traveling, theatre, film, reading, lounging in the sun, making mixed cds, decorating cds, collaging, british things (ie. comedy, accents, books, movies, wit, plays, people, places), super nintendo (only the classic), music, juggling, political activism, snow, being inspired by people, places, and things, model building (not with kits), road trips, people, drumming, painting, sleeping, rainy days with hot chocolate and a movie, drawing, classic comedy, stage managing, philosophy, making some small or big change in this world, whatever that may be.
i'd love to reconnect with people that i've lost touch with, see what they're up to and share what i'm doing. that's really the reason i'm doing this. yeah. i must admit i have a small fear that this is going to take over my life though.
the beatles, dispatch, state radio, nickel creek, ben folds, badly drawn boy, elliott smith, bright eyes, john lennon, the decemberists, iron and wine, sufjan stevens, michael franti, damien rice, nick drake, kings of convenience, radiohead, belle and sebastian, ben lee, regina spektor, guster, rufus wainwright, great big sea, death cab for cutie, the shins, sondre lerche, andrew bird, n. lannon, modest mouse, the postal service, vetiver, rogue wave, sweet honey in the rock, holcombe waller, gustavo santaolalla...and of course, the classics: dylan, simon and garfunkel, joni mitchell, etc., etc...the list can go on and on....
cradle will rock, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, american beauty, the lord of the rings, about a boy, crash, dead man walking, the pianist, hotel rwanda, memento, the shawshank redemption, monsters inc., adaptation, dead poets society, amorres perros, amelie, good night and good luck, the motorcycle diaries, the original star wars trilogy, love actually, before sunrise, before sunset, the thin red line, little miss sunshine, waking life, anne of green gables, the parent trap, garden state, billy elliott, shawn of the dead, o brother where art thou, the incredibles, finding nemo, the lion king, the sword in the stone.......um, also, charlie chaplin, laurel and hardy, the marx bros, monty python, muppets, and wallace and gromit
considering i've gone without tv most of my life, i have a lot of television shows i enjoy watching (usually on dvd): arrested development, six feet under, little britain, the office, ballykissangel, extras, vicar of dibley, monty python's flying circus, fawlty towers, absolutely fabulous, french and saunders, slings and arrows, creature comforts, family guy.
the grapes of wrath, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the lord of the rings, his dark materials, about a boy, catch 22, alice in wonderland, harry potter (yes i'm a nerd), of mice and men, the giver, of mice and men, east of eden, calvin and hobbes, the tripod trilogy, the wind in the willows, to kill a mockingbird, huckleberry finn, anything steinbeck, anything nick hornby. in terms of plays: angels in america, talley's folly, the cradle will rock, rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, noises off, copenhagen, all in the timing, the laramie project, the last five years, anything lanford wilson, anything shakespeare.
john lennon, gandhi, hallie flannegan, paul robeson, albina brinton, calvin & hobbes...