film, animation of all kinds, music, collecting and playing musical instruments, singing, animals (everything from my pets to biology and zoology), mythology, psychology, sexuality, nurturing tormented souls (apparently, because it's something I seem to do a lot), all gestures of affection, astronomy, religous study, philosophy, learning in general, good food (especially Japanese, Italian, and Mexican... but I'm not picky..), absinthe, being outdoors, video games, reading, drawing, painting, writing, nostalgia, Christmas lights, dreaming, beautiful hands, interesting voices, obsessing over the things I enjoy, geeking out on the internet far more than I should (that's right.. I enjoy fanfiction, fan art, youtube, deviantart, and more)...
Bear with me... I've become a bit of a Gorillaz whore. I couldn't decide which video I wanted to post, so I ended up posting almost all of them. SORRY!!!! :D
El Manana - Gorillaz
Classical: Igor Stravinsky ('The Rite of Spring'.... a musical orgasm), Antonin Dvorak ('Symphony No. 9 From the New World' is amazing!!!!!!!) Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, Maurice Ravel,Gustav Mahler ('Symphony No. 1: The Titan' in particular), Gustav Holst ('The Planets'), John Adams (This guy writes some seeeeeeeexy violin), Phillip Glass.. Other: Raymond Scott, Cab Calloway, Devo, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Lovage, Blur, Bjork, J.G. Thirlwell (Foetus), Adiemus, Yoko Kanno, Danny Elfman (Both film music and Oingo Boingo), Gorillaz!!!! I am completely obsessed with Gorillaz! Animation + great music = a winning combination.
Movies
Way too many to list, but I'll try....
'The End of Evangelion' (Hideaki Anno), 'Pan's Labyrinth' (Guillermo del Toro)',' Koyaanisqatsi', 'Powaqqatsi', and 'Naqoyqatsi' (Godfrey Reggio), 'Monty Python's Meaning of Life' (Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam), 'Candyman' (Bernard Rose), 'Wall-E' (Andrew Stanton), All the films by Hayao Miyazaki (especially 'The Castle of Cagliostro' and 'My Neighbor Totoro'), 'Amadeus' (Milos Forman), 'Quills' (Philip Kaufman), 'Brazil' (Terry Gilliam), 'Freeway' (Matthew Bright) 'Fantasia' and 'Fantasia 2000', 'Battle Royale' (Kinji Fukasaku), 'Happiness of the Katakuris' (Takashi Miike), 'Drive' (Sabu), 'Requiem for a Dream' (Darren Aronofsky), The 'Star Wars' Trilogy, 'The Ring' trilogy (Hideo Nakata and Norio Tsuruta), The 'Ju On' films (Takashi Shimizu), 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' (Robert Zemeckis), 'Fiddler on the Roof' (Norman Jewison), 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' (Henry Selick *cough* Tim Burton), 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (Tim Burton), Beetlejuice (Most Tim Burton films push my happy buttons, but this one in particular for some reason), South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Trey Parker), 'Schindler's List' (Steven Spielberg), 'A Dirty Shame' (John Waters), 'A Clockwork Orange' (Stanley Kubrick), 'Lolita' (Adrian Lyne)... I'll come list more later.
Television
Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, FLCL, Trigun, all the Lupin the Third shows, Samurai Champloo, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Ranma 1/2, Naruto, Cutey Honey (all versions), Inu Yasha..
Animation: Invader Zim, South Park, Ren and Stimpy, Animaniacs, Freakazoid, Rocko's Modern Life, Daria, Drawn Together, The Simpsons, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Darkwing Duck, Batman: The Animated Series, Looney Tunes shorts from the 1940's..
Live Action: Six Feet Under, Spaced, Mr. Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Twin Peaks, Dead Like Me, The X-Files, Animal Planet's The Most Extreme..
Books
'Abarat'(and its sequel), 'Imajica', 'Sacrament', and 'The Thief of Always' by Clive Barker, 'His Dark Materials' by Philip Pullman, 'The Lost Girls' by Alan Moore, 'Breakfast of Champions' by Kurt Vonnegut, 'Julie of the Wolves' by Jean Craighead George, 'The Giver' by Lois Lowry, '1984' by George Orwell , the 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' trilogy collected by Alvin Schwartz, 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' by Victor Hugo, 'Howl's Moving Castle' and 'Castle in the Air' by Diane Wynne Jones, anything by H.P. Lovecraft, 'White Fang' by Jack London, The 'Harry Potter' series by J.K. Rowling, and all of Jhonen Vasquez's works. More to list as I remember them.
Heroes
Clive Barker, Trey Parker, Hayao Miyazaki, Steve Irwin, Hideaki Anno, Cab Calloway, Richard Williams (yes, he is a madman..), Bob Clampett, Mel Blanc, Alfred Kinsey.. Geez... all my heroes appear to be male.
About me: I am currently attending college to learn Broadcast Captioning in order to fund my real aspirations involving animation and filmmaking. I have a strong desire to travel and see and experience all there is to see. I'm very happy, in spite of my impatience and eagerness to get on with life. I enjoy the simple pleasures (and the not-so-simple pleasures), and am still trying to figure out the eternal questions of life and the Universe and whatnot.
My strongest conviction is that people need to be honest with themselves and others, especially when it comes to emotion. Emotion is the one absolute in my world, so I refuse to repress it. I am an extremely peaceful person who tries to understand people and why they are who they are and do what they do. I try my best to never be judgmental. It takes a lot to upset me or make me angry. I am ridiculously tender and cry at the slightest emotional provocation of any kind. I love most of my friends so much it probably creeps them out.
Who I'd like to meet: Clive Barker! *ahem*
Anybody who is real and unpretentious with an open mind and sense of humor. I also hope to stumble across a few old friends I've lost contact with over the years, and maybe meet a few heroes. Also, in about a year, we'll be moving to San Francisco, so I'd love to be able to meet up with some people from there.
congrats on passing all your test!!!! That is so great! I am finally in the 180 class, so I am hoping for just one more semester!! Take care and good luck with the internship!!!
Life is good! We are enjoying the B'ham experience. Brian isn't working right now (job closed down) however, he is spending his free time reading and playing his games. Glad I saw you/added! Chat w/ ya soon!
