Movies
- The Pledge
- Dancer in the Dark
- My Dinner with Andore
- Fight Club
- Requiem for a Dream
- Stanley Kubrick films
- Kevin Smith films
- The English Patient
- M. Butterfly
- Wings of the Dove
- Alice in Wonderland
- Wishlist (Some sentimental, some I just like)
Literature
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (Robert M. Pirsig)
- Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (Andrew Solomon)
- In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio (Phillipe Bourgois)
- M. Butterfly (David Hwang)
- The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
- The Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)
- In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
- Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
- Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
- Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
- The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
- The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
- Book List
Songs
- Anything by Bob Dylan
- Bob Dylan:
You're No Good | Man of Constant Sorrow | Baby, Let Me Follow You Down | House of the Rising Sun
- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan:
Blowin' in the Wind | Girl of the North Country | Masters of War | Don't Think Twice, It's Alright | Oxford Town | Corrina, Corrina
- The Times They Are A-changin':
The Times They Are A-Changin' | Only A Pawn in Their Game
- Another Side of Bob Dylan:
All I Really Wanna Do | To Ramona | I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) | It Ain't Me Babe
- Bringing It All Back Home:
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Highway 61 Revisited:
Like a Rolling Stone | Ballad of a Thin Man | Highway 61 Revisited | Desolation Row
- Blonde on Blonde:
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 | Visions of Johanna | One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) | I Want You | Just Like a Woman | Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
- John Wesley Harding:
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine | All Along the Watchtower
- Nashville Skyline:
Lay, Lady, Lay
- New Morning:
Winterlude
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
- Dylan:
Mr. Bojangles
- Blood on the Tracks:
Tangled Up in Blue | Simple Twist of Fate | Idiot Wind | Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts
- Desire:
Hurricane | Isis | Joey
- Anything by The Beatles:
I'm A Loser | I'll Follow The Sun | Words Of Love | You've Got To Hide Your Love Away | It's Only Love | Norwegian Wood | Nowhere Man | Girl | I'm Looking Through You | In My Life | If I Needed Someone | Eleanor Rigby | I'm Only Sleeping | For No One | Getting Better | Fixing A Hole | She's Leaving Home | A Day in the Life | The Fool on the Hill | Strawberry Fields Forever | Wild Honey Pie | The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Happiness Is A Warm Gun | I'm So Tired | Blackbird | Rocky Raccoon | Don't Pass Me By | Why Don't We Do It In The Road | Sexy Sadie | Long Long Long | Revolution #1 | Honey Pie | Cry Baby Cry | Maxwell's Silver Hammer | Oh! Darling | Octopus's Garden | You Never Give Me Your Money | Sun King | Mean Mr. Mustard | Polythene Pam | She Came in Through the Bathroom Window | Golden Slumbers | The End | Her Majesty | Two of Us | Across the Universe | Maggie Mae | I've Got a Feeling | The Long and Winding Road | This Boy | Long Tall Sally | I Call Your Name | She's A Woman | Day Tripper | We Can Work It Out | Rain | Lady Madonna | Don't Let Me Down | The Ballad Of John And Yoko | You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
- John Lennon:
Whatever Gets You Through the Night | #9 Dream | Mind Games | Love | Imagine | Jealous Guy | Woman | Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) | Watching the Wheels
- Morrissey:
Everyday Is Like Sunday | Suedehead | Hairdresser on Fire | The Ordinary Boys | Ouija Board, Ouija Board
- The Smiths:
What Difference Does It Make | The Headmaster Ritual | There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others | A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours | Girlfriend in a Coma | Stop Me If You Think You've Heard this One Before | Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me | Panic | Ask | Oscillate Wildly | Sheila Take a Bow | Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now | How Soon Is Now?
- R.E.M.:
Everybody Hurts | Man On The Moon | Nightswimming
- Gordon Lightfoot:
For Lovin' Me | Early Morning Rain
- Leonard Cohen:
The Future | Everybody Knows | I'm Your Man
- Simon & Garfunkel:
I am a Rock | Homeward Bound | A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) | America | A Hazy Shade of Winter | Bridge over Troubled Water | Cecilia | The Boxer | An American Tune
- Eric Burton & The Animals:
San Franciscan Nights
- Eric Clapton:
Bell Bottom Blues | Promises
- The Kinks:
Village Green
- Billy Joel:
Captain Jack
- The Rolling Stones:
Wild Horses
- Joni Mitchell:
Help Me
- Bright Eyes:
Sunrise, Sunset
- Tears for Fears:
Mad World
Celebrities
- Edward Norton
- Jack Nicholson
- Ralph Fiennes
- Julia Roberts
- Juliette Binoche
- Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter
- Jet Li
- Harrison Ford
- Brad Pitt's body
- Gillian Anderson
- Madonna
- Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor
- Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector
Appearances
- Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors
- Kate Beckinsale (especially in Underworld and she was just cool in Aviator)
- Alexei Nemov
- Brad Pitt's body
- Julian Moore's breasts in The End of the Affair
- Julia Roberts
- Gillian Anderson
- (Young) Harrison Ford
- Denzel Washington, for awhile
- Lucy Liu
- Penelope Cruz
- Olivier Martinez
Profs/Classes
- Alan Ross - BA 170 (Social and Political Environment)
- Oliver John - Pysch 150 (Personality Psych)
- Alan Dundes - Anthro C160 (Forms of Folklore)
- David Presti - MCB 61 (Brain, Mind, and Behavior)
- David Robinson - BA 10 (Corporate and International Business Environment) not as much
- Laura Nadar - Anthro 139 (Controlling Processes)
- Chris Nealon - UGIS 20AC (Alternative Sexual Identities and Communities in Contemporary Society)
Restaurants
- The Thai House (Berkeley)
- Sabuy Sabuy (Oakland)
- East Ocean (Emeryville Marina)
- Zachary's (Berkeley)
- The Thai Kitchen (Irvine)
- Ichiban (Berkeley)
- [Japantown] (San Francisco)
- Saigon Express (Berkeley)
- Pho 99? (Richmond)
- Daimo (Richmond)
- Tower Cafe (Sacramento)
- Memphis Barbeque (Sacramento)
- 33rd Bistro (Sacramento)
- Snooker Pete's (Pittsburgh?)
