movies, music, reading, gardening, outdoors, family, friends, poetry, current events, my Italian and Irish heritage, the Appliacian Mountains and folk. Bible study. I like cooking, and am reading up on "homesteading" although that's a challenge in a condo :S
I'd like to meet:
Jesus, Stephen King, Michael Collins, smart folks and anyone that's odd like me and can't be put in a category.
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Music:
celtic,The Fray, Emagen Heap, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Enya, Mary Black, Garth,Stevie Ray Vaughn, Third Day, Brigid's Cross, John Mayer, 80's hair bands, Kenny Chesney, Chris Cagle, Tim McGraw, JoDee Messina, Rascal Flatts, Sara Evans, James Blunt, Ambrosia, some bluegrass, Dream Theater, Velvet Revolver, Matchbox 20, Coldplay, Finger 11, etc....so many to name!
Movies:
I am a movie junkie!! "Wedding Crashers", awesomely funny.... I like Braveheart,Michael Collins, Les Miserables, My Life, Something's Gotta Give, Failure to Launch, American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Notebook, Titanic, Crash, The Last Samurai, Just Friends, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, SCARY ones...Billy Madison, Big Daddy, Anchorman, etc
Television:
I don't get to see much tv, but I like House (he's so mean, but I love him!),My Fair Brady, Breaking Bonaduce, Scrubs, Wedding Story, ER, Grey's Anatomy, American Idol (yeah, I admit it) Ty's Extreme Makeover,Happy Hour, Till Death, SurReal Life.
Books:
Raymond Carver, any Stephen King, Yeats, Emerson"The Stand", the unabridged version is an awesome book and still my favorite.If you really want to think about stuff, Raymond Carver is awesome to read, Langston Hughes writes some cool poetry, as does Robert Frost.And don't forget "The Places You'll Go" by Dr Seuss!
Heroes:
~My ..1 hero would be JESUS. He rocks. ("would you take the place of this man? would you take the nails from His hand?")
~My uncle Martin, rest his soul....
he was the sweetest, kindest man I've ever known, until Ken.
~Ken...he is so kind, so patient, so giving.
In Corinthians, you could replace "love" w/ Ken's
name, and it would still be true. I love you, whole-heartedly.
~Chris....my firefighter buddy
~all the soliders all over our world fighting for us
~every single mom that doesn't give up,
and wants the best for her kids.
Mother to Son
by Langston Hughes
Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now—
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
