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Places I love: Guam, Argentina, both Vancouver and Toronto, New York City, Portland.
Places I've been: Too many to put here. Seriously.
Places to see before I die: The Pyramids of Egypt and the Sphinx
Dream Vacation: On my sailboat, fishing during the day, writing at night.

Favorite Shows: The L Word, Battlestar Galactica
Favorite Channels: None
Favorite Reruns: Friends, of course, even though they only showed like 3 asian people during the whole run of the show taking place in Greenwich Village, New York. That seem right to you?
Most Addictive Show: Battlestar Galactica, it's not all about Sci Fi, like Star Trek or something (ugh...) It's more like a really, really, REALLY good drama show, in outer space.
Favorite Late Night Talk Show: I sleep then. Or have sex. Then I sleep.
Favorite Episode: What?
Characters you relate to: Ya right.
Favorite Theme Song: Duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh duh, BATMAN!!!
Show I Secretly Watch: Secretly is for wimps.
Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Firefly, Tru Calling

Favorite Artists: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Bob Schneider, Norah Jones, and of course Frank!
Favorite Albums: Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
Favorite Genre: Jazz and Folk Rock
Favorite Songs: Currently it's "It's Not You, It's Me" by The Little Willies (Norah Jones)
Favorite Lyrics: "And dear, I know a secret, you didn't know I knew... I still get jealous, cuz it pleases you!" I Still Get Jealous by Louis Armstrong
Songs for Roadtrips: Anything by The Doors and Aerosmith
Songs I hate: That stupid Hillary Duff song about letting some rain fall down.
Guilty Pleasure: I don't feel guilty, what are you talking about?
Songs I repeat the most: Big Blue Sea by Bob Schneider
Band I wish I was in: I'd love to play with Norah Jones and her band. I'm rusty with the piano so I'd probably end up banging on something metallic. Like a trashcan.

Favorite Movies: 40 Days and 40 Nights, Sweet November
Favorite Actors: Brad Pitt, during his best days before Troy (Se7en, Fight Club, Snatch, Meet Joe Black, Legends of the Fall)
Favorite Directors: Michael Mann
Favorite Genre: Drama, I'd say Sci Fi cuz a really good one just kicks ass, but most of them end up sucking. *sigh*
Favorite Soundtracks: 40 Days and 40 Nights, though you can't buy it, gotta hunt down the tracks yourself and mix it.
Movie Quotes I say all the time: I don't.
Movies I can watch over and over: 40 Days and 40 Nights, Sweet November, Meet Joe Black, Legend of the Fall, Gladiator, Braveheart, Heat, Where the Heart Is
Actor that would play me in a movie: None, you can imitate Gino, but never duplicate

Favorite Cuisine: Anything I can eat with my hands, which is pretty much everything
Favorite Dishes: My ma's Mapo Tofu, gyros, dulmas, hummus w/ pita, Whole Food's pizza, my own potstickers and fish.
Favorite Desserts: Organic whole fat vanilla yogurt with fresh organic strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries topped with a little bit of pure maple syrup and raw honey. Yum.
Favorite Drinks: H2O, or a Dark Voodoo from Barefoot Coffee
Favorite Junk Foods: Green Tea icecream
Best meal ever: Warrior's Breakfast at the end of The Crucible at bootcamp
My Original Recipes: My fish, not telling how
Favorite Restaurants: Anywhere new
Foods I hate: Cilantro

Favorite Books: The War of Art
Favorite Authors: Steven Pressfield, Barry Eisler, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Favorite Genres: Fiction Literature, Philosophy & Religions, SF, History
Favorite Characters: John Rain, Joe Pike, Stephanie Plum, the dude from Shawn of the Dead
Favorite Quotes: "You have all the time in the world to achieve what you want, and no time to waste." Steven Barnes
Recent Reads: The Dialogues of Plato

Nicknames: ChienStrap
Nationality: Made in Taiwan, baby!
Religion: I know that I don't know
Heroes: Socrates, and myself of course
Interests: Healthy living, yummy food that makes a bad week better, writing, getting paid for my writing, riding my motorcycle into the sunset (cue western music)
Expertise: Philosophical debates, making people's eyes roll, making kids laugh (sometimes adults too *gasp*)
Occupation: Student
Industry: um... evolution of the soul