The love of my life, Chris; my band; my writing; horseback riding; reading; Post War Japanese Pop Culture; anime; American Pop Culture; ocean life (love those deep sea creatures!); learning as much as possible; traveling so I can see as much as possible; living all over; cooking; baking; eating; singing in the shower, in the car, and in the mic; good music (see below); good friends; sushi; vodka cranberry; kittens, and cats, big and small; horror movies, good ones, bad ones, American ones, but I have a soft spot for Japanese ones
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People preferably. But I wouldn't mind bumping into an exotic creature or being of some sort.
Radiohead, Goldfrapp, Patti Rothberg, Poe, Bright Eyes, Nine Inch Nails, Aimee Mann, Ben Kenobi, Now It's Overhead, Flogging Molly, Garbage, Sneaker Pimps, Joshua Gabriel, Sigur Ros, Kaki King, Gorillaz, AK1200, Coldplay, Cowboy Junkies, Crystal Method, Basement Jaxx, Eminem, Filter, Abra Moore, Dj Danger Mouse, Huffamoose, Korn, Lords of Acid, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Smashing Pumpkins, Massive Attack, Orbital, The Pixies, The Smiths, Think of England, Underworld, Monaco, Our Lady Peace, The Dandy Warhols, NERD, Tricky, The Cure, Ivy, Avalanches, Luscious Jackson, Rage Against the Machine, Outkast, Ash, Dance Hall Crashers, Southern Culture on the Skids, Duran Duran, Def Leppard, Marcy Playground, Elastica, Tara Maclean, Less than Jake, Catch 22, Bad Religion, Beautiful South, Black Eyed Peas, Dinosaur Jr., Letters to