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Fast facts

• At the movies I like to see:Movies that special effects driven and are better seen on a big screen.
• Last movie seen:Kicking & Screaming (the Noah Baumbach one, not the Will Farrell turd)
• Music I listen to:Pop, rock, jazz, blues, folk, country, classical, electronica, reggae, etc. Pretty much everything. For real.
• Best album right now:Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Souls by M83
• Favorite author:Kurt Vonnegut, I suppose. I've read more of his books than anyone elses.
• Last book read:In Cold Blood. Awesome book.
• Best game right now:Mahjongg. Totally addictive.
• Favorite sports team:I don't watch sports if I can help it. I've tried. It's boring.
• I'm passionate about:music, computers, philosophy, my dogs
• I wish I could:Retire so I could have more time to do things I really enjoy, like playing music.
• Favorite travel destination:Anywhere with my dogs. Mostly the outdoors, I suppose.
• On my vacation I..:Exprience the local culture as much as possible in the alotted time period.
• If I won 1 million dollars, I would:See "I wish I could".
• If I were a super hero I would:Be able to teleport. Pretty much a totally self-serving super power, but so what!
• Fashion I rather not see again:Pretty much anything ever considered "in fashion" or "fashionable".
• My worst purchase ever:Fashionable clothing
• I want my coffee..:I take my coffee black, like my soul...
• Food I like:Pretty much every cuisine I've ever tried, but sushi and Indonesian are faves
• I don't like:People who are judgmental, intolerant, narrow-minded, willfully ignorant, cruel or petty i.e. most Americans.
• Software I use:Windows Vista, Nero, Open Office, Vuze, Windows Media Player, Opera, Firefox, Thunderbird, 7-zip, Winamp. I try to use as much freeware as I can.
• Hardware I use:HP Pavilion laptop, Western Digital external drives, Microsoft Wireless Mouse, Creative Labs Zen MP3 Player
• I discovered My Opera from:Installing Mini Opera, then Opera for the PC.