- Roadhouse Grill (San Marcos)
Foods
- Cheesecake (plain, lemon, PECAN, fruit-topped, etc.)
- Honey and butter biscuits
- Thick oreo shake
- Fried banana and coconut ice cream
- Sticky rice and mango ice cream
- Bamboo shoots
- Avocado shakes
Obsessions of the Day
- Free stuff and deals
- Hsu Chi
- DivX:
Netflix | doom9.net | Walmart DVD Rentals | Kazaa Lite | DivX Digest
- Motorcycles:
Drill Sgt. Joe's Maintenance Page | Used Motorcycle Buying Guide | Kelley Blue Book | Motorcycle Consumer News | Motorcycle Information Service MotoMags | Motorcycle Reports | Rec.Motorcycle.Reviews | Used Motorcycle Guide | Custom Seats | Honda VTR250 Interceptor Specs
- Activism:
Ignorance is bliss | PR Watch | CovertAction Quarterly | Multinational Monitor | Z Magazine | Adbusters | Billboard Liberation Front | Global Exchange | Global Trade Watch
- Lingerie
- Europe
- Mp3s
- Stocks
- Minidiscs:
Minidisc Community | T Minidisc | Price Tables | MiniDisco | Hat In | HyperJack | Micmic | Mydo | Netmarket | Planet Minidisc
- Webpages:
GoPlay | Nettaxi | Spree | Hotbot | Fortune City | Fortune City | OCF | Bravenet | Webright Counters | Digit Mania | Hex Color Code | ISO Entries | Cut-N-Paste Javascript | Webste Abstraction | The JavaScript Source | Dynamic Drive
- Desktop Themes:
The Unleashed | Desktop Themes Links
- Pics
Most Nostalgic Things
- Pinto beans and hammhocks (puke)
- "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
- Breakfast burritos (potato, diced salami, eggs)
- Tuna sandwiches (especially with celery and eggs)
- "Crash" by Dave Matthews
- Anything with excess chocolate
- Anything by James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel (esp. "An American Tune")
- Pepperidge farm goldfish
- The dead quiet of the night
- Flaming Hot Cheetos
Most Memorable Moments
- Backyard BBQ pool parties with watermelon to spare
- Removing brush for old monks at the monastery
- Thanksgiving dinner, 1998: Me and Phil made lasagna, then set the table, put on some music, and drank apple cider. It was really simple, but it was nice just sitting there with my best friend.
- Trip to Mammoth with a bunch of guys. Had to sleep on the table the first night.
- Coming back from Mammoth with Jim driving at crazy speeds while stripping and throwing his shoes/pants back at us.
- Any drive with Jim
- Being alone in Irvine
- All of those sleepless nights talking to Jim
- IRC chats
- Singing in the park with Phil and Jess
- Every fourth of July with Er, Jess, and Phil at PSO concerts
- Freshman year on the all girls' floor
- When Girl made me tear up about something that I NEVER let get to me
- Sleeping my life away at Dude's apartment in a squalor of depression
- Zork
- Wrestling Marvin with Becky for three hours straight
- When Dude rammed me in the door and left a permanent scar on my shoulder
- Stuffy nose in Jasper/Tilman's room
- Riding the Greyhound for 3 days straight while pedophiles everywhere hit on me
- Being a bum for 6 months
- When Dude chipped my tooth (the second time)
- Walking into an expensive hotel brunch in SD covered with sand and dripping wet. First we thought it was free, but when we told the waitor we just wanted water, he was like, "Are you sure? It comes with the price of the meal." He knew we didn't belong there, and he was so slick in telling us that we're gonna have to pay for our food. I don't ever want to be rich.
- Mice holding their stomachs in pain, rolling around on the floor
Best Things about Berkeley
- Anything goes
- Cash for Trash Contest rewarding 19 recyclers a total of $6,500 whose garbage cans contain few or no recyclables.
- Cops will jaywalk with you
- Shakespeare's Naughty Bits
- Sex on Tuesdays
- [REAL] farmer's markets (all organic)
- Free yoga classes
- Festivals like every week
- Parades (Chinese New Year, How Berkeley Can You Be?)
- There's always something to do
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