For completeness' sake, a list of things that tickle me fancy. If any one element appeals to you as well, let's go for coffee sometimes!
- Global Passions
- Social Sciences:
- Politics (world, national, provincial), human behavior, international events, democracy, environment, business strategy, Canadian unity.
- Dark Side of Humanity:
- Human condition, neglected human rights, world history, police states, greed, self-centeredness, war.
- Technology:
- Space exploration, science, Mars, engineering, how things work, manufacturing processes, Internet technology and trends.
- Arts & Entertainment
- Tough Stage:
- Theater, stand-ups, dance, public speaking, circus; anything where the performer actually made a genuine effort and did some thinking.
- Dreamy Music:
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- Music for ambiance and feelings:
- Vocal trance, house mixes, lounge, electronica, "chill out", ambient, memorable soundtracks, downtempo, middle-eastern sounds.
- Music with meaning:
- Classic French signers (Ah!, Frida Boccara, what a voice!)
- Latest discoveries:
- 30 seconds to Mars, Lunik, Café del Mar series, Putumayo series
- Memorable Movies:
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- Genres:
- Science fiction, war, thrillers, silver gems, foreign films, hollywood epics, movies with sad or twisted endings.
- Titles:
- Gattaca, Soylent Green, Equilibrium, Antarctica, Stalingrad, Blackhawk Down, On the Beach, Dr. Strangelove, By Dawn's Early Light, The Spy Who Came from the Cold.
- Strong Literature:
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- Genres:
- Utopian thought (thanks to teacher Monica Warr), war literature (thanks to teacher Mr. Moran), self-help [audio]books.
- Titles:
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, Brave New World, Utopia, All Quiet on the Western Front, Henry V, Catch-22, anything by Jules Verne.
- Useful TV:
- RDI, Discovery Channel & Canal Évasion. Any shocking documentary.