(no subject)
1) Using band names, spell out your name:
J - John Coltrane (not technically a band, but I stand by my choice)
A - Ataris
N - Nirvana
E - Everything But The Girl
T - The Cinematic Orchestra
T - They Might Be Giants
A - Alice in Chains
2) Have you ever had a song written about you? - Actually written about me? Not really. Sung about me? Yup. There's this song that goes to the tune of the Oscar Meyer's balogna jingle....
3) What song makes you cry? - It doesn't exactly make me cry, but right now Weezer's "Across the Sea" hits close to home.
4) What song makes you happy? - The list goes on and on, but here are a few selections for your perusal: The Ataris "San Dimas High School Football Rules", Bad Religion "Stranger Than Fiction", Barenaked Ladies "If I Had a Million Dollars", They Might Be Giants "Birdhouse In Your Soul", Beach Boys "Fun, Fun, Fun" "Good Vibrations" "Wouldn't It Be Nice", Queen "Fat Bottomed Girls", Sir Mix-A-Lot "Baby Got Back", Young MC "Bust a Move", Beastie Boys "Pass the Mic", Belle and Sebastian "If You're Feeling Sinister", David Bowie "Suffragette City", MxPx "Do Your Feet Hurt?", The Pixies "Tony's Theme", Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run" "She's the One" "Rosalita", Billy Joel "For the Longest Time" "Only the Good Die Young", Cyndi Lauper "Good Enough", We Are Scientists "Ode to Star L23", Weezer "El Scorcho", etc etc etc
5) What do you like to listen to before bed? - No real specifics. Just depends on what's going on, although I'd say that the first track of DJ Krush's album Zen is very relaxing.
PT. II
HEIGHT: - 5'7"
HAIR COLOR: - dark brown
SKIN COLOR: - depends on how often I'm outside; somewhere between white and olive
EYE COLOR: - dark brown
PIERCINGS: - just the normal ear piercings (one in each ear)
TATTOOS: - none
r i g h t | n o w
WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING?: - green scrub pants
WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO? - Sonic Youth "Kissability"
WHAT TASTE IS IN YOUR MOUTH?: - the last of my strawberry pocky from Japan
WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?: - densely foggy
HOW ARE YOU?: - Lonely, jet-lagged, missing Jonah
d o | y o u
GET MOTION SICKNESS?: - Not that I know of
HAVE A BAD HABIT?: - I guess I could say procrastination, but I still seem to manage to get my shit together
GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS?: - At the moment, yes. Much better now that I live further away.
LIKE TO DRIVE?: - Yes, especially on mountain roads when there are no other cars around with the windows rolled down and the music blasting on the stereo.
f a v o r i t e s
TV SHOW: - Scrubs, Simpsons, Family Guy, Kids in the Hall, Black Adder, Discovery Channel's dinosaur specials, Iron Chef, Crocodile Hunter, Gilmore Girls, Twilight Zone (the original series)
SHAMPOO: - whatever's on sale at Costco
BOOK: - Too many to list. Some examples are: "Reservation Blues" Sherman Alexie, "Ender's Game" Orson Scott Card, "The Neverending Story" Michael Ende, "Les Miserables" Victor Hugo, "To Kill a Mockingbird" Harper Lee, collection of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories, "Joy Luck Club" Amy Tan, "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy J.R.R. Tolkien, "Pride and Prejudice" Jane Austen, "Crime and Punishment" Fydor Dostoyevsky, "The Adventures of Sherlock Homes" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" Lewis Carroll, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn" Mark Twain, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" Jules Verne, "High Fidelity" Nick Hornby, "Animal Dreams" Barbara Kingsolver, "The Trial" Franz Kafka, "Jeeves and Wooster" stories P.G. Wodehouse, "Veinte Poemas de Amour y Una Cancion Desperada" and "Collection of Odes" Pablo Neruda
MAGAZINE: - I hardly ever read them
NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK: - Shirley Temple with extra cherries
ALCOHOLIC DRINK: whiskey sour, sex on the beach, and alcoholic hot cocoa
THING TO DO ON THE WEEKEND: - Sleep, be with Jonah, hike/camp/backpack, read outside, sit inside and watch movies, draw, hang around and talk with friends
BAND, SINGER and RAPPER: - Once again, this is by no means comprehensive:
