SELF EXPRESSION "Catch afire with enthusiasm and people will come from miles and miles to watch you burn." Fortune Cookie
Bob Marley(unwilling prophet/natural mystic). Chris Blackwell (discoverer of said prophet/mystic). Fela Kuti (because he is the emodiement of roots and rhythm). Nanny of Jamaica (during her protection of the Maroons while jerking pork). Wally Lamb (She's Come Undone), Pat Conroy (Prince of Tides literarily without Streisand), Shel Silverstein (imagined Hedonist), Judy Blume (Realist), Haven Kimmel (Genius.."A Girl Named Zippy"), and Gordon Downie, the lead singer for The Tragically Hip (gifted poet). Gwen Stefani and family (because beauty is soothing). Marilyn Monroe (as Norma Jean). Betti Page (today). And Johnny Depp (wouldn't you?).
Anything that moves me (That's everything except mainstream country). Al Green to Frank Zappa.
(1 ) Dumb and Dumber (2) The Libertine (3) Forrest Gump (4) Paper Moon (5) The Fisher King (6) Fight Club (7) Nacho Libre' (8)The Jerk (9) The Big Lebowski (10)Little Miss Sunshine
"Lonely Planet", "The Daily Show", "The Colbert Report", "Man Versus Wild", "Mythbusters" and "Spongebob Squarepants".
Gary Zukav, "Seat of the Soul". If you only read one book in your lifetime, this is it! Would be great if it came in a pill form for the literally challenged. And I always keep my little paperback, Darwin's "The Origin of Species" close at hand.
The family car. She was born to my brother in 89 but my kids and I adopted her last year. She has 306,000 miles, but she's the magic vehicle. With $20 a week I can drive her miles and miles. Laugh if you will... not only is she paid for but she can ride the tailwind of a truck effortlessly for days! I had to learn to drive her as she complained of her troubled youth (she witnessed LA riots, earthquakes, smog and freeway constipation). You look at her and think "she once was hot". But her reply is always "Forget the pimp! I'm rolling and I'm GOLDEN!"