Jennifer

I'd like to meet:

Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Marcy, Sally, Schroeder, Franklin, Pigpen, the Little Red Haired Girl, Woodstock, and-- of course-- Snoopy. :)

Music:

I mostly listen to alternative rock, but my music collection includes a little bit of everything.

Here's a not-so-short list (in alphabetical order) of some of my favorite artists and groups:

ABBA, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, the Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, the B-52s, the Barenaked Ladies, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Beck, Bjork, Blanche, Blondie, Blur, David Bowie, Bright Eyes, Kate Bush, Camper Van Beethoven, the Carpenters, the Cars, Johnny Cash, Coldplay, Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Sheryl Crow, Crowded House, the Cure, DDT, Death Cab For Cutie, the Decemberists, Depeche Mode, the Dixie Chicks, Doves, Duran Duran, Echo & the Bunnymen, E.L.O., Eminem, Enya, Erasure, Melissa Etheridge, the Eurythmics, Evanescence, the Everly Brothers, Fall Out Boy, Fatboy Slim, Fleetwood Mac, the Foo Fighters, the Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Franz Ferdinand, the Fratellis, Nelly Furtado, Peter Gabriel, Glukoza, Gnarls Barkley, Gomez, Gorillaz, Emmylou Harris, Incubus, Indigo Girls, Interpol, InXS, Joan Jett, Billy Joel, Elton John, Janis Joplin, the Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, Keane, Alicia Keys, Kid Rock, the Killers, k.d. lang, Cyndi Lauper, Linkin Park, Live, Lush, Loretta Lynn, Sarah McLaughlin, Moby, Modest Mouse, Alanis Morissette, Muse, Mute Math, the Neverending White Lights, New Order, Nirvana, Oasis, Sinead O'Connor, Dolly Parton, Pearl Jam, the Peasall Sisters, Peter, Paul, & Mary, Pink, Pink Floyd, the Pixies, the Pretenders, Prince, Queen, Radiohead, the Ramones, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Smokey Robinson, the Rolling Stones, the Scissor Sisters, Bob Seger, the Shins, Sigur Ros, Carly Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Smashing Pumpkins, Patti Smith, the Smiths, Soundgarden, Bruce Springsteen, the Stone Roses, the Supremes, the Talking Heads, tAtU, James Taylor, Tegan & Sara, the Temptations, the Tragically Hip, Travis, KT Tunstall, U2, Weezer, Kanye West, the White Stripes, Amy Winehouse, Stevie Wonder, XTC, Yaz.

This is only scratching the surface. There are a lot of songs by newer artists that I like, but I haven't gotten around to listening to those artists' whole CDs yet. I only know one or two songs. Also, I'm sure I forgot a lot of good music when I made the above list. Either way, I will keep adding new names to the list.

Since I joined MySpace, I've been having fun listening to the up-and-coming artists and bands who have sent me friend requests. I wish you all the best!

Movies:

I like funny movies, including old silent comedies. I am a big fan of Our Gang/The Little Rascals.

Television:

Boston Legal, Desperate Housewives, Saturday Night Live, South Park, Little Mosque On the Prairie, and Degrassi: The Next Generation are among my current favorites. I also like to watch reruns or DVDs of the original Degrassi series, Keeping Up Appearances, Little House on the Prairie, Roseanne, the Brady Bunch, M*A*SH* and Northern Exposure. I am a lifelong fan of Sesame Street, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the Hot Fudge Show, the Friendly Giant, and Mr. Dressup. Lately, I have been watching a lot of Animal Planet, especially Orangutan Island.

Books:

I like John Irving, Armistead Maupin, Alice Walker, Dorothy Allison, Torey Hayden, Jonathan Kozol, Barbara Kingsolver, Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole diaries... For more on books, see my blog.

Heroes:

People who try to make life better for the "have nots" of this world, wherever they may be. I especially admire people who are idealistic, yet also have common sense. If you want to save the world, that's wonderful. But if you have a plan that will actually work in real life with real human beings, that's even better.