bands:

1. velvet underground, novelle vague
2. john mayall--early years
3. ali akbar khan, the young bob dylan
4. gliere, scriabin, the old johnny cash
5. mazzy star, cowboy junkies
6. birthday massacre
7. gogol bordello, procol harem
8. beethoven (quartets)
9. subbalakshmi
10. collide, jefferson airplane

films:

1. la strada, l'aventurra
2. last year at Marienbad
3. the Isle, children of paradise
4. sundays & cybele
5. madadayo, sacrifice
6. stalker, sacred mountain
7. wild at heart, goodby dragon inn
8. distant thunder (Hindu)
9. shortbus, claymore
10. samuri I, II, III; bleach 7

books:

1. Plotinus
2. Bhagavad Gita
3. Cold Mountain Poems
4. Anthony Vachs
5. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
6. Dresden Files
7. Trident of Wisdom
8. Rachel Morgan series
9. Jan Assman's books on Egypt
10. Thomas Taylor's Plato

tv shows:

1. No Reservations
2. Millenium; Profiler;
3. Weather Channel
4. NCIS, Criminal Minds
5. Warehouse 13 (maybe)
6. Babylon 5 (I wish)
7. Blake 7 (I wish a 2nd wish)
8. Dr. Who (old and new)
9. Speed Channel; OLN for TdF
10. SETANTA

Artists:

1. Turner
2. Monet
3. Rodin
4. Miro, Man Ray
5. Warhol
6. Magritte
7. Rembrandt
8. Crumb
9. Arp; Sister Wendy!
10. Van Gogh;

into: astrology (duh), philosophy, language, dark movies, graphic novels, very graphic novels, variety; multitasking;

not into: board meetings! people who like board meetings; places that have board meetings

makes me happy: my cats Murray, Waylon; my lover; my students; the smell of incense in a darkened room; a good translation, a good question; a new idea

makes me sad: modernity; cities, throwaway products; the departure of the older generation; the brutalities of poverty and ignorance

hobbies: paying bills, taking vitamin pills

5 things i can't live without: 5 skandhas, 5 koshas, 5 elements, 5 Buddhas; 5 teachers

vices: here; popcap games; expensive and good meals; single malt

thoughts on sg: I love it

i spend most of my free time: trying to catch up

occupation: astrologer; philosophy teacher, servant of cats

current crush: rasam,

stats: old, but runs good

body mods: scars

heroes: a lot of dead people

gets me hot: capsicum

favorite position: lots of rope

fantasy: Dracul

sign: virgo

most humbling moment: meeting HHDL

i lost my virginity: in the Tardis

CIGARETTES: Nope

MY DIET: Vegan

ALCOHOL: Occasionally

MY DRUG USE: Drug Free

POT: Nope