strawberry preserves,big cities with awesome design and structure that I can stare at for their beauty & even their desolation which is a pity ya know, small country towns where the simplicity of life can still be found which is so nice,the art of cocktail hour and a true martini and no~ a true martini does not have Vodka in it,beautiful eyes,low rise jeans,driving cross country alone that way I don't have to share tha music and can stop or not,people of all sorts(especially smart ~book or street) and those that aren't so bright~fun time isn't for thinking dang it (unless I learned something from it),love the MENSA minds too as long as you don't show-off....Our World dang it ! Other peoples pets~ cuz I miss mine terribly,live music venues, finding the best restaurants as well as the best dives/holes in the walls ( as sometimes they sometimes have the best food),deals. At other times, not "planning" a darn thing and just watching life.
I'd like to meet:
everyone but that's not rational ya know. But I will try and do my best on that in the next few years.
Music:
Classical & opera is what I was raised on and know more than anything since I was like 3. Played the Oboe since 4th grade(My Oboe teacher was DSO Principal Oboist Donald Baker) Love music more than almost anything... It gets me going from the moment I wake up . Did well enough on auditions to get in a swell fine arts school too ....This is only a minor sampling of what I like...Bif Naked,Chicos del barrio,Hinder,Notorious BIG,James Voelz,OceanLab,Flaming Lips,Erasure,Puretone,Juan Atkins,Ryan Cabrera,Barthezz,Judy Collins,Jamiroquai,Eurythmics,David Grey,Jill Scott,David Benoit,Phil Collins, Saint-Saens,Carl Craig,Pet Shop Boys,Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five,GNR,Sade,Black Sabbath,Paula Abdul,Cocteau Twins,Def Leppard,Richie Hawtin,Mariah Carey ,John Acquaviva,The Go-Go's,Buckcherry,Saliva,Dance2Trance,Book of Love,Alan Parsons Project,Eric B. & Rakim,PIL,Public Enemy,DJ Daniel Desnoyers,Anita Baker,William Shatner,Dead Kennedys,New Buffalo,Luther Vandross,Kylie Minogue,Rush,Placebo,Sarah Vaughn,Sarah Bettens,Barry White,Beethoven,Prince,Tom Jones,Free Sol,Sex Pistols,Yo Gotti,Motley Crue,Lil' Louis,Linkin Park,Seal,Kate Bush,J.S.Bach,Talking Heads,Abba,Modern English,Depeche Mode, Quincy Jones,W.A.Mozart,The Rolling Stones,Maynard Ferguson, Bob James,Toto,Isaac Stern,Schumann,Art of Noise,Kid Rock,Wagner,M People,Gabby Johnson,Rick Astley,Lil Flip,Miles Davis, Al Green,Etta James,Gang of Four,Inner 61,Sun-Ra, Josh Groban,Ozomatli,Diana Krall,G.F. Handel,Harry Connick,Jr.,A, Dvorak,Pat Methany,P.I. Tschaikowsky,Hiroshima,Grace Jones,N.M. Rimsky-Korsakoff,De La Soul,Mendelssohn,Bartok,Earl Klugh,Prokofieff,Jean-Luc Ponty,Kosheen,Goldfrapp,Crash Test Dummies,R.E.M.,My Morning Jacket,Tenth Planet,Eve,Ted Nugent,Modest Mouse,Fergie,Foreigner,The Pointer Sisters,Aerosmith,Vincent DeMoor,DJ Micro,Lady Sov, and I'll keep adding as time goes on.
Movies:
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973) ". I'm partial to the first film w/ Ingrid Bergman,not saying Ms. Bacall didn't do awesome too. It's just as a kid the wonder hits you differently. Films by Chris Eyre that represent us N8TVS.Forty Shades of Blue (Thanks Ira), Love those films from BollyWood baby ! Aishwarya Rai (Ash)... North by North West (have mad respect for this film and all Hitchcock, however it was my first paper in film school a shot by shot analysis),Night of the Hunter,To Kill a Mockingbird,Sunset Blvd,Nosferatu(the original),Bringing up Baby(fave),Rosemary's Baby,Over the Bridge Kwai(sp?),Casino Royale(original),A Streetcar named Desire,Zardoz. I think I was born in the wrong era. Might be why I liked the not so commercially successful Pleasantville. Jungle Emperor Leo,Little Foxes(old),Candyman,Hellraiser(s),The African Queen(my fave product placement film),A Place in the Sun(original)should have never remade it,It's all gone Pete Tong, All Monty Python,Alpha Dog, A tree Grows in Brooklyn,The Garden of the Finzi~Contini's, Guess Who's coming to Dinner,Welcome to the Dollhouse,Empire Records,Koyanasquatsi(sp?),go ahead laugh..The Fox and the Hound,Solo Dios Sabe,American Gigalo,The Constant Gardner,Babettes Feast,The Cremaster Cycle,All Vincent Price films,heck all Horror,Sci-fi,Historical,Drama,Suspense, give it to me I'll watch it. There is no such thing as a bad movie. You learn from your and others mistakes as well as successes.
Television:
I am so grateful for TiVo (but miss the UltimateTV version with keyboard) ...(going to miss New Amsterdam) Eli Stone,The Ri¢hes,Jamie at Home, House,Damages,Samantha Who?,Hereos,Psych,FootBallers Wives,Weeds,The Banana Splits (after a stressful day),The Mighty Boosh,Monty Python,PBS,Davey&Goliath,Psych, Kids in the Hall,My Name is Earl,The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, U of Michigan football,DVDs, all cartoons really, but prefer the old skool ones and any that mask education...History Channel,Biography,Discovery, yada,yada,yada...there are some new ones I want to try out and see what's up like Primevil.Skins,Kath & Kim yet somehow I don't think the US version is nowhere near going to live up to the Aussie version...ya know. Still adore Selma Blair tho'.
Books:
Paste,Cinamatographer,MacAddict,Mac World,Videographer,DV,Variety,Juxtapose,MixMag,Natl' Geographic,Scientific American,Harpers, MacLife,National Review andsuch. Books just don't seem to be what they were like when you were given a reading list in prep school and college. Ahhhh, the classics like Plutarch,Cervantes,Marcus Aurelius and then some. I guess I got lazy...but of course I still can't forget...Where the Red Fern Grows.
Heroes:
My family...(all of them). They've taught me acceptance,patience,humility and that life is beautiful everywhere I look. I also admire those that follow their hopes and dreams. It's not about what you have- it's what you do with it ....you're the ones that get my biggest respect.(give of yourself, it does make a difference people).
