Hanging out at home with no distractions with Carla and Grace (our Pug), passion, people who are passionate about what they do, kissing, laughing, walking, riding on the back of Carla's Harley, a challenge, a good movie that takes me out of my head, all kinds of artwork, mid-century modern architecture-artwork-furniture, live theater, listnening to music (loud if possible), happy hours on a patio with adult beverage in hand, road trips, fireplaces, snorkeling, going to our house in Palm Springs to decompress, swimming laps in our pool, seeing old friends, going to Vegas with my girls, (or anywhere for that matter) learning, BBQ's, SHOPPING!, accomplishing my goals, going back to Iowa to see my 16 nieces and nephews, playing football, baseball and basketball with my nephews, hanging out with my 6 brothers and sisters, thunderstorms, making a difference, making people smile, watching Carla dance, no drama, socks, giving and receiving, nailing!, change (not monetary change), vanilla iced blended from Coffee Bean, people who let me merge when needed, lit candles, spontaneous occassions, communication, good conversation other than gossip, sunsets, people who can say to someones face what they say behind their back:), paper plates, people who don't match, people who don't think they're the shit, I love self-confidence but loathe self-absorption, walking into Cathedral, the RMG radiologists, 'sleep' buttons on remote controls!!,...
I'd like to meet:
surprise me & Ellen
Music:
Bjork, Hotel Lights, Feist, a fine frenzy, the Sunshine, Metric, Adam Merrin, Milosh, Guggenheim Grotto, Jessie Baylin, Chris Garneau, Mat Kearney, Sleeping at last, Tricky, Moby, Venus Hum, olivia broadfield, Moloko, EBTG, Frou Frou, Tegan & Sara, Fink, Tristan Prettyman, Jackson Jones, Kate Nash, Rachel Cantu, me, Bonobo, Mia Sable, Mocky, Massive Attack, Butterfly Boucher, Patrick Watson, unkle bob, Portishead, Seal, Esthero, Morcheeba, Santogold, Corinne Bailey Rae, Eleni Mandell, Dzihan & Kamien, Tori Amos, Mosquitos, Orbital, Depeche Mode, The Cure, They Might Be Giants, Groove Armada, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Peaches, M.I.A., siA, Hexstatic, shiny toy guns, madita, the Ditty Bops, KT Tunstall, Sybarite, Radio Citizen, Roisin Murphy, Regina Spektor, Natalie Walker, Natalie Merchant, OneRepublic, Broken Social Scene, Maroon 5, Josh Rouse, Joshua Radin, Remy Zero, Inara George, Damien Rice, Nellie McKay, Royksopp, CSS, Brazilian Girls, ladytron, St.Germaine, Deep Dish, Kinder, Basement Jaxx, Pete Tong, Audio Bullys, Kaskade, Karsh Kale, maxxfemme, Kudu, Benny B, Chix on Speed, the Magicake, Thievery Corp, Outkast, Beastie Boys, Gnarls Barkley, RunDMC, Kanye, Timberlake, MC Flow, Pinback, Gomez, Modest Mouse, Blue Eyed Son, MWard, Amos Lee, Fiona Apple, Mike Doughty, Jason Mraz, Under Shade, Michael Andrews, Death Cab, the album leaf, the Boy Least Likely To, Get Set Go, Swandive, Snow Patrol,Teddy Geiger, gregoRy and the hawK, James Blunt, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Kate Havnevik, Emiliana Torrini, Kate Nash, Tegan & Sara, The Fray, Dave Matthews Band, Iron and Wine, Jamie Cullum, Melissa Etheridge, Harry Connick, jamie lidell, Dixie Chicks, Joss Stone, Sonya Kitchell, Jem, Beth Orton, Ladwig, Imogean Heap, sissy, Jill Scott, Norah Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Coldplay, Xavier Rudd, Keane, PJ Harvey, Poe, The Shins, Fannypack Fanatics, Freeform Five, Coldcut, Pixies, Cat Power, Mazzy Star, Neil Diamond, Sting, Annie Lennox, Billy Holliday, Etta James, Sade, Miguel Migs, Technova, Mark Farina, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Cibo Matto, 80's music, monster ballads, house music, Brazilian house/ambient music, love love love piano music, I am a sucker for oldies, but seriously though i can't name them all...
Movies:
Lars and the Real Girl, The Graduate, Into the Wild, Good Will Hunting, Waitress, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Beauty, When Harry Met Sally, Juno, Finding Neverland, Forest Gump, Million Dollar Baby, Laurel Canyon, Reality Bites, Unfaithful, Office Space, Benny & Joon, The Straight Story, Rain Man, Fargo, Garden State, TransAmerica, Chasing Amy, the Outsiders, I Am Sam, Match Point, the Station Agent, In America, Little Children, There's Something About Mary-duh, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, About Last Night, On Golden Pond, Terms of Endearment, Officer & a Gentleman, Mommy Dearest, Patch Adams, Simon Birch, Cider House Rules, Basic Instinct, Champ, The Natural, Hoosiers, Magnolia, Sound of Music, High Art, Fight Club, Fletch, Mary Poppins, Playing by Heart, Babel, Magnolia, both Willy Wonkas, Walk the Line, to be continued
Television:
Kid Nation, Extreme Home Makeover, Grey's Anatomy, The Office, Real World, Newport Harbor, Work Out, Kathy Griffin-D List, Top Design, Little People Big World, Amazing Race, The L Word, Real Estate Pros, House Hunters, Girls Behaving Badly, Sex & the City, Facts of Life, Sportscenter, poker tournaments, HGTV, Discovery, NGT, Oprah and Ellen
Books:
To Kill a Mockingbird, The Glass Menagerie, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Celestine Prophecy, Pursuit of Excellence, Art of Happiness, The 5 People You Meet in Heaven, The Secret, any great Coffee Table book, Willy Wonka, Harry Potter (only read ..1 so far), and textbooks. Currently reading 'Eat Pray Love'
Heroes:
My Grandparents (yes-all of them!), my parents, my aunts and uncles, my brothers and sisters, Ellen, Oprah, Matthew Stepanek, Mya Angelou, Hillary Swank, Ellen, Cortney Vest, J.K.Rowling, Meryl Streep, Ellen, Helen Keller, Jodie Foster, Tiger Woods, anyone who has contributed to making our society better in any way, most doctors, teachers, social workers, the inventors of toilet paper and tampons, anyone who can play an instrument well, kids
