music: manu chao. gotan project. angelique kidjo. cat power. nelly furtado. britney spears. david tavare. aqualung. madonna. sia. imogen heap. carla werner. tori amos. garbage. alizee. azure ray. franz ferdinand. the killers. coldplay. muse. dj tiesto. paul oakenfold. djosos krost. abba. ace of base. olive. the gorillaz. mono. gogol bordello. feist. client. fiona apple. poe.movies: vicky cristina barcelona, pan's labyrinth, L'Auberge espagnole, american beauty, kill bill, romeo and juliet, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, shawshank redemption, american history x, after you, love me if you dare, persepolisbooks: war and peace, les miserables, to kill a mockingbird, the awakening, harry potter, the joy luck club, the great gatsby, a tree grows in brooklyn, persepolis

At Burning Man 2009 I rode on Steve Wozniak's segway at 4 am. In the summer of 2008, I spent one night in the Bedouin tents in Israel. After riding the camels through the desert and listening to traditional song and dance of the Bedouins while drinking tea and eating oven-baked Bedouin cuisine, I got up at 3 a.m. to climb the Masada and watch the sunrise over the mountains and the sea.