle may soar, but the weasel never gets sucked up into a jet engine."
and
2. (discussing -- in my Employment Law class -- how life was before the Americans with Disabilities Act) "I mean, Helen Keller was nice and all, but nobody wanted to work with her."
Do you think it's too early to put up my Christmas Tree? I want it to be Christmas...now. I need some freakin' joy, dammit. And I want to listen to Christmas music.
I couldn't resist. Called my dad and he thought it would be really fun, so he put me on speakerphone and we told my mother I'm joining the Coast Guard. She was eerily silent. Dad said she actually staggered back a few paces.
Just call me Lieutenant.
Oh, and re: the No Mind meditation question in my blog: isn't it sad that Buddhist monks meditate to achieve that on purpose when so many people we know seem to achieve it with no effort at all?
Late addition to the (short) list of People I Don't Hate: my friend Troy. And that's it. The list is C to the L-O-S-E-D for the rest of the week. Just thought you should know who's joined your posse.
Just got an email from FedEx that the re-shipment has occurred, but I can't get excited. I hate them so much. They have utterly destroyed my faith in them. I wonder who they'll unilaterally decide to give my stuff away to this time...
Sorry about last night. I went to bed wicked early....like 730 in the p.m. Which is why I'm now up and have been since the crack of dawn. But I'll talk to you today. For sure.
The "Songs to Sing to a Bottle of Whiskey" playlist is now available. :) I feel that only you and I will truly appreciate it. Some of our ideas weren't myspace-available, but I did the best I could....It's not my profile list, but is one of my public playlists...
