About Me

  • About Me: Editor, ICON-MAGAZINE.COM a website devoted to sharing interests in Arts & Entertainment. I reside in Houston, Texas, have a fondness for great music, political activism, intelligent people who like to have fun, great food and different cultures.

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Thai, Moroccan
  • Favorite Dishes: Thom Kha Gai
  • Favorite Desserts: Quince
  • Favorite Drinks: Pomegranate juice and coffee, but not together
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Buffalo Wings
  • Best meal ever: Thom Kha Gai
  • Foods I hate: Not big on Tex Mex

More About Me

  • Nationality: Thai-American
  • Heroes: Dalai Lama, Ani DiFranco, My mom
  • Interests: General: Indie Flicks, Music, Thrift stores, Individualism, Humanism, Law, Culture, Coffee, Books, Writing Art: Hieronymous Bosch, R. Crumb, HR Giger, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, Brian Froud Writers: Bukowski, Henry Miller, Kurt Vonnegut, Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Alice Walker, Stephen King (some) Music: Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Spiritualized, Built to Spill, Tom Waits, The Velvet Underground, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Cure, The Smiths, Cibo Matto, The Pixies, Snow Patrol, Tears for Fears, Jellyfish, Portishead, Faith No More, Blur, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Ani Difranco, Imogen Heap, Fugazi, TOOL, The Verve, more...
  • Expertise: Promotions, creative services, presskits, bios, music industry, radio, marketing, Houston, fine dining
  • Occupation: Marketing
  • Industry: Media
  • Website: http://icon-magazine.blogspot.com/

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Boston Legal, Dexter (the Showtime Version), Big Bang Theory, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Weeds
  • Favorite Channels: Surprisingly hypocritical of me, but FOX
  • Favorite Reruns: MASH, CSI, X Files up to Season 4.
  • Most Addictive Show: Boston Legal
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Letterman
  • Favorite Theme Song: Little Boxes from Weeds
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: John From Cincinnati, Deadwood, Carnivale, etc. Damn you HBO.

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Mike Patton, Portishead, FNM, Modest Mouse, The Cure, Bjork, Ani DiFranco
  • Favorite Albums: Live in Roseland, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, Mixed Up, Homogenic, Living in Clip
  • Favorite Genre: usually Independent
  • Favorite Lyrics: Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right...
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Road Trippin, Tamburitza Lingua, Florida, Every State Line
  • Songs I hate: Overproduced hip hoppity rap laced with talentless booty shakin' female
  • Guilty Pleasure: early Madonna
  • Songs I repeat the most: Glorybox, Joga, Lullaby, Overlap

Style

  • Where I shop: The Blue Hand, West Elm, Target, Sephora, and mostly online
  • Brands I love: LaCroix, Benefit, MAC, Dior
  • I like to wear: Sexy perfume
  • Can't live without: Music
  • Prized Possessions: My music collection
  • Guilty Pleasure: 80s rock, Early Goth

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Requiem for a Dream, Clockwork Orange, American Psycho, Scarface, Freeway
  • Favorite Actors: Christian Bale, Parker Posey, Al Pacino
  • Favorite Directors: Michel Gondry, Coen Brothers
  • Favorite Genre: Disturbing
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Eternal Sunshine
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: He he Hello!
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Party Girl, American Psycho

Contact Info

  • AIM: joyfulgurrrl
  • MSN: joyfulgurrrl
  • ICQ: 5018606
  • Yahoo: joyfulgurrrl