-ben
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | minstrel |
| Introduction | A round peg in a world of square holes... |
| Interests | Scuba diving (technical & recreational), swimming, inline skating, mountain biking, cycle touring, hiking, caving, literary events, literary criticism, poetry, audiophilia, singing, DIY electronics, modifying electronics, photography, politics, theology, trolling, browsing old bookstores, driving along the Pacific Ocean, walks along the beach |
| Favorite movies | Godfather Trilogy, Aliens Trilogy, H.E.A.T., The Score, Sea of Love, Poltergeist Trilogy, The Professional, movies with/by Clint Eastwood, The Hours, Possession, A Beautiful Mind, The Remains of the Day, Shadowlands, The Royal Tenembaums, One Hour Photo, Der Krieger und die Kaiserin, Dark Knight, Koyaanisqatsi Trilogy; serious anime: Grave of the Fireflies, Perfect Blue, Jin-roh: The Wolf Brigade, Millenium Princess; documentaries: Life and Debt |
| Favorite music | Philip Glass, Dmitri Shostakovich, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sergei Rachmaninov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gustav Mahler, Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, Takashi Kako, Rodrigo Leão & Vox Ensemble, St. Louis Jesuits, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos, The Doors, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Andrew Bird, The Rat Pack, Voltaire, Lycia, John Barry, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Gabriel Yared, Michael Nyman, Kronos Quartet... |
| Favorite books | _Brothers Karamazov_, _Crime and Punishment_, _The Idiot_, _The Sound and the Fury_, _The Dead_, _The Last Summer of Reason_, _Texaco_, _The Sea of Fertility Tetralogy_, _The Remains of the Day_, _Never Let Me Go_, _Tess of the D'Ubervilles_, _Lolita_, _The Enigma of Arrival_, Samuel Beckett's works |