About Me
- About Me: I was born and raised in Chicago, and have lived in Los Angeles (West Hollywood) since 2002. For the 5 years prior to that however, I literally had no home. I simply traveled. I owned nothing but clothes, books and my camera. Since 1990 I've traveled to all continents and have learned many things. I like to read and write. I love movies. I tend to be prolific in a scarce world. I value humor in every relationship. I'm prompt to a fault. I'd rather spend time with children than adults. If you like what you read or see here, leave a comment or send me an email at careygly at gmail dot com. Thanks!
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- Nicknames: Human 2.0
- Nationality: I'm so Italian I think "The Sopranos" is a reality show! ;-)
- Religion: Recovered Catholic - 5.5 on Dawkin's Scale (“It is the final proof of God’s omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.” Andrew Mackerel, the hero of Peter De Vries’s 1958 comic novel “The Mackerel Plaza”)
- Heroes: Dad, Superman :)
- Interests: Travel, Photography, Reading, Movies, Friends
- Expertise: To days of inspiration, Playing hookie, making something out of nothing. The need to express, To communicate. To going against the grain, Going insane, Going mad. To loving tension, no pension, To more than one dimension, To starving for attention, Hating convention, hating pretension. Not to mention of course, Hating dear old mom and dad. To riding your bike, Midday past the three- piece suits. To fruits to no absolutes, To Absolute - to choice, To the Village Voice, To any passing fad. To being an us -for once-, instead of a them - La Vie Boheme. careygly@gmail.com
- Occupation: Vice President of Training
- Industry: Software
- Website: http://www.connexion.org/carey
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Nobody Knows, Babel, Slumdog Millionaire, Dreamgirls, Mamma Mia, The Color Purple, I'm Not Scared, Six Degrees of Separation, All About My Mother, The Cure, Aladdin, The Lion King, The Horseman on the Roof, A Beautiful Life, Central Station, Moulin Rouge, Camp, 9 to 5, A Place in the Sun, Finding Nemo, The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine, Crash, Evita
- Favorite Soundtracks: Rent, Moulin Rouge, Anything Disney, Garden State, Dream Girls, Les Miserables, Joseph, Into the Woods, Sliding Doors, Dreamgirls
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Where are my pirin tablets?? I NEED my pirin tablets!!" Nathan Lane in "The Birdcage" asking Robin Williams for his "nerve pills" which are really just aspirin with the "a" and the "s" scraped off. :-) And this is one is from a TV show, not a movie... "We are quicksilver, a fleeting shadow, a distant sound. Our home has no boundaries beyond which we cannot pass -- We live in music, in a flash of color. We live on the wind -- and in the sparkle of star." -- Endora to Samantha, "Bewitched"
- Movies I can watch over and over: Moulin Rouge, Mamma Mia, Dreamgirls, Hairspray - Notice a theme??
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Steve Carell ?
Television
- Favorite Shows: The Colbert Report, Nip Tuck, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Shield, Rome, The Sopranos, American Idol, Heroes, Oprah, How I Met Your Mother, Lost, Top Chef, Project Runway, Mad Men
- Favorite Channels: Animal Planet, National Geographic, Bravo, The History Channel
- Favorite Reruns: Seinfeld, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Everybody Loves Raymond
- Most Addictive Show: Heroes
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel
- Characters you relate to: Larry David
- Favorite Theme Song: Mary Tyler Moore
- Show I Secretly Watch: Smallville
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Jack & Bobby
Books
- Favorite Books: The Moral Animal, I'm Not Scared, The Naked Ape, At Swim Two Boys, Picture of Dorian Gray, Dancer From the Dance, The Tipping Point, The Seat of the Soul, The Heart is Deceitful Above all Things, Giovanni's Room, Les Miserables, Portrait of an Aritist as a Young Man, De Profundis, Catcher in the Rye, Scenes of a Bohemian Life, On the Road, Crime &; Punishment, The Little Prince
- Favorite Authors: Oscar Wilde, Jack Kerouac, Camus, William Burroughs, Alan Ginsberg, Tolstoy, Thomas Friedman, James Joyce, Salman Rushdie, Sarah Vowell
- Favorite Quotes: There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love, or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today. There's only us, there's only this. Forget regret or life is your to miss. No other hope, no other way. No day but today.
- Recent Reads: The Moral Animal, Are We Rome?, Infidel, The Zen of Fish, Bosie, Dispatches From the Edge, Longitudes and Attitudes
Contact Info
- AIM: careygly
- MSN: careygly
- Yahoo: careygly
Music
- Favorite Artists: The Lightning Seeds, Stone Roses, Rent, James, Coldplay, Postal Service, Garbage, Crystal Method, Kinky, Basement Jaxx, The Wonder Stuff, Eminem, Morrissey, Showtunes, Disney, Echo and the Bunnymen, James Taylor, U2, Audioslave, Cocteau Twins, The Cult, The Smiths, Oasis, Linkin Park, N.E.R.D., Snow Patrol, David Ford, The Killers, Jarabe de Palo, Renato Russo, Katie Melua, Shriekback, Love and Rockets, The Frank &; Walters, Green Day, Ian McCulloch, Icicle Works, Midnight Oil, New Order, REM, The Ocean Blue, The Wild Swans, Billie Holiday, Big Mama Thornton, Violent Femmes, Joy Division, Death Cab For Cutie, Snow Patrol, Screaming Blue Messiahs, Mighty Lemon Drops
- Favorite Albums: Cloudcuckoo Land, Rank
- Favorite Genre: I think everyone's favorite genre is what they listened to during the happiest times of their life. For me that was college and a few years post college, so I like late 80's early 90's alternative, progressive music. I guess they call it EMO now :-)
- Favorite Songs: Pure, Ask, Everybody Hurts, This is the day
- Favorite Lyrics: Night time falls, raindrops splash rainbows. Perhaps someone you know, could sparkle and shine. As daydreams fly, colors from shadows. Picture the moonglow, that dazzzles my eyes. And I love you. Just lying smiling in the dark, shooting stars around your heart. Dreams come bouncing in your head, pure and simple every time. Now you're crying in your sleep. I wish you'd never learned to weep. Don't sell the dream you should be keeping, pure and simple every time. Look at me through starry eyes. Push me up through starry skies. There's stardust in my head, pure and simple every time. Fresh and deep as oceans blue, shiver at the sight of you. I'll sing a song for two. Pure and simple over you.
- Songs I hate: Not a huge fan of Country, but like Dolly Parton :-)
- Songs I repeat the most: Currently "I Love You I Do" by Jennifer Hudson
- Band I wish I was in: The Smiths, Joy Division
High School
- School Name: Schaumburg High School
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1983
College
- School Name: Eastern Illinois University
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1987
- Attended: 1983 - 1987
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): Finance
- Minor(s): Psychology
Travel
- Places I love: Hong Kong, Rio, Sydney, Cape Town, Florence, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Bangkok, Paris, Istanbul, Vancouver, Boracay, Barcelona, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, New York, LA
- Places I've been: All Continents including Antactica :)
- Places to see before I die: Haven't been to Tibet yet.
- Dream Vacation: I've had many.
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Italian
- Favorite Dishes: Sushi, Spaghetti, Pasties
- Favorite Desserts: Chocolate
- Favorite Drinks: Diet Coke
- Best meal ever: Any with good friends
- Foods I hate: Anything white and creamy
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