Ataris, Bad Religion, Bambu, Beastie Boys, Belle and Sebastian, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, David Bowie, The Cinematic Orchestra, Counting Crows, Everything But the Girl, The Fugees, Gin Blossoms, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Grateful Dead, Ben Harper, Seth Horan, Hum, DJ Krush, Lagwagon, Led Zeppelin, Linkin Park, Bob Marley, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, MxPx, The Opus, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, Portishead, DJ Qbert, RJD2, The Roots, DJ Shadow, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Bruce Springsteen, We Are Scientists, Weezer, Z-Trip, Tchiakovsky, Beethoven, Grieg, Chopin, Smetana, Bizet, J. Strauss II, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Puccini, Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach, Amilcare Ponchielli, Modest Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Robert Miles, Tortoise, They Might Be Giants, Orbital, Billy Joel, Blue Man Group, Four of a Kind, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, George Gershwin, The Cure, The Beatles, Green Day, Marvin Gaye, Nirvana, Shawn Colvin, 311, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Queen, Beach Boys, Erykah Badu, Jurassic 5, Joe Farrell, Thelonius Monk, Ben Folds Five, Beta Band, The Who, Fatboy Slim, Kid Koala, Jimi Hendrix, The Police, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
h a v e | y o u
BROKEN THE LAW: - yup
RAN AWAY FROM HOME: - a couple of times, but I never made it very far
SNUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE: - nope, never had to
EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: - oh yeah
MADE A PRANK PHONE CALL: nah, I never really saw the point
EVER TIPPED OVER A PORTA POTTY: - blech, never wanted to
USED YOUR PARENTS' CREDIT CARD BEFORE: - nope, I've been "financially independent" for quite some time
SKIPPED SCHOOL BEFORE: - I've skipped classes/lectures in college and med school, so maybe that counts
FELL ASLEEP IN THE SHOWER/BATH: - several times; the warm water is incredibly relaxing
BEEN IN A SCHOOL PLAY: - I was in "The Wizard of Oz" once upon a time
LET A FRIEND CRY ON YOUR SHOULDER: - Many many times.
l o v e
GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIEND: - There's this crazy screwball Jonah who also happens to be witty, brilliant, caring, handsome, genuine, and generally amazing. He r0xXx0rz my s0xXx0rz.
SEXUALITY: - Straight
CHILDREN: - Someday, given the right situation, but I'm undecided about whether I'd want them to be my biological children or adopted.
CURRENT CRUSH: - Unless you count Jonah, nope.
BEEN IN LOVE?: - I'm in love RIGHT NOW.
r a n d o m
DO YOU HAVE A JOB: - For the first time in many years, I actually don't. Unless you count being a full-time med student.
YOUR CD PLAYER HAS IN IT RIGHT NOW: - Walkman: John Coltrane "Blue Train" Computer: Sonic Youth "Daydream Nation"
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?: - a crayon with a wacky yet oddly descriptive name, like "slightly moldy wheat bread" or "San Francisco fog after midnight"
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?: - Outdoor beauty, enjoyable books, great movies, drawing, puppies, stimulating conversation, sleep, putting the pieces together
WHO MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST?: - Jonah, Marcie, Judith, Matt
WHAT'S THE NEXT CD YOU'RE GONNA GET?: - whatever exciting find I stumble on the next time I'm at Amoeba Records; I like to go in with an open mind
WHO DO YOU CONSIDER GOOD FRIENDS?: - my friends know who they are
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO?: - Hike/camp/backpack, spend time at the beach (swimming/boogieboarding/reading), draw, read, watch movies, talk with interesting people, wander around SF and discover random new things, spend time with Jonah
w h e n / w h a t w a s t h e l a s t
TIME YOU CRIED?: Leaving Japan
YOU GOT A REAL LETTER?: - Probably last year from my high school friend Anne
YOU GOT E-MAIL: - I get spam all the fucking time
THING YOU PURCHASED: - Brownie mix, gyoza, international phone card
TV PROGRAM YOU WATCHED: - Simpsons
MOVIE YOU SAW AT THE THEATER: - Return of the King
w h a t | y o u | t h i n k | a b o u t
ABORTION: - Pro-Choice; each woman has to make the right decision for herself
TEENAGE SMOKING: - Not a very wise idea (the more I learn in med school, the worse I realize it is), but changing or stopping it isn't going to happen any time soon
SPICE GIRLS: - I think of Posh Spice and the wacky Japanese commercial that is made to look like a sitcom and Beckham somehow makes her change magically from one skimpy dress to another
DREAMS: - My dreams are usually very very strange if I remember them, although the absurdity often makes me laugh.
