here are some interests i've acquired over the years: art, particularly sculpture. fire eating. food not bombs. tattoos. going to the gym. large blades. the UFC. the 1920's-1940's. ancient civilizations. s&m. reincarnation. museums. the occult. the beauty in martial arts. vegan food. bartending. tribal bellydance. poker. side shows. beds of nails. animal liberation. animal rights. veganism. club juggling!!! northern shaolin kung fu-i miss it. capoeira-can't afford it yet. swingsets-oh my fucking god, i love swingsets!!! just ask any of my close friends. crows. mythology. ...all that lies just behind the veil. caves. dreams. laughing. making my saving throws. philanthropy/misanthropy, hope. adoption. AD&D. interior design. travel!!! creativity. nature. self-inflicted destiny. conversation. chess. muscle cars. coffee. frangelico in coffee. acts of thoughtfulness. many kinds of tea. ... and a few more.
Gary Gygax, Johnny Depp, Nikola Tesla, Cleopatra, India, Madagascar! (to see wild aye ayes- too cute!), Figi, Micronesia (to see the floating city), Tibet, The Caribbean, eastern Europe, western Europe, New Zealand, Japan (but not the major cities), China (Da Mo's Cave), Peru- again, Argentina, The Amazon!- doesn't matter where, Egypt, Morocco, Venezuela, Scotland-again, to play in the magikal clover forest!, The Redwoods (haven't been there yet), The Painted Desert, AZ, South Dakota, New Orleans-again, Komodo (i really want to stand 20ft away from a dragon), Sedona, AZ-again, Mongolia, Crete, Samoa (so I can feel oh so skinny ;P), I'd like to say I'd go touring the edge of the Congo but I may be lying I'm not sure, Thailand (not for child prostitutes!), Easter Island, and wherever else I end up!!!
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erika --
[adjective]:
Benevolent to a fault
ugh... here we go: deathmetal, some blackmetal, crust punk, grindcore, some old metal, some 80's stuff, some goth stuff, industrial, some old punk, some electronic stuff spanning the last 3 1/2 decades, some old hip hop and some current stuff that i enjoy dancing to even though i don't listen to it when i'm not out dancing, "world" music- middle eastern, far eastern, polynesian, latin, some european folk, etc.., medieval european coverbands...no, really. jug bands, anything that has a hurdygurdy in it, or maybe a theramin, or a davul, and sitar...yep, can't go wrong with sitar.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN- my favorite movie of all time, LEGEND- my second favorite, eraserhead, cemetary man, they live, cyborg, steel dawn (ha ha), monster squad, girls just wanna have fun, salem's lot, ravenous, thunderheart, don juan demarco, snatch, 300, disorderlies, russkies, nightbreed, boxing helena, excalibur, the dark crystal, labyrinth, the LORAX!!! i also like many other movies.
All in the Family, the REAL ghostbusters, dexter, sightings, the cosby show, interior design shows, MST3K, newsradio, dungeons & dragons, nature and ancient history documentaries.
nabakov, bukowski, chandler, hammett, a. nin, h. miller, de sade, orwell, u. sinclair, p. singer, rimbaud, s. cunningham, ect...I DON'T READ: Kerovac, VC Andrews, Star Trek books, Anne Rice, Burroughs, or Ginsberg. Sorta sorry to all who just got offended.
I think the term "hero" expects too much of itself. Perhaps it should say "inspiring individuals". I guess: everyone who has ever done anything creative in life and also anyone who has ever done anything to help someone or some creature, or some place. People who truly put themselves into raising their children so that they will have the best possible chance at being the most they can be in this difficult world of ours. Particularly those who adopt children....willingly, because it's a loving, selfless act that gives hope and a chance to children who are normally ignored...however, people, myself included, need to start pushing to change the adoption system. it's almost impossible to adopt children in this country because they are viewed as commodity- wards of the state make money. they are fucking people. children. you don't tell a white family that they're not good enough to adopt a black baby because that baby would be better off with a black family, and then tell them that they are good enough to foster the same child- because foster care makes money- and although there are plenty of good, loving foster families, but the system encourages abusive foster parents, when you can look in the classifieds and find ads that read: $$$$$FOSTER A CHILD$$$$$. what the fuck!!!???
breathe...end rant.
my friends made a good kid!