Carmen

graphics/web designer

jazz (not that Kenny G bullshit either), progressive politics, running, wine tastings, bookstores, indie flicks, Scrabble, cooking, web surfing, cultivating new ideas

'The Corrections' by Jonathan Franzen; 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov; 'The Spectator Bird' by Wallace Stegner; 'Heart of Darkness' by Jospeh Conrad'; 'A Natural History of the Senses' by Diane Ackerman; 'Stupid White Men' by Michael Moore

'Reservoir Dogs'; 'Apocalypse Now'; 'Deer Hunter'; 'Manchurian Candidate'; 'Raging Bull'; 'Il Postino'; 'Cinema Paradiso'; 'The Thin Man'; 'Double Indemnity'; 'Oleanna'; 'The Spanish Prisoner'; 'Manhattan'; 'Crimes and Misdemeanors'; 'Lawrence of Arabia'

west coast cool jazz, bossanova, bebop, R&B, soul, blues, classical, traditional country

'The Sopranos'; 'Six Feet Under'; 'The Simpsons'; NOVA; Now with Bill Moyers; Egg; FrontLine

Survivor of surburbia, latin spitfire, and general bon
vivant waging the good fight against regressive
taxes/politics, enjoying the creative life (albeit in
impoverished circumstances), and squeezing the bejesus out
of life.

Folks who, like my best friends, are hip, hold compelling
opinions, represent the best of humanity and are simply
full of giggles to be around.