My Favorite Things
I found a bunch
of templates for "about you" lists and lists of "favorites" online.
This is a compilation of some of those.
- [ music ] -
| Band/Performers (and notable songs): |
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Eric Clapton
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River of Tears
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I Wish It Would Rain Down (w/
Phil Collins)
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Ain't Gone and Give Up on Love
(from SRV tribute album)
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No Alibis
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She's Gone
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Crossroads (w/ Cream)
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Further On Up the Road
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What Else? (from the TDF
album Retail Therapy)
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Pink Floyd
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The Final Cut
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Learning to Fly
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Comfy Numb
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Roger Waters
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Every Stranger's Eyes (feat.
Eric Clapton)
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Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
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The Tide Is Turning
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Home
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Three Wishes
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Amused to Death (feat. Jeff
Beck)
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Django Reinhardt
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Minor Swing
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Honeysuckle Rose
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Stray Cats/Brian Setzer
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Sleepwalk (w/ the Brian Setzer
Orchestra)
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Rock This Town
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Stray Cat Strut
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Van Halen (I
don't care who's singing)
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Dreams
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You Really Got Me
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316 (live)
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Cathedral
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Jump
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Panama
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I'll Wait
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Eric Johnson
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Cliffs of Dover
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Trademark
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John Williams
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Yoda's Theme
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Love Theme/Finale (from Empire
Strikes Back)
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The Asteroid Field
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (soundtrack)
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The Origin of Love
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Wig in a Box
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U2
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Where the Streets Have No Name
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The Unforgettable Fire
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All I want if You
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Numb
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Zooropa
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Jeff Beck
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A Day in the Life (Beatles Cover)
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People Get Ready
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Suspension
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Chess (soundtrack)
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One Night In Bangkok
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Nobody's on Nobody's Side
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Cher
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If I Could Turn Back Time
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Believe
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Mick Jagger
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Throwaway (feat. Jeff Beck)
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Sweet Thing
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Don't Tear Me Up
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| Some other Songs: |
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Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
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Armand Van Buren - Burned By
Desire
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Motorcycle - As the Rush Comes
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Jann Arden - Insensitive
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Paul McCartney - No More Lonely
Nights (feat. David Gilmour)
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Kate Bush - Live version of
Running Up That Hill (feat. David Gilmour from The Secret Policeman's
Third Ball)
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Buddy Guy - Long Way From Home
(from the SRV tribute album)
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Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
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Duran Duran - Ordinary World
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Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child
O' Mine
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Nena - 99 Red Balloons (or 99
Luftballoons)
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Irene Cara - Flashdance
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Laura Branigan - Self Control
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Leonard Cohen - Everybody knows
(recorded by Don Henley)
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Ozzy and Lita Ford - If I Close
my Eyes
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Moulin Rouge - Bolero (from
the closing credits)
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| CDs: |
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Alan Silvestri - Contact
and Forrest Gump (soundtracks)
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Angelo Badalamenti - Twin
Peaks and
Lost Highway (soundtracks)
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Chicane - Anything and everything
including his remixes of other peoples' work
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Dead Milkmen - Metaphysical
Graffiti
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Depeche Mode - Music for
the Masses, Violater, and Songs of Faith and Devotion
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Dust Brothers - Fight Club
(soundtrack)
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Eric Clapton - 24 Nights
(live)
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Eric Serra - Fifth Element
(soundtrack)
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John Cameron Mitchell (play)
and Stephen Trask - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (soundtrack)
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John Williams - Close Encounters,
Superman, and Empire Strikes Back (soundtracks) (other Star Wars films
as well, but this last one is the best)
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Led Zeppelin - IV (aka
"Runes")
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Madonna - Ray of Light
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Marilyn Manson - Antichrist
Superstar
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Megadeth - Rust in Peace
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Nine Inch Nails - Pretty
Hate Machine and The Downward Spiral
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Peter Gabriel - Us
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Pink Floyd - The Wall, The
Final Cut, and Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (the last by solo
Roger Waters)
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Prince - Purple Rain
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Queen - Classics/Greatest
Hits
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REM - Life's Rich Pagent,
Document, and Out of Time
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
(soundtrack by Richard O'Brien)
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Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
and Vision Thing
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Toto (and Brian Eno) - Dune
(soundtrack)
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Trainspotting (soundtrack)
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U2 - Achtung Baby (among
others)
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Van Halen - first album, 1984,
and
F.U.C.K.
