Member: unknownmisery

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Member: unknownmisery
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bands:

  1. Lawes
  2. Bach
  3. Joy Division
  4. Iron Maiden
  5. John Coltrane
  6. Dizzy Gillespie
  7. Led Zep
  8. Allman Brothers
  9. Iris Dement
  10. The Rainmakers

films:

  1. Wings of Desire
  2. Blade Runner
  3. His Girl Friday
  4. Apocalypse Now
  5. sex, lies, and videotape
  6. The Colors Trilogy--Red, White, Blue
  7. Star Wars IV, V, and VI
  8. Citizen Kane
  9. Ran
  10. Dr. Strangelove

books:

  1. The Brothers Karamozov
  2. The Ancient Stoics
  3. The Ancient Epicureans
  4. Nietzsche--The Birth of Tragedy
  5. Oedipus Rex/Antigone
  6. Emma
  7. Montaigne--The Essays
  8. Voltaire, especially Candide
  9. King Lear/Hamlet/Julius Caesar
  10. War and Peace

tv shows:

  1. The Wire
  2. Homicide
  3. Star Trek: DS9
  4. Star Trek
  5. Star Trek: Next Generation
  6. Battlestar Galactica (The New series)
  7. Babylon 5
  8. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  9. Cheers
  10. Seinfeld

Artists:

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Raphael
  3. Turner
  4. Van Gogh
  5. Rubens
  6. Vermeer
  7. Millais (corny, I know)
  8. Titian
  9. Monet
  10. Cassatt
 

into: pursuit of meaning, limitation of suffering, juggling, sucking at tennis, walking, movies, reading, history, politics, philosophy, tea, hiking, conversation, soccer, music, tarot cards, theater, table tennis, theater, sci-fi, fantasy literature, sucking at racket ball, baseball, music!

not into: cruelty, suffering, american football, ignorance, human beings as a species, control-oriented people, bullies, cowards, scary Republicans, manipulators, psychopaths, narcissists...

makes me happy: music, enlightenment, overcoming my own stupidity, correcting my errors, good books, good movies, a good conversation, beauty, the sound of a woman's voice, non-grasping, good food, traditional ales, writing, drinking tea while reading the classics with a friend, solitude, crossword puzzles, words, the feel of a woman's skin, women's hands

makes me sad: Human beings--the suffering they bear, the suffering they cause. Bad music, bad books

hobbies: Tennis, juggling, hiking, walking around aimlessly, writing, journaling, going to movies, going to plays, chess (I am just learning and I suck), letter writing, bird watching (real birds, no Australian slang), reading tarot cards, table tennis

5 things i can't live without: Pens, journals, nature, tea, Nutella

vices: Suicide Girls...a pleasant vice...

thoughts on sg: I love it

i spend most of my free time: Thinking, writing, walking, reading, talking with friends, meditating, juggling, pretending to be more normal than I am, trying to have more compassion for people...

 

occupation: I no longer know...

current crush: Cendres, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, Michelle Obama, Ternura, Annie Lennox

body mods: Does being a bit chubby count? Small tats...

heroes: MLK Jr., Gandhi, Henry of Navarre (IV), Marcus Aurelius, Buddha, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Themistocles, Hypatia, Nagarjuna, Abraham Lincoln, Thurgood Marshall, Isocrates

gets me hot: wit, intellect, compassion, an ethic, voice, eyes, hands, facial expressions, tattoos, courage, will, virtue, skill, elegance, a sense of style and savoir faire!

favorite position: Any one that involves someone else.

fantasy: Dinner with Gabrielle D'Estrees; meeting Buddha, Jesus, Lao-Tzu, Mary Magdalene, Plato; Taking a walking tour of the Mediterranean, Dinner with the Obamas

sign: I try to read them.

i lost my virginity: With great difficulty...

CIGARETTES: Nope

MY DIET: Vegetarian

ALCOHOL: Occasionally

MY DRUG USE: Drug Free

I AM LOOKING FOR: whoever comes along

MY KINK FACTOR: I'm old-fashioned.

MY POLITICS: Milquetoast Centrist

POT: Nope

MY STATUS: single

MY IDEA OF A GOOD TIME: A long, slow, late dinner with friends.

I WANT: Romance, Friendship, Online Flirting

MY PIGEONHOLES: Hardcore, Jazz Cat, Indie Rocker, Straight Edge, Designwank, Retro, Hillbilly, Punk, Metalhead, Bookworm, Geek