Music (Progressive Rock, Classic Rock, and Metal); hiking/camping/exploring the great outdoors; environmental politics; road-tripping, especially to concerts; poetry; science and history; Sci-Fi; classic cinema; and sports!
MUSIC IS MY LIFE!!! Styx, Kansas, Porcupine Tree, Proto-Kaw, Yes, Ambrosia, Led Zeppelin, Dio, ELP, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Dream Theater, Cryptic Vision, The Doors, Wolfmother, and so much more!
MY ROCK STAR ALBUM:
Wuthering Heights (1939 version), Pride and Prejudice (1940 and 1996 versions), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Lion In Winter (1968 version), The Red Shoes (1948 version), The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Animal House, Dances With Wolves, Amadeus, Clockwork Orange, Star Wars series, Star Trek series... many, many more!
Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, Family Guy, Adult Swim, remodeling and decorating shows on HGTV and TLC, Turner Classic Movies, The Weather Channel, Britcoms on PBS, Nova, Masterpiece Theatre, Sci-Fi Channel, all versions of Star Trek, sports games (basketball, baseball, football, etc.).
Avalon by Anya Seton, the Rama series by Arthur C. Clarke, The Game of Thrones series by George R.R. Martin, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, The Stand by Stephen King, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein, The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Mists of Avalon series by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
I lost my two greatest role models within a week of each other in September 1997, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa. Together, they almost changed the world! I continue to be a concientious, loving, gregarious person in their honor because life is hard enough, and we all need to be good to each other.