Rock Climbing, Backpacking, Slipstream Pro Cycling, Triathlon, film, body art, freaking people out with my tattoos and and ability to hold an intellegent conversation....
Emma Thompson, Maya Angelou, Robert Rauschenberg, Roberto Benigni, Lokelani McMichael (yumyumyumyum)
Jane's Addiction, Radiohead, Guns n' Roses (my personal top three greatest bands since 1980), The Decemberists, Ani DiFranco, Soundtrack to Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Hank III, The Dead, classic country, Appalachian fiddle music, bluegrass, Sugar, The Smiths, old hardcore (Gorilla Bis., Minor Threat, 108, etc). All different types of musical goodness...
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hero, Love Actually, La Vita Bella, The Odd Couple, Shakespeare in Love, anything with Emma Thompson.
LOST, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Yes, it's a sickness) Angel, Firefly, Grey's Anatomy, The L Word. Anything on the Learning Channel or Discovery Health having to do with childbirth or surgery...
The Mastery of Love, The Four Agreements, The Mists of Avalon, The Tao te Ching, any play by Shakespeare, Dante's Divine Comedy. Any books by Bill Bryson. Arlene Blum's Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life.
My grandparents, Arlene Blum, John Cameron Mitchell (brilliant!), my Spiritual Mom.