Jewelry making, silversmithing, Ancient Egypt, dharma, felting, enameling, resin, PMC, weaving, illustration, CGI, comic books, biotechnology, forensics, lampwork, digital photography, bead weaving, crafting, Mythbusters, Four Noble Truths, insomnia, Joss Whedon, archaeology, yoga, meditation, nanotech, epidemiology, filling out these stupid forms that always make me sound like a pretentious asshole, wire work, cyberpunk, micro beads, gardening, growing peppers, horror movies, quantum mechanics, anime, power tools, dedicated Browncoat, polymer clay, mosaics, stained glass, decoupage, cats, goblins, Brian Froud, Jim Henson, bats, pain research, chronic illness, Siamese cats, tattoos
Deviation: Android -- A cyberpunk disaster area, with stories, artwork, and other nifty things, done by me and my partner in crime and grime.
Necessary "Groovy Things that WORK" Plug:
I swear by this stuff. Most awesome lip balms, handmade soaps, and shampoo to make your hair glow.
"It's got a good beat, and I can dance to it." Everything from opera (I LOVE 'Barber of Seville'), to folk, to heavy metal, to jazz, and blues. My playlists usually get massive blinks from people as it shuffles through a grand assortment of music that you generally don't expect to find together.
I'd consider Weird Al among the 'guilty pleasures' category. Sometimes, you just gotta laugh. A lot. Till it hurts. And then you listen to Jimmy Buffet and mellow out again.
--No Chick Flicks Allowed-- Life is depressing enough in reality, I want my movies to entertain me and escape from the real for a while, not wallow in more suffering.
Aliens, Slither, Serenity, Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Boondock Saints, Day of the Dead, The Fog, Harvey, Blade Runner, Mystery Men, Dark City, Bubba Ho-Tep, Shaun of the Dead, Sin City, Big Trouble in Little China, Equilibrium, Jaws, Pulp Fiction, Pitch Black, Escape from New York, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, Batman Begins, Night Watch, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Army of Darkness
Why does all the good TV get cancelled? Firefly, Farscape .... at least Eureka was renewed for another season.
Never miss Mythbusters, or Dirty Jobs.
And of course, I DVR all the craft shows on HGTV and DIY to watch once the kids are in bed and things have gotten a bit quieter around here. I'm a total Discovery Channel nerd.
I probably own as many non-fiction and technical manuals as I do fiction books, and considering that I own enough to start my own library, and use books as coffee tables, it probably says way too much about my psyche -- or what's left of it.
People that like me buy me books. People that LOVE me buy bookshelves.
My grandfather, who taught me my love for power tools, and crafting, and that no matter what I believe, I CANNOT fly when I leap from the highest branches of a persimmon tree (thank you for catching me); for carrying me across acres of land on his back, while I imperiously pointed out the particular blackberries in a massive wild patch that I wanted, and for subsequently teaching me to enjoy gardening and playing in the dirt; for making excuses to my mother when I came home soaked and filthy about me "falling" into the lake, even if she never fell for them; for not beating my ass when, in practicing shooting his BB gun, I popped all the strands holding together the windchimes he'd just made the day before.