Ry, Tilia, Greg, Klaus, Alix, Jennifer... all my friends. Surviving.Oh.. long list. I'lll elaborate one day.
People with creativity on the brain, artists, musicians, acrobats, dancers and yogis, travelers, philosophers, archaeologists and mad scientists.. people who have repaired themselves, people with interesting lives... who are accessible. People that make me laugh. Or anyone who is not an asshole.
Edith? or Immi? would be fun don't you think? Maybe Buddha, Confucius or King Solomon could save me some trial and error.. if I would only listen to their advise!
I like most types of music but I am mood oriented (this can be good or bad) so what I like depends on how i'm feeling. I like Rock (classic, punk, alternative...), most ethnic/world, Blues, Folk, Bluegrass, Celtic, Classical (particularly Beethoven's Ode to Joy and Moonlight Sonata), some Opera, Motown and yes, even good Country. Also some movie themes, Dr. Zhivago for instance... Music is very effective in altering or enhancing moods.. It is like a drug. I can't keep track of all the proper genre names, sorry. I am NOT fond of: Rap (don't relate), 'radio' Country (the 'poor me' theme.. not at all attractive), elevator Jazz, most Electronica, most Heavy Metal.........
Hmmm... degenerating memory.. haven't seen many lately, don't keep up. I love movies... I am a sap and a romantic, I cry easily and am usually embarrassed about it or laugh and then my face hurts.. or have an anxiety attack if the movie is too horrible, in a real way (like City of God). I should go out more often. I liked: Like Water for Chocolat, Chocolat, African Queen, Casa Blanca, Out of Africa, Taxi Driver, The Graduate, Straw Dogs, The Tenant, Never Cry Wolf, Do Des Ka Den, Woman in the Dunes, Eye of the Needle, Sophie's Choice, Schindler's List, Being There, Yellow Submarine, Bridges of Madison County, Zorba the Greek, Amracord, When Father Was Away on Business, A Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich, The Old Man and The Sea, Papillon, Long Hot Summer, Orpheus, Elephant Man, Eraserhead, The Merchant of Venice, The Gods Must Be Crazy, My life as a Dog, Night of the Iguana, What The Bleep?, Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Memoirs of a Geisha, Walk About, East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, Fannie, Lady Chatterly's Lover, Pride and Prejudice.. to be continued... as I'm sure I've left out some of the all time favorites..
Old Movies (40's and 50's)particularly Gary cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Hoagie Carmichael (Casa Blanca), Spencer Tracey, Kathrine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Burgman, Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers, Henry Fonda, Eva Gardner,.. this is more 'movies' than TV but it is what I'd most likely be inclined to watch.....as for TV.. Rowan and Maritn's Laugh-In was fun, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fautly Towers, EArly Saturday Night Live and Second City TV, The Colbert Report, Twin Towers was kind of fun.. I haven't watched much except Animal Planet or Sponge Bob since Tilly took over. when I was a kid, I liked Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Krazy Kat, Felix the Cat, The Wizard of Oz, and of course the re-runs of Betty Boop. the music was awesome in those. I remember one with Cab Calloway, damn he was good and he could dance like he had no bones.
Eat Pray Love, Angela's Ashes, Femme Fatale (Mata Hari), Master Butcher's Singing Club, Correlli's Mandolin.. I generally go for historic fiction, Greek (or other) Mythology, I Like anything that provokes emotions and new perspectives. A Certain Smile, Zorba the Greek, Narcissus and Goldmund, Painted Bird, Being There, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, Earth Abides, The Life of Pi, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sayonara, The Secret Life of Bees, The Birth of Venus, The Poisonwood Bible and most by Barbara Kingsolver, Kurt Vonegut, Lots of my kid's books like Esperanza's Rizing, Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Moore Child, Can't think right now, will make a list later... it's kind of fun to remember them and kinda frustrating to realize how bad my memory is.
Zorba, my father, Klaus, Alix, Julia and Graham