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Vangelis - Themes and
Blade
Runner (soundtrack)
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| Types of music: |
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Electronica
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Blues
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Jazz
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Classic Rock
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Baroque
|
- [ visuals
] -
Movies:
(see also the expanded version of this
list) |
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Ace Venture: Pet Detective
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Adaptation
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Amelie
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Annie Hall
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The Best Years of Our Lives
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Big Fish
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Blade Runner
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Bound
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The Changeling
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Close Encounters
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Contact (occassionally Hollywood
can produce something intelligent!)
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The Crying Game
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Dune (original)
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The Empire Strikes Back (the
greatest sequel ever made)
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eXistenZ
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Fight Club
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Forrest Gump (totally unappreciated
by the general public!)
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From Here to Eternity
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Gandhi
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Groundhog Day
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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Hellraiser
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Hellraiser: Hellbound
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Human Nature
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The Jerk
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Kissing Jessica Stein
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Last Starfighter
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Life is Beautiful
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Little Big Man
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Love Actually
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The Matrix
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Matrix
Reloaded (but not Revolutions!)
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The Monster in the Box
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Moulin Rouge
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Mulholland Drive (and pretty
much anything by David Lynch)
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Pee Wee's Big Adventure
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Phantom of the Paradise
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Se7en
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The Sixth Sense
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The Shawshank Redemption
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Star Wars
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Talk To Her
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The Thin Man
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Time Bandits
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Trainspotting
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| Tv Shows: |
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Science
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Scientific American Frontiers
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Nova
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The New Detectives: Secrets
of Forensic Science
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Medical Detectives
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Lots of (other) PBS stuff so
long as it isn't strictly about wildlife
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Comedy
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Seinfeld
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Insomniac with Dave Attel
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Daily Show
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Crank Yankers
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David Letterman
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Candid Camera
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The Office (BBC)
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Cartoons
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Space Ghost
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Cartoon Planet
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force
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Robotech
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South Park
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Drama
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Six Feet Under
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Twin Peaks
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The Outer Limits (new version)
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Farscape
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Northern Exposure
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Star Trek: tNG
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Misc.
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Academy Awards
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Jeopardy!
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ABC News
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| Movie people: |
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Actors
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Richard Gere
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Edward Norton
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Will Smith (yes, seriously)
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Actresses
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Charlize Theron
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Jodie Foster
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Chloë Sevigny
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Judy Greer
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Directors
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David Fincher
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Woody Allen
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David Lynch
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Wachowski Bros.
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Steven Spielberg
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David Cronnenberg
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Robert Zemeckis
|
- [ text
] -
Books and authors:
(see also my Books page for more recommendations.) |
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Dune (and others by Frank
Herbert)
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Kurt Vonnegut
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The
Tipping Point (and a lot of articles by Malcolm Gladwell)
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most science non-fiction
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Spalding Gray
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Chuck
Palahniuk (Fight Club, etc.)
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David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty
One Day, etc.)
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Sarah Vowell (she's so cute!)
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| Magazines: |
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Nature: Neuroscience
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The New Yorker
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Popular Science
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Science
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Science News
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Scientific American
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Time
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Toy Fare
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Wired
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| Comic books: |
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Akira (the first two-thirds
of the series were incredible!)
