My general loves include music, local bands & concerts, the University of Florida football team and basketball team, Tampa Bay Buccaneers football, writing chick-lit, collecting Hard Rock Cafe pins, checking out movies, art exhibits & plays, relaxing at the beach, and road trips/mini-vacations with friends!
The Alive List: Oprah Winfrey, Christiane Amanpour, and some of my favorite musicians
The Not-So-Alive List: My grandmother, John Lennon and Ida B. Wells
The Black Crowes, Zero 7, Duran Duran, Liz Phair, Coldplay, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Blues Traveler, Bob Marley, Chantal Kreviazuk, The Clash, The Corrs, Dido, Erykah Badu, Fiona Apple, Groove Theory, Jonny Lang, K.T. Tunstall, Kanye West, Lauryn Hill, The Who, Maxwell, Poe, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Lenny Kravitz, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Death Cab for Cutie, Terri Binion and the Bible Belt Orphans, the Heathens, Rachael Yamagata, Sheryl Crow, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Rolling Stones, U2, Sade, The Wallflowers, Tori Amos, Weezer, The White Stripes, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Radiohead, Sneaker Pimps, Ludwig van Beethoven, The Fray, Hooverphonic, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Mazzy Star, Zap Mama, Sarah McLachlan, Jimi Hendrix, Stone Temple Pilots, Bob Dylan, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Velvet Underground, Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Beck, Aimee Mann, Elton John, Oasis, Common, Mary J. Blige, Aerosmith, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys, The Beach Boys, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Nirvana, KoRn, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Olive, Whitney Houston, Garbage, Everclear, Veruca Salt, The Cure, Depeche Mode, just to name a few
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Reality Bites, The Pianist, Bridget Jones's Diary, Clerks, High Fidelity, Great Expectations, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Down With Love, Almost Famous, Labyrinth, Remember the Titans
The Office, Sex and the City, Def Poetry, Six Feet Under, Absolutely Fabulous, The Kids in the Hall, Grey's Anatomy, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, World News Now, Top Chef, Real Time with Bill Maher, Dennis Miller Live, Sports Night, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Arrested Development
"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens, "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen
God, Mom, Dad, Ryan, Joelle, Tee, Dr. Robert Eliason, Joy Petit, Christiane Amanpour, Oprah Winfrey, John Lennon and Ida B. Wells