art, art, art – paint eating – charcoal sniffing – creating, consuming, critiquing theatre – people watching in downtown Chicago – pretending to play the drums – cart-wheeling in the grass when no one is looking – falling on my face when they are – pouring through my leaning tower of books – consuming large quantities of tea – Autumn – Autumn colors – Autumn sweaters – good dark chocolate – booming, window-rattling, but not power outing, thunder storms – talking about dreams and trying to interpret them – laughing so hard my face hurts – missing megsy – tacos! – missing megsy – road trips – missing megsy – music, music, music – random concerts at small venues – discovering new music – getting to know musicians – dancing on the train during rush hour – people’s hands – seeking out mini adventures – being mysterious – being fearless.
I'd like to meet:
Oh, people I guess. People would be cool to meet. I like people.
Music:
Oh, so much to choose from. What I'm listening to at the moment...
Patty Griffin, Ray Lamontagne, Susan Tedeschi, Bob Schneider, Townes Van Zant, Steve Poltz, Billy Harvey, Matt the Electrician, Southpaw Jones, Ian Moore, Lucinda Williams, Amos Lee, Toby Lightman, Missy Higgins, Dave Matthews Band, Joan Osborne, Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, U2, Jewel, Rachael Yamagata, Charlie Mars, Martha Berner, Adam Hood, Lizzie West, Heather Nova, Leona Naess, Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Jonny Lang, Damien Rice, Holly Throsby, Regina Spektor, Sia, Johnny Cash...and 7 burned CDs worth of pop/hiphop/rap for my best friend's bachelorette party. And probably a million others I just can't think of right now.
Movies:
Too many...Out of Africa, The Motorcycle Diaries, A Walk on the Moon, The New World, Gone with the Wind, Chocolat, Glory, Amelie, The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, Thelma & Louise, Airplane, Sleeping Beauty, Steel Magnolias, Roman Holiday, Empire of the Sun, The Red Violin, Little Voice, the new indie film Before the Music Dies, any Baz Luhrmann, Richard Linklater, all of the Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Indiana Jones films. Oh, and Jaws. I love sharks. Especially mechanical ones named Bruce.
Television:
I haven't really been watching TV as of late. But I try to catch The Office when I can. Lost, when it's on. And any good football game (go Bears!) I have a fondness for medical dramas... House, Grey's, ER. And I'm a sucker for all the cooking, travel, and saucy British sitcoms on PBS, when I happen to be home to catch 'em.
Books:
All time favorites...
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers; The Once and Future King, T.H. White; The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho; The Waves, Virginia Woolfe; Ocean Sea, Alessandro Baricco; Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie; Out of Africa, Isak Dinesen. Any Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver, Carson McCullers, Virginia Woolfe, Chekov, Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda, Susan Vreeland.Current reads...
My Antonia, Willa Cather; The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, Umberto Eco; Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe; In the Company of the Courtesan, Sarah Dunant; How Soccer Explains the World, Franklin Foer.
Heroes:
My mom. Her mom.And probably your mom too.
