books, movies, art, people, making movies, making art, music, people, books, movies, people, art... hmmm. bit of a trend here....
smart, funny people in the kc area, of course. smart, funny people from everywhere, of course. people who are honest and care about their families, thier friends, what they do, and themselves. stunningly beautiful, smart, funny women who think bookworms are sexy. ok, reaching on that one, i know... but you have to have dreams, yes?
the beatles, pink floyd, the rolling stones, queen, three dog night, concrete blond, squeeze, david bowie, peter gabriel, acdc, nin, johnny cash, (in fact, old country western, the new stuff is from hell,) garbage, brian setzer, big bad voodoo daddy, swing music in general, jazz and blues in general, sarah mclachlan, dave matthews, matchbox twenty, carlos santana, rob zombie, alan parsons project, russ young (we miss you russ, sleep well)
indiana jones, blade runner, the thing, casablanca, the thin man, vertigo, gattaca, henry iv (brannagh), edward iii (mckellen), iron giant, dark city, blazing saddles, young frankenstein, labyrinth, strange days, dog soldiers, shawn of the dead, local hero, truly madly deeply, the evil dead flicks... my noirs, paul's movies, dave's movies, kendal's movies... and all the movies i've yet to make... :-)
oddly enough, i haven't gotten cable since i moved up here, and i've survived. when i do have such a thing, i like all the law and orders, the first two csi's, the history channel, a&e, cartoon network, lost... right now my tv is being used as a movie theatre, as i cycle through my film collection... again. and again. and again... ok, i miss having cable...
goethe's faust, marlowe's dr. faustus (actually, all the variant faust tales), joseph campbell (masks of god), terry pratchett (discworld), neil gaimen (sandman, american gods, stardust), alan moore, christopher moore (lamb, the stupidest angel), neal stephenson (baroque cycle), john connolly (the charlie parker books), robert crais (the elvis cole books), ian rankin (rebus), garth nix, robert bloch, spider robinson, andrew vachss, douglas preston & lincoln child (the pendegrast books), douglas adams, robert heinlein, carlos ruiz zafon, umberto eco, arturo perez-reverte, stephen mitchell (gospel according to jesus), many, many, many books on religion, trying to understand the way it all works, andrew solomon's the noonday demon... which may have saved my mind...
my parents, my daughter, my friends.