Nicole Lewon
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Eternal student |
| Location | San Diego, CA, United States |
| Introduction | I sail boats and read a lot of books, and anything else I can get my hands on. Occasionally I cook and eat good food. I am the eternal student; the day I stop learning or can no longer read will be the day I die. But for the most part, I'm a full-time gimp. |
| Interests | Boats, books, brains, baths, beds, BBQs, belugas, beets, the Bay (San Diego), boogie boards, the Beatles, banjos, beauty, baking, Billie Holiday, being, breezes, ♥Barack Obama♥, beer!!! (the good kind, though I rarely drink anymore, I still love the taste), biodegradables, bleeding hearts, butter, birth control, Ben and Jerry's, blue skies, Buddha, black beans, Baja beans, blue jeans, the beach, brown eyes, blue eyes, birds, Balinese kitties (like my Obi), BOATS and BOOKS. Pirates! Cupcakes. People who read books for recreation and knowledge. Human rights! Health care and education for all! Equality and justice. Food! Organic and slow foods. Guitars (though I can't play)!!! Women's health. Independence and self-sufficiency. Men who have jobs and homes, are not in need of mothering, and are very independent, yet seek betterment and knowledge and regularly read books. Friends. Tea. Zombies!!! Music. My kitty, Obi Lewonkenobi. Sarcasm and wit. Goals: to become a lawyer in the short term (law school in 2009/10, human rights law being my main interest), maybe marry (what everyone wants: to find the "one" I can tolerate forever and be eternally happy), become a mommy if I can (or adopt) eventually (though it isn't a thought until after law school and I'm all grown up), and retire early to sail around the world (54 yo is my goal). I want to contribute to society and have an impact on lives for decades to come through volunteer and professional work. |
| Favorite Movies | Horror!!! Most favorite movie: the Wizard of Oz. Some other favorites: films with John Cusack, need I say more? Many Gary Oldman films, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, any Almodovar film (Habla con Ella, etc.), Bram Stoker's Dracula, Magnolia, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, most Coen Brother films, Pulp Fiction (and most Tarantino films), A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Daniel Day-Lewis rocks!), Amelie, Goodfellas, Grosse Pointe Blank, Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, The Royal Tenenbaums, From Hell, Amelie, Shrek I & II, Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later, lots of scary movies and so many more that got sucked up in Hurricane Katrina :-(. Also love old school movies like Stand By Me, Say Anything, The Goonies, Gremlins, The Neverending Story, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Dirty Dancing, Stand By Me, Ghostbusters, etc. |
| Favorite Music | A Minor Forest, Air, The Album Leaf, The American Analog Set, American Football, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Apostle of Hustle (I love Andrew Whiteman, he plays a Gibson Chet Atkins, and was a choir boy!), The Apples in Stereo, Band of Horses, BeeKeeper, THE BEATLES, Beck, Howie Beck, Beekeeper, BEIRUT, BELLE & SEBASTIAN, Ben Folds Five, ANDREW BIRD, Bjork, THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION, DAVID BOWIE, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, Buena Vista Social Club, Camera Obscura, THE CARS, Neko Case, Johnny Cash (my chinchilla's namesake), Cat Power, Patsy Cline, ELVIS COSTELLO, Jim Croce, Crooked Fingers, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, The Decemberists, The Doors, Elliott Smith, Feist, THE FLAMING LIPS, FUGAZI, Jose Gonzalez, The Grateful Dead, Arlo Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, Interpol, JOHN LENNON, Journey (the soundtrack of my childhood), Let's Go Sailing, June of 44, Led Zeppelin, The Long Winters, LOW, Magnetic Fields, MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO., Aimee Mann, The Mars Volta, Mates of State, Mew, Minus the Bear, Mogwai, The Moody Blues, The Most Serene Republic, NATION OF ULYSSES, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Optiganally Yours, Owen (fellow WHS alum), Phish, PINBACK, Pink Floyd, Postal Service, Pretty Girls Make Graves, RADIOHEAD, Rob Crow, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Rogue Wave, the Roots, Ryan Adams, The Sadies, The Sea and Cake, THE SHINS, Shipping News, Sia, SIGUR ROS, Silversun Pickups, Nina Simone, Songs:Ohia (Jason Molina in general), SPOON, Stars, The Submarines, SUFJAN STEVENS, Sunny Day Real Estate, Supertramp, James and Ben Taylor, Thingy, Thom Yorke, THREE MILE PILOT, TOM PETTY, Tom Waits, Tortoise, TRENCHMOUTH, Van Morrison, Velvet Underground, Weezer (the old stuff), THE WHO, WILCO (Jeff Tweedy), Amy Winehouse, Stevie Wonder, Yes, Yo La Tengo, Frank Zappa, ZERO 7, etc. |
| Favorite Books | I am the worlds largest book dork! I will read everything and anything, and I do. My worst fears in life are to either not be able to read or run out of books to read. I feel like crying when I have finished a good book, but I love the hunt for new books to read. I will read everything and anything, and I do. A few recent favorites: In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan), The United State of Arugula by David Kamp and Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin is one of my favorites, amazing, amazing, amazing. I highly recommend everyone read it. The Omnivore's Dilemma also by Michael Pollan is an absolute MUST READ along with Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (and Kingsolver fiction as well)! Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, The Robber's Bride also by Margaret Atwood, another favorite. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe. Love Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting! Franz Kafka's Letters to Milena, Paulo Coehlo's The Alchemist, any Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale being my favorite), Albert Camus (The Stranger), Richard Wright (Black Boy), any Barbara Kingsolver book, Toni Morisson (Sula and more), the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellis, the Peter Pan Bag, The Jungle and Oil! (Upton Sinclair), and Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. Erik Larkson and The Devil in the White City, great book as is Thunderstruck. Also Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. Pablo Neruda. My New York Library science desk reference is something I could not live without along with my gigantic Webster's Dictionary (does that count?) which I attempt to keep near me at all times! Of course my handy copy of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has also served me well. Also God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens and the God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I also really like Pema Chodron, particularly Awakening Loving-Kindness. |