BarbaraFromCalifornia

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Law
Occupation Never-ending thinker
Location United States
Introduction I love a good discussion and debate.
Interests writing, reading, Israel, art, music, Judaism, fragrances, golden retrievers, mental illness, shopping, politics, book reviews, fragrances, fashion
Favorite Movies The Thorn Birds, Hitchcock, Strangers on a Train; Amores Perros;Heart is a Lonely Hunter, most Almadovar movies, Match point, an 'intelligent' x-rated movie, all movies by Julio Medem, especially Lovers of the Arctic Circle.
Favorite Music Too much to list. Mostly a lover of classical music, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Mahler, Golijov, Schoenberg, etc., etc. For the first time, I am beginning to listen to non-classical music. Love Bjork, Norah Jones, am also a fan of Klezimer music (it is threaded to the soul, I guess.)Also, love Prince.
Favorite Books Franz Kafka's The Trial, Phillip Roth's The Plot against America, & Exit Ghost The Year of Magical Thinking, The Trial of God by Elie Weisel, A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz, The Execution of the Hangman of Riga by Anton Kuenzle, Swann's Way, Marcell Proust, Fateless by Imre Kertesz, The Torah, Everyman by Phillip Roth, Crime and Punishment, Lolita, anything by Nabikov.

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