Pets, painting, drumming, film, yoga, bicycling, resistance training, chess (been playing since I was 9), video games (Tomb Raider, and Sims 2), reading, sushi, the beach, annoying my husband, sarcasm, stirring the pot...
The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Aimee Mann (no relation), The B-52's, No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Amy Winehouse, Alison Krauss, Bo Diddley, HRT, Feist, The Sin Eaters, Sequoya, Til Tuesday, ZZ Top, The Cars, Diana Krall, Heart, The Cranberries, Sheryl Crow, Chet Baker, The Gun Club, Cat Stevens, lots more...
Mostly the classics of old Hollywood -
To Kill A Mockingbird is my favorite. Also love films by Alfred Hitchcock, Monty Python group, Quentin Tarantino, William Castle, the Coen Brothers, films of classic Hollywood, and horror/thrillers, especially campy '50's ones. Too many to list!
Nip/Tuck, Dirt, Breaking Bad, Survivor, South Park, My Name Is Earl, What Not To Wear, CSI, The Soup, The Dog Whisperer, Mad TV, The Chelsea Handler Show, Reno 911. Favorite old shows are The Avengers, Bewitched, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Twilight Zone, and Night Gallery.
Rebecca, Alice in Wonderland, and The Picture of Dorian Grey are my top three favorites. Also most anything by Carl Hiaasen, David Sedaris, Stephen King, Chuck Klosterman, Shirley Jackson, Albert Camus, Georges Sartre, John Updike, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Daphne du Maurier...more.
Vincent Van Gogh, Picasso, Monet, Matisse, M.C. Escher, Gustav Klimt, Alphonse Mucha, John Singer Sargent, Andrew Wyeth, Salvador Dali, Toulouse Latrec, Edward Hopper, John Held Jr., Charles Dana Gibson, Aubrey Beardsley, Antonio Lopez, Alfred Hitchcock, Katharine Hepburn, Joni Mitchell, and last but not least, my husband Rob.