i love animals... and friends, family, idaho, crosswords, wordplay, dancing, hooping, river rafting, laughing, hiking, leisurely biking, oral anthropology, hand-me-downs, domes, tai chi, psychic phenomena, photography, absurdity, cursing and, um, srapbooking
also, i'd like to be catwoman.
austin city limits, tori amos, nanci griffith, radiohead, cowboy junkies, devendra banhart, nikka costa, magnetic fields, ani difranco, alicia keys, amy winehouse, lilly allen, amos lee, g love, jack johnson, lovage, goldfrappe, beck, theivery corporation, kings of convenience, the the, martin sexton, al green, tom waits, poe, morcheeba, portishead, coldplay, ph balance, josh stone, joss stone, alexa ray joel, corinne bailey rae, hooverphonic, chemical brothers, dead can dance, morphine, david byrne, norah jones, DMB, michael jackson, indigo girls, the willie waldman project, tricky, massive attack (also classic country and musical theatre)...
sense and sensibility, in america, strictly ballroom, babe, walk the line, the hudsucker proxy, brokeback mountain, como agua para chocolate, lost in translation, chicago, bullets over broadway, shine, hair, the good-bye girl, the others, the bear, more...
pbs, so you think you can dance, medium, my name is earl, the office, america's next top model, dancing with the stars, and too much more...
all Maya Angelou, "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran, "Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers" by Thich Naht Hanh, "Night" by Elie Wiesel. and 1940s-era trash romance, "Sin Is A Redhead." that's just funny.
Corrie ten Boom, Anne Lamott, Papa South and my dad Ren, my precious mother and my inspiring, positive, courageous niece Savannah