Learning new words. Picking up a new magazine. Taking pictures of window displays and billboards. Finding a shortcut in the city so I can skip past all the bad drivers in traffic. The off-beaten path at the beach on a Sunday afternoon. People watching and talking to strangers. Shoe shopping. Attending exhibits of any kind. Ending up at the flea market on Sunday and comin' up on all sorts of goodies. Catching things on lingering video cameras. Playing a good game of chess or cranium. Any type of musical or dance performance...even better goin VIP. Camping, backpacking, scuba diving, yoga, accupuncture, soccer, dancing, skipping, vacuuming, and an occasional good nose picking.
Good ol' classic hip hop could always bring a smile to my face. Tribe, Gang Star, Pharcyde, Roots, Wu, Pharoahe, Quasimoto, Bush Babies, Smug Peddlers, Dre, Mos, Talib those who know good hip hop know good hip hop. Love good soulful house. I can get down with just about anything. Zap Mama, Sublime, Marley, Cesaria Evora, Weather Report, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Beatles, Rjd2, Fiona, Jack Johnson, Miles, Strunz & Farah, Beck, Steely Dan, Van Morrison, Portishead, Bootsey Collins, Bebel Gilberto, Anita Baker, Nina Simone, Federico Aubele, Van Hunt, Res, Esthero, Cody Chesnut, Nikka Costa, Coldplay, Marvin, Rick James, Outkast, Beethoven, Celia Cruz (Azucar!). I can name drop all day long...obsessed with music. next...
The favorite would be Girl on the Bridge (Subtitles) some of us love them, some hate them...I love them. Others would be Dare to Love Me, Harold & Maud, Party Monster and I guess I gotta get classic girly with it and go with Pretty Woman.
I make time for the guilty pleasure of Desperate Housebitches. If I find time, I'll dip into the tivo archived Oprahs.... I know, I know. Last but certainly not least, if I want a good dose of depression, or how 'bout just the weather I turn on the News.
The Giving Tree, The Celestine Prophecy, 48 Laws of Power, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff (I have to remind myself sometimes),Natural History of the Senses, The Dictionary and my personal Scrapbook.
wow, that's a strong word. I can't commit.