becoming a great mother. making my sons laugh. tackling my husband with hugs. spending the day in my pyjamas. listening to the ocean with my head on the sand. music: intense, soul-filling, straight to the gut. reading at the grove cafe with a bowl of vegetarian chili. watching indie films, or any films. lighting a spark within my children (and possibly future students, if i go back to teaching) so that they will be consumed by the desire to learn more and more about the world. spending more time with my friends. meeting new people, traveling the world, backpacking. i want to live in barcelona and write novels for children. i want to learn how to make homemade ice cream. playing chess. knitting. alias (seasons i and ii: lots of lust and kicking ass). music. music. music. music. music. music. pablo neruda. sleeping. figuring out what happens next. doing it.
george gordon. nelson mandela. my grandparents on both sides. our sons seth and spencer, happy and healthy every day for the rest of their lives! tailleur mcgreevy (in her next incarnation). myself at age 92. sappho. ernest hemingway. robert penn warren. FDR. al gore. my dad when he was 19. victoria woodhull & alice paul. anyone who will make me laugh. hank in 30 years. god.
my good taste in music is temporarily on hiatus.i do have it, though :)
amelie, todo sobre mia madre, sex and lucia, garden state, in america, nowhere in africa, heaven, american beauty, the constant gardener, munich, the lives of others
boston legal
"a ring of endless light" by madeleine l'engle. "absent friends" by s.j. rozan. "the garden of eden" by ernest hemingway. "all the king's men" by robert penn warren. anything by jane austen, anna maxted, or david sedaris. currently reading a great collection of autobiographical essays on working and stay-at-home motherhood called "mommy wars"
my mother. tailleur mcgreevy. my best friend katie. all of the strong, ass-kicking women in my life. children. politicians who have scandalous sex affairs but who actually know how to lead a country and not pollute the world or occupy other nations by force. cassie m. scientists and inventors. musicians who perform because they love music (not just fame, the scene or women). teachers who love their job. people who care about climate change and the environment enough to alter their lifestyle.