Theater, the crazy world of advertising (props to MySpace--you guys are geniuses...you KNEW that people love to talk about themselves), Civil War history, kung-fu, music, theater, books (the older the better--like fine wine), travelling, knowing all the answers to Jeopardy, theater (did I mention that??)...
My old high school and college buddies! ***SPECIAL NOTE: If I haven't talked to you at least once in real life, it is unlikely that I will want to go out with you! So I don't mean to be cranky, but I really don't appreciate ungentlemanly messages. Please refrain. Thanks.***
BLAKE LEWIS IS AMAZING AND HERE IS WHY:PLEASE CHECK OUT WHATEVER SONG IS POSTED -- I PICK THEM FOR A REASON! In case you can't tell, music is a passion of mine. Jazz, etc.--Michael Buble and the boys (after four concerts and one awards show I am simply a bigger fan than ever before), Tony Bennett (the guy is SUCH a gentleman to his audience), Harry Connick Jr. (until I found out how crass he was in concert), Kurt Elling (I LOVED his live act...so...artsy) Tuck and Patti, Eva Cassidy, Jamie Cullum (HE IS A GREAT PERFORMER and a little bit naughty in person), Chris Botti, Renee Olstead (16-going-on-30) and of course the amazing APU JAZZ ENSEMBLE////Pop, etc.--Maroon 5 (I love SAJ and their live CD against my will!), Gavin DeGraw (Gosh, he has a charming smile, became a bigger fan after I met him, not gonna lie), Destiny's Child (on occasion), Billy Joel, Edwin McCain (Messenger is one of my all-time favorite albums...yes I said albums...), Sting, Bryan Adams, Matchbox 20 (there is just something about Rob Thomas' voice), Prince, Stevie Wonder ("Sir Duke" is the JAM!) John Mayer (Favorite lyric-"I play a quick game of chess with the salt and pepper shakers..." SEE MY REVIEW OF HIS SECRET SHOW), plus I really enjoy Donny Hathaway's voice...kinda getting into soul singing////Broadway--Douglas Sills (when he sings "The Prayer" I turn into a little puddle on the floor), Terrence Mann, Bernadette Peters (the original and only Witch), Nathan Lane, Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell (saw him in October!), Kristin Chenoweth (saw her in all her glitter-and-be-gay glory), Adam Pascal, Jesse L. Martin (he was so great in Rent), Norbert Leo Butz, Anthony Warlow (!!!), Michael Cavanaugh, Hugh Jackman (yes, he counts as Broadway... and I just about passed out when he said we were old pals. He is just so pretty.)////Soundtracks--Movin' Out, Scarlet Pimpernel, Wicked (saw this in July!!), Ragtime, The Last 5 Years, Les Mis, Jekyll and Hyde, O Brother Where Art Thou, Moulin Rouge (1+2)////Christian-- Gaither Vocal Band, David Phelps (since he is going solo now), Sonicflood, Anointed, Avalon, Rachel Lampa, Crystal Lewis, Salvador, and of course the one and only Loren Smith////Rock-- Boston, Chicago, Santana, Aerosmith, DMB, Eric Clapton, Queen, Kansas (probably a lot more I could add here but I don't know their names)///Country--Rascall Flatts, Alison Krauss and Union Station (LOVE their live CD), Garth Brooks, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, anything Phil Vassar writes////Friends--Natalie Babbit, Robyn Benkoil, Loren Smith, Drew Tablak, Eve Faley, Tim Riffle, Jenina Galloway, Emmie Maurer, Scott Cochran////SHAMELESS PROMOTION FOR MUSICIANS YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW-- Jim Boggia-very talented songwriter-look him up NOW, Rob Blackledge, Zack Hexum, Curtis Peoples, Josh Hoge (probably the most likely one to make it on the radio), Matt Wertz, Will Champlin, Rob Wilkerson, Randy Napoleon, Gerald Clayton, Kevin Kanner (FOR GREAT JAZZ GO TO THE MINT IN LA ON MONDAY NIGHT!)/// Martin Sexton (I really want to see him live), Jimmy Needham (Check out "Fenceriders" on MySpace), Erin Boheme (I'll play mother hen anytime), Weber Band (no e-mail is too late), Ernie Halter (boy's good), Ray LaMontagne, The Weight ...
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The X-Files. Yes, I was an X-Phile. A big one. I even have a picture of myself in Mulder's office. Don't ask me how I got it.
I promise this list will get longer... Little Women, The Little House on the Prairie series, Gone With The Wind, the Anne of Green Gables series (actually anything by L.M. Montgomery), the Ashley Stockingdale series (thanks Allison!) Redeeming Love, the Mark of the Lion series, anything by Jane Austen, anything by Bill O' Reilly or Sean Hannity, the Narnia series, anything by Alexander Dumas (got my dad hooked on The Three Musketeers), the Sisterhood series (thanks Bobs!), The Cost of Discipleship, The Screwtape Letters, Piercing the Darkness series, and I am slightly embarrassed to admit it but I love those Uncle John's Bathroom Readers...
A married couple I know, who exemplify Christ in every way possible.