animals ~ art ~ Asian/Asian-American culture ~ backpacking ~ the beach ~ being nerdy/dorky ~ bicycling ~ boardgames ~ Britain ~ Broadway musicals ~ California ~ camping ~ classic literature ~ clubbing ~ coffee ~ cooking & baking ~ culture of any kind ~ current events ~ dancing ~ deep conversations ~ Disneyland ~ diversity ~ English language & grammar ~ entertaining ~ Europe ~ FAMILY ~ food ~ FRIENDS ~ GEOGRAPHY (huge nerd here!) ~ Hawaii & Hawaiian culture ~ hiking ~ HISTORY ( especially early American, modern European, U.S. immigration history) ~ international studies ~ Ireland & Irish culture ~ languages ~ laughing ~ LEARNING ~ making a different in this world ~ MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS ~ meeting new people (though not necessarily online) ~ the mountains ~ movies ~ museums (particularly art and history ones) ~ MUSIC ~ nature ~ opera ~ Oregon ~ personality theory ~ philosophy ~ PIANO ~ psychology ~ reading ~ SINGING ~ studying different religions ~ swimming ~ talking politics, religion, social issues, anything important with well-informed and respectful people ~ teaching & tutoring ~ tennis ~ theatre ~ TRAVELING! (One of my all-time favorite things to do...there's very few places I would not go!!) ~ volleyball ~ wine ~ writing
I generally only add people who either I know (directly or indirectly) or I feel I have a lot in common with. Your best bet is to message me beforehand. In terms of meeting people in life in general, I like people who are kind and passionate.
I have really eclectic taste. ABBA ~ Aerosmith ~ Antonio Carlos Jobim (bossa nova in general) ~ The Beatles ~ Benny Goodman ~ Billie Holliday ~ The Black Eyed Peas ~ Bonnie Raitt ~ most Broadway musicals, including but not limited to: Avenue Q, Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, My Fair Lady, The Phantom of the Opera, The Producers, RENT, Spamalot, and Wicked ~ classical composers including Debussy, Gershwin, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Vaughn Williams, Vivaldi ~ Coldplay ~ contemporary composers, particularly choral, such as (and especially) Eric Whitacre and Rene Clausen ~ Damien Rice ~ Dave Matthews Band ~ Destiny's Child ~ Dido ~ The Dixie Chicks ~ The Eagles ~ Ella Fitzgerald ~ Evanescence ~ Fall Out Boy ~ Fleetwood Mac ~ Flogging Molly ~ Frou Frou ~ The Goo Goo Dolls ~ Green Day ~ Imogen Heap ~ Jars of Clay ~ John Mayer ~ Josh Groban ~ Kelly Clarkson ~ The Killers ~ Lauryn Hill ~ Lifehouse ~ Maroon5 ~ Michael Buble ~ Michael Jackson ~ Michelle Branch ~ Miles Davis ~ Natasha Bedingfield ~ Nirvana ~ No Doubt ~ Norah Jones ~ Panic! At the Disco ~ Plumb ~ The Postal Service ~ Queen ~ Regina Spektor ~ Rufus Wainwright ~ Sarah McLachlan ~ The Scissor Sisters ~ Shakira ~ Snow Patrol ~ Stevie Wonder ~ Switchfoot ~ U2 ~ ....and many more that I can't think of at the moment!
10 Things I Hate About You ~ Amadeus ~ Amelie ~ The American President ~ The Back to the Future trilogy ~ Beauty and the Beast ~ Bend It Like Beckham ~ Braveheart ~ A Bug's Life ~ Chicago ~ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrode ~ Clue ~ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ~ Dead Poets Society ~ Diary of a Mad Black Woman ~ most Disney movies ~ The Emperor's New Groove ~ Fiddler on the Roof ~ Finding Nemo ~ Girl With a Pearl Earring ~ The Gladiator ~ The Goonies ~ The Harry Potter series ~ The Hours ~ Jurassic Park ~ Kill Bill vols. 1&2 ~ The Last Samurai ~ Latter Days ~ Little Miss Sunshine ~ The Lord of the Rings trilogy ~ Love Actually ~ The Mask of Zorro ~ Memento ~ Memoirs of a Geisha ~ Monty Python and the Holy Grail ~ The Motorcycle Diaries ~ Moulin Rouge ~ Mr. Holland's Opus ~ Mrs. Doubtfire ~ My Big Fat Greek Wedding ~ My Fair Lady ~ The Parent Trap (the original one) ~ Pirates of the Caribbean ~ Pride and Prejudice ~ The Prince of Egypt ~ Pulp Fiction ~ RENT ~ Saved! ~ Shrek 1 and 2 ~ Sister Act ~ the Star Wars series ~ Underworld ~ V for Vendetta ~ The Village ~ Waking Ned Devine ~ The Wedding Singer ~ Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ~ Young Frankenstein ~ ....the list keeps growing!
I watch almost nothing regularly, but I like to catch when I get a chance (both current and classic): Alias ~ Arrested Development (absolutely hilarious!) ~ The Colbert Report ~ The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ~ Desperate Housewives ~ Family Guy ~ Frazier ~ Friends ~ Futurama ~ Grey's Anatomy ~ House ~ I Love Lucy ~ The Iron Chef ~ The Late Show with Conan O'Brien ~ Law and Order (SVU is my favorite!) ~ Monk ~ the news and newsshows such as Meet the Press ~ Real World/Road Rules Challenge ~ Rome (a recent discovery...it's very good!) ~ Scrubs ~ So You Think You Can Dance ~ That '70s Show ~ Ugly Betty ~ Will and Grace
1984 (George Orwell) ~ Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt) ~ The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis) ~ the works of Edgar Allen Poe ~ The Five Love Languages (Gary Chapman) ~ The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) ~ ancient Greek writings such as those by Homer and Plato ~ The Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling) ~ The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien) ~ The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan) ~ Kaffir Boy (Mark Mathabane) ~ Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) ~ Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) ~ almost anything by Shakespeare ~ Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) ~ Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence) ~ Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
People who have stood up for what they believed in regardless of the cost and who have changed the world for the better: Susan B. Anthony ~ Winston Churchill ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ Mohandes "Mahatma" Gandhi ~ Thomas Jefferson ~ Jesus ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ~ Nelson Mandela ~ Socrates. And my family and friends. Their love and support help me aspire to be the best person I can be.