Interests:
Birthday parties, Pizza parties, Costume parties, Dance parties, Themed parties, 80's dance parties, Mustache parties, Christmas parties, Slumber parties, Popcorn parties, Survivor parties, pool parties, after-show parties, Lost parties, Superbowl parties, Oscar parties, Graduation parties, Bachelor parties, Wedding parties, Packer parties, Cosby Sweater parties, Billy Idol/Pizza Shuttle parties, Pirate parties, Beach parties, Going Away parties, Housewarming parties, Lawrence parties, Mario Party parties, Ramp Jams, Mexican Fiestas ...and... YOUR parties (so invite me to them).
Favorite Music:
MC5, Johnny Thunders, Richard Hell, The Pink Spiders, The Bravery, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Michael Jackson, Hall &, Oates, Billy Idol, The Clash, New Kids on the Block, Junior Senior, Electric Six, Razorlight, The Living End, Silver Suns, New York Dolls, The Ramones, Caesars, Josie and the Pussycats Soundtrack, New Pornographers, Beck, Rancid, Jackson 5, Hot Hot Heat, Death from Above 1979, Black Black Ocean, Temper Temper, Groovie Ghoulies, The Futureheads, The Figgs, The Exploding Hearts, Eddie Monday, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Caesars, The D4, The Darkness, The Cure, The Cars, Bruce Springstein, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, The White Stripes, The Briefs, Alkaline Trio, Ash, The Comas, The Delays, Destiny's Child, Spice Girls, Paula Abdul, Reggie and the Full Effect, Amy Grant, Patti Smith, Eagles of Death Metal, Eddie Murphy, Joey Lawrence, MANDO DIAO!!!!, Franz Ferdinand, Gentlemen, The Killers, Wham!, Iggy &, the Stooges, The Knack, Alaska, The Libertines, Midtown, Modest Mouse, My Chemical Romance, No Motiv, OK Go, The Obsoletes, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Phantom Planet, Poison, The Who, The Presidents of the United States of America, Melody Club, Tegan and Sara, Of Montreal, The Hellacopters, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, !!!, M.I.A., Aqua, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Shout Out Louds, Question Mark and the Mysterians, The Zombies, Radio 4, The Rinse, The Rapture, VHS or Beta, The Sounds, Rick Springfield, Rilo Kiley, Rober Palmer, The Rollingstones, Rockwell, Ryan Adams, Samiam, The Shins, The Thrills, The Star Spangles, Tiger Army, TV on the Radio, Transplants, The Walkmen, Rise Against, Chromeo, Motorcycle Prom Dates, Leslie and the Ly's, when Conan sings tv theme songs (i.e. Charles in Charge), Hot Sunday
Favorite Books:
reading many books in rotation. it took me six hours to move my collection across the hall in my apt. building with a wagon. my dining room is now a library. some of my flavorites to checkout... ILLUSTRATION/graphicknovelles: Craig Thompson's "Blankets, " "Goodbye Chunky Rice" and rendered old testament bible stories, MaryJane Satrapi's "Persepolis" I want to read the sequel, Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan and new work in NY Times magazine "Building Stories, " Tom Phillips "A Humument: a treated victorian novel, " "Hot Banana Fudge" by aya takano, I like max estes and aaron renier, both from milwaukee like craig thompson!!, Gonik and Outwaters' "Cartoon Guide to the Environment, " i like this environtmental comic called "CONCRETE." ART: Robert Henri's "The Art Spirit, " Caroll Michels "How to Survive &, Prosper as an Artist, " "Design by Accident" by James F. O'Brien, "The Mustard Seed Manual of Painting, " Chipp's "Theories of Modern Art, " "Giant Robot" xine, "Modern Painters" xine, "Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, " "Drop Dead Cute: showcase of ten new female japanese artists, " "Fruits" from phaidon, "Grassroots Theater: A search for Regional Arts in America" by Robert Gard, SCIENCE: "The green peace guide to Anti-Environmental organizations, " "The Culture of Nature: North American Landscape from Disney to ExxonValdez" by Alexander Wilson (two new books I got from Broad Vocabulary!), "Global Dumping Ground: The International Traffic in Hazardous Waste" by the Center for Investigative Reporting, Rotkin's "The USA, an arial close-up, " "Bronx Ecology: Blueprint for a new environementalism" by Allen Herschkowitz, PSYCHOLOGY: "Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, healing the mind, "Alfred Benjamin's "The Helping Interview, " Doug Fields and Todd Temple's "Creative Dating" (so fun!), "The Courage to Create" by Rollo May, "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman, McNiff's "Art As Medicine, " Malchiodi's "Handbook of Art Therapy, " "Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others" of Beebe, Beebe, &, Redmond. EDUCATION: "Star Teachers of Children in Poverty, " "Art: Another Language for learning" "Creating meaning through Art: Teacher as Choice maker, " "Drawing with Children, " Betty Edwards "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" more to add...