sunny days, rainy days, hooping, roller skating, fire spinning, roller coasters(!), henna, live music, hot sweaty shows, dancing for hours, belly energy, motorcycle riding, making things, glitter, delicious food, Daily Juice, swimming, Barton Springs, local creeks, all things green, taking pictures, stretching, yoga, sci-fi, archaeology, anthropology, science, psychology, brain chemistry, an unhealthy addiction to reality TV, bamboo floors, watching tennis (Nadal! Serena!), creating, traveling, sleeping, my cats, playing with other people's dogs, cool rocks, NYC, snowboarding (though I'm still terrified every time!), water skiing, tropical beaches, tropical rum drinks on the beach, snorkeling, ziplining through canopies, Jamaica, St. John, giving presents, ACL Festival, Burning Flipside...
Rafael Nadal!!!
Critters Buggin, Black Angels, Galactic, DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, Diplo, Damien Marley, Stephen Marley, Bob Marley, Thievery Corporation, Hairy Apes BMX, Glitch Mob, Echo Base Soundsystem, Sub Oslo, Free Radicals, Govinda, Balkan Beat Box, Easy Star All Stars, MIA, Lady Sovereign, Amon Tobin, Sublime, Buju Banton, Beastie Boys, Ming & FS, DJ Spooky, DJ Logic, Blackalicious, Greyboy All-Stars, Control Machete, JFJO, MMW, Muse, Jane's Addiction, Banyan, Fishbone, Jurassic 5, Roots, Sound Directions, Quantic, Radiohead, Luscious Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, Missy Elliot, Grupo Fantasma, Raconteurs, Portishead, Mars Volta, Dinosaur Jr, Finley Quaye, MadHappy, HR, G. Love, Grant Green, Nirvana, Hole, Peter Gabriel, Outkast, Parliament/Funkadelic, Mike Dillon, Skerik, Stanton Moore, Prince, James Brown, Maceo Parker, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Roy Hargrove, Billygoat, SoulHat, Bad Mutha Goose, Ed Hall, Hot Buttered Rhythm, Ephraim Owens, Chrysta Bell, Sprawl, Led Zeppelin, the Ramones, Sex Pistols, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fleetwood Mac (yes, I said it), Butthole Surfers, N.E.R.D., Tribe Called Quest, Hossam Ramzy, dancehall reggae, old school hip-hop, anything w/ percussion, all my local DJ friends
Superbad!, Harold & Maude, Baraka, Bull Durham, Amores Perros, Roadside Prophets, Little Miss Sunshine, Amelie, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Natural Born Killers, Hands on a Hard Body, Genghis Blues, Go Further, Elf, 40 Yr Old Virgin, Anchorman, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Motorcycle Diaries, Easy Rider, Bladerunner, Eternal Sunshine, Being John Malkovich, Big Lebowski, Kill Bill 1&2, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Crash, Slacker, Dazed & Confused, River's Edge, Blue Velvet
So You Think You Can Dance!!! Lost, Stargate, Survivor, CSI LV, Bill Mahrer, Discovery channel, Google Current (badass, viewer created content station), tennis....old TV favorites: Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, 6 Ft. Under, China Beach, Star Trek
Tales of a Female Nomad, The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama, Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Tao of Pooh, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Creating Health by Deepak Chopra, Creating Sacred Space, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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