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Amazing Spiderman (by Peter
David and Todd McFarlane)
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Cerebus (by Dave Sim and Gerhard)
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Elektra: Assassin (by Frank
Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz)
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Epic Illustrated magazine
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Excalibur (by Chris Clairmont,
Alan Davis, and Paul Neary)
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Flaming Carrot (by Bob Burden)
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Fantastic Four (by John Byrne)
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Hellraiser (by various writers
and artists)
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Moonshadow (by J.M. DeMatteis
and John J. Muth)
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Official Handbook of the Marvel
Universe
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Planet Terry
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Ronin (by Frank Miller)
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Silver Surfer (late '80-early
'90s)
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She-Hulk (by John Byrne)
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Spiderman 2099
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Stray Toasters (by Bill Sienkiewicz)
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Superman (by John Byrne)
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Top 10 (by Alan Moore and Gene
Ha)
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Watchmen (by Alan Moore and
Dave Gibbons)
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X-Men (by Chris Clairmont, late
'70s to late '80s, especially the John Byrne years)
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X-Men 2099
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- [ games
] -
| Sports: |
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To watch: Boxing
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To play: None
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- [ words
] -
| Joke: |
Two lemons are sitting
in a bathtub.
One says to the other, "Pass
me the bar of soap."
The other one says, "What
do I look like, a typewriter?!"
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| Quote: |
"Religion has actually
convinced people that there is an invisible man living in the sky, and
he has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if
you do any of these things he will send you to a place full of fire, and
smoke, and burn and torture forever and ever 'till the end of time....
but he loves you. And he needs money." -George Carlin
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| Swear words: |
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God fucking dammit
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Jesus fucking Christ
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| Phrase or saying: |
"When evolution
is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve."
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- [ food
] -
Overall food: Sushi!
Fast food: Burger
King or Taco Bell
Drinks: V-8,
orange juice, milk.
Ice Cream: Cookies
and Cream
| Sandwiches: |
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Peanut Butter and Jelly.
(I've probably eaten a couple thousand of these.)
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Rubens
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Turkey and mayonaise (lettuce
and tomato as well if its handy), but the turkey has to be *just* right,
and I never know that it will be.
|
Dessert: Chips
Ahoy chocolate chip cookies
Vegetable: Squash
with lots of butter
Fruit: Nectarines
or grapes (if they're sour)
Candy bar: Kitt
Katt?
Gum: No, thanks.
| Candy: |
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Skittles
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sour gummi worms
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Shock Tarts
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- [ stuff
] -
Colors: Cobalt
blue, dark and emerald greens, grey (in clothes).
Number: 8 or
186,282
Car: Hybrid
electric anything, preferably a Honda
Shoes: Converse
hi-tops
Shampoo: Soap
Deodorant: Right
Guard?
Writing instrument: Keyboard
Animal: Pug
dog
Clothing: Hooded
sweatshirt
- [ time
] -
Day of the week: Saturday
Time of day: 2am
Month: October
Holiday: Halloween!
Season: Fall
Weather: Cool,
but not cold
- [ place
] -
Memory: Too
many to list. Read my blog for a start.
Activity: Exploring
or writing
Way to relax: On
the computer
Place to be: On
the computer
Room in your house: The
guitar/computer room
Country: USA
City: New York
State: California
(paradoxical, I know)
Store: Big Lots!
Location for dates: Underground
Place to be kissed: Heh,
heh!
- [ etc.
] -
| Things in your room: |
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guitars (especially the red
Strat and blue Steinberger at the moment)
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guitar processor
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contents of my hard drive (photos,
music, things I've written, etc.)
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mp3 player
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digicam
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GPSr
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remote controls (my life is
ruled by electronics!)
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Thing about you: My
brain (it's my least favorite too.)
| Super heroes: |
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Spider-man
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Mr. Fantastic
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The Flash
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Daredevil
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Nightcrawler
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Human Torch
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Professor X
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Green Lantern
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Batman
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