I love traveling, watching my shows and movies, learning languages (German, Spanish, Italian, TURKISH!!!, Kurdish, and Zaza), reading anything especially the Bible, non-fiction, good fiction, and lately anything about Turkey and Islam, being active, riding my bike, hiking, writing, and having fun.
Walter Moers (author), John Cusack (my fav actor), Tom Hanks (just seems like a great guy) Shah Rukh Khan (my bolloywood hero), Margaret Atwood (author), and Carlos Ruiz Zafon (another author), and most importantly God (someday ^_~).
Hindi Music (surprise), Tarkan, My Chemical Romance, Killers, Snow Patrol, The Shins, Mustafa Sandal, Fall Out Boy, Jem, Death Cab For Cutie, Tiziano Ferro, downhere, Jeremy Camp, Superchick, The Rasmus, Damien Rice, Postal Service, Kate Havnevik, Bjork, David Gray, Enya, Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bocelli, Imogen Heap/Frou Frou, Sugarcult, Copeland, Gripin, Emre Aydin, Murat Böz, Emre Altug, classical, oldies, opera, and whatever else I feel like. I have been listening to my ultimate favorite artist in the world, Tchaikovsky, a ton. It is like he is playing inside my soul on repeat. I soar, plummet, swing, and twirl in time to his music. I love my Ipod!
My favorite Bollywood movies are Main Hoon Na, Koi Mil Gaya, Kal Ho Na Ho, Devdas, Swades, Hum Tum, Parineeta, KANK,3KG and anything with Shah Ruhk Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, and Aishwarya Rai. I love foreign films like Run Lola Run, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement (and everything by Jean Pierre Jeunet), Love Me If You Dare, Life is Beautiful, Behind the Sun, Viziontele (1 and 2), and Devil's Backbone.I do watch movies in English as well like Little Miss Sunshine, Dream For An Insomniac, Dante's Peak, Elizabethtown, Pyromaniac's Love Story, Empire Records, The Very Thought of You, Grosse Pointe Blank (or anything John Cusack), Moonstruck, Fight Club, the new Pride and Prejudice, Emma (or any Austen adaptations for that matter), Son of the Pink Panther (the best in my opinion), Everything is Illuminated, Science of Sleep, Endless Sunshine of Spotless Mind (and everything Michel Gondry), Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish (and everything Tim Burton), Constantine, Neverwas, and movies I get nostalgic for from my childhood like Secret of Nimh, Rainbow Brite and the Starstealer, The Chipmunk Adventure, and Fern Gully (no laughing!).I am counting down the days for Be Kind Rewind, the new Michel Gondry film, because it is going to be amazing!
Now that I do not have a TV I watch lots of shows online. I stay current with Lost and Heroes right now. My all time favorites are ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, and Roswell. I used to watch Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives but have fallen way behind. Sometime far in the future I will find a way to catch up ^_^...
Possibly the greatest children's book ever written! If you haven't read it you have missed out. This list could get long but I will only put my favorites: The Bible, The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon), Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood), Shadow Song (Terry Kay), Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll), Dragon Can't Dance (Earl Lovelace), Tales from the Expat Harem, The Book of Lost Things (John Connelly), The Looking Glass Wars (Frank Beddor), Black Trillium (Bradley, Norton, and May), all the Harry Potter's, all Jane Austen novels, Return of the Native (Hardy), all Nelson Demille, George RR Martin's series, all books by Walter Moers (he is a genius), The Fate of Africa (Meredith), Kabul in Winter (Ann Jones), Why Geography Matters (Harm de Blij), and In Search of Kazakhstan (Christopher Robbins).
God, my best friend Sarah, my mom, and my dad. God- well of course it is because of John 3:16. He sent Jesus to die on the cross so I can spend eternity in Heaven with Him (and he created this amazing world we live in in only 6 days!!!). Sarah- because she has amazing patience and is an awesome teacher. I hope to be at her level someday. Mom- she has given me everything I could ever need and more. Dad- He lives his life in such a positive Christian way that makes the people around him feel wonderful and special.