J - John Coltrane (not technically a band, but I stand by my choice)
A - Ataris
N - Nirvana
E - Everything But The Girl
T - The Cinematic Orchestra
T - They Might Be Giants
A - Alice in Chains
2) Have you ever had a song written about you? - Actually written about me? Not really. Sung about me? Yup. There's this song that goes to the tune of the Oscar Meyer's balogna jingle....
3) What song makes you cry? - It doesn't exactly make me cry, but right now Weezer's "Across the Sea" hits close to home.
4) What song makes you happy? - The list goes on and on, but here are a few selections for your perusal: The Ataris "San Dimas High School Football Rules", Bad Religion "Stranger Than Fiction", Barenaked Ladies "If I Had a Million Dollars", They Might Be Giants "Birdhouse In Your Soul", Beach Boys "Fun, Fun, Fun" "Good Vibrations" "Wouldn't It Be Nice", Queen "Fat Bottomed Girls", Sir Mix-A-Lot "Baby Got Back", Young MC "Bust a Move", Beastie Boys "Pass the Mic", Belle and Sebastian "If You're Feeling Sinister", David Bowie "Suffragette City", MxPx "Do Your Feet Hurt?", The Pixies "Tony's Theme", Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run" "She's the One" "Rosalita", Billy Joel "For the Longest Time" "Only the Good Die Young", Cyndi Lauper "Good Enough", We Are Scientists "Ode to Star L23", Weezer "El Scorcho", etc etc etc
5) What do you like to listen to before bed? - No real specifics. Just depends on what's going on, although I'd say that the first track of DJ Krush's album Zen is very relaxing.
PT. II
HEIGHT: - 5'7"
HAIR COLOR: - dark brown
SKIN COLOR: - depends on how often I'm outside; somewhere between white and olive
EYE COLOR: - dark brown
PIERCINGS: - just the normal ear piercings (one in each ear)
TATTOOS: - none
r i g h t | n o w
WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING?: - green scrub pants
WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO? - Sonic Youth "Kissability"
WHAT TASTE IS IN YOUR MOUTH?: - the last of my strawberry pocky from Japan
WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?: - densely foggy
HOW ARE YOU?: - Lonely, jet-lagged, missing Jonah
d o | y o u
GET MOTION SICKNESS?: - Not that I know of
HAVE A BAD HABIT?: - I guess I could say procrastination, but I still seem to manage to get my shit together
GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS?: - At the moment, yes. Much better now that I live further away.
LIKE TO DRIVE?: - Yes, especially on mountain roads when there are no other cars around with the windows rolled down and the music blasting on the stereo.
f a v o r i t e s
TV SHOW: - Scrubs, Simpsons, Family Guy, Kids in the Hall, Black Adder, Discovery Channel's dinosaur specials, Iron Chef, Crocodile Hunter, Gilmore Girls, Twilight Zone (the original series)
SHAMPOO: - whatever's on sale at Costco
BOOK: - Too many to list. Some examples are: "Reservation Blues" Sherman Alexie, "Ender's Game" Orson Scott Card, "The Neverending Story" Michael Ende, "Les Miserables" Victor Hugo, "To Kill a Mockingbird" Harper Lee, collection of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories, "Joy Luck Club" Amy Tan, "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy J.R.R. Tolkien, "Pride and Prejudice" Jane Austen, "Crime and Punishment" Fydor Dostoyevsky, "The Adventures of Sherlock Homes" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" Lewis Carroll, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn" Mark Twain, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" Jules Verne, "High Fidelity" Nick Hornby, "Animal Dreams" Barbara Kingsolver, "The Trial" Franz Kafka, "Jeeves and Wooster" stories P.G. Wodehouse, "Veinte Poemas de Amour y Una Cancion Desperada" and "Collection of Odes" Pablo Neruda
MAGAZINE: - I hardly ever read them
NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK: - Shirley Temple with extra cherries
ALCOHOLIC DRINK: whiskey sour, sex on the beach, and alcoholic hot cocoa
THING TO DO ON THE WEEKEND: - Sleep, be with Jonah, hike/camp/backpack, read outside, sit inside and watch movies, draw, hang around and talk with friends
BAND, SINGER and RAPPER: - Once again, this is by no means comprehensive:
Ataris, Bad Religion, Bambu, Beastie Boys, Belle and Sebastian, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, David Bowie, The Cinematic Orchestra, Counting Crows, Everything But the Girl, The Fugees, Gin Blossoms, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Grateful Dead, Ben Harper, Seth Horan, Hum, DJ Krush, Lagwagon, Led Zeppelin, Linkin Park, Bob Marley, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, MxPx, The Opus, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, Portishead, DJ Qbert, RJD2, The Roots, DJ Shadow, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Bruce Springsteen, We Are Scientists, Weezer, Z-Trip, Tchiakovsky, Beethoven, Grieg, Chopin, Smetana, Bizet, J. Strauss II, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Puccini, Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach, Amilcare Ponchielli, Modest Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Robert Miles, Tortoise, They Might Be Giants, Orbital, Billy Joel, Blue Man Group, Four of a Kind, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, George Gershwin, The Cure, The Beatles, Green Day, Marvin Gaye, Nirvana, Shawn Colvin, 311, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Queen, Beach Boys, Erykah Badu, Jurassic 5, Joe Farrell, Thelonius Monk, Ben Folds Five, Beta Band, The Who, Fatboy Slim, Kid Koala, Jimi Hendrix, The Police, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
h a v e | y o u
BROKEN THE LAW: - yup
RAN AWAY FROM HOME: - a couple of times, but I never made it very far
SNUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE: - nope, never had to
EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: - oh yeah
MADE A PRANK PHONE CALL: nah, I never really saw the point
EVER TIPPED OVER A PORTA POTTY: - blech, never wanted to
USED YOUR PARENTS' CREDIT CARD BEFORE: - nope, I've been "financially independent" for quite some time
SKIPPED SCHOOL BEFORE: - I've skipped classes/lectures in college and med school, so maybe that counts
FELL ASLEEP IN THE SHOWER/BATH: - several times; the warm water is incredibly relaxing
BEEN IN A SCHOOL PLAY: - I was in "The Wizard of Oz" once upon a time
LET A FRIEND CRY ON YOUR SHOULDER: - Many many times.
l o v e
GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIEND: - There's this crazy screwball Jonah who also happens to be witty, brilliant, caring, handsome, genuine, and generally amazing. He r0xXx0rz my s0xXx0rz.
SEXUALITY: - Straight
CHILDREN: - Someday, given the right situation, but I'm undecided about whether I'd want them to be my biological children or adopted.
CURRENT CRUSH: - Unless you count Jonah, nope.
BEEN IN LOVE?: - I'm in love RIGHT NOW.
r a n d o m
DO YOU HAVE A JOB: - For the first time in many years, I actually don't. Unless you count being a full-time med student.
YOUR CD PLAYER HAS IN IT RIGHT NOW: - Walkman: John Coltrane "Blue Train" Computer: Sonic Youth "Daydream Nation"
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?: - a crayon with a wacky yet oddly descriptive name, like "slightly moldy wheat bread" or "San Francisco fog after midnight"
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?: - Outdoor beauty, enjoyable books, great movies, drawing, puppies, stimulating conversation, sleep, putting the pieces together
WHO MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST?: - Jonah, Marcie, Judith, Matt
WHAT'S THE NEXT CD YOU'RE GONNA GET?: - whatever exciting find I stumble on the next time I'm at Amoeba Records; I like to go in with an open mind
WHO DO YOU CONSIDER GOOD FRIENDS?: - my friends know who they are
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO?: - Hike/camp/backpack, spend time at the beach (swimming/boogieboarding/reading), draw, read, watch movies, talk with interesting people, wander around SF and discover random new things, spend time with Jonah
w h e n / w h a t w a s t h e l a s t
TIME YOU CRIED?: Leaving Japan
YOU GOT A REAL LETTER?: - Probably last year from my high school friend Anne
YOU GOT E-MAIL: - I get spam all the fucking time
THING YOU PURCHASED: - Brownie mix, gyoza, international phone card
TV PROGRAM YOU WATCHED: - Simpsons
MOVIE YOU SAW AT THE THEATER: - Return of the King
w h a t | y o u | t h i n k | a b o u t
ABORTION: - Pro-Choice; each woman has to make the right decision for herself
TEENAGE SMOKING: - Not a very wise idea (the more I learn in med school, the worse I realize it is), but changing or stopping it isn't going to happen any time soon
SPICE GIRLS: - I think of Posh Spice and the wacky Japanese commercial that is made to look like a sitcom and Beckham somehow makes her change magically from one skimpy dress to another
DREAMS: - My dreams are usually very very strange if I remember them, although the absurdity often makes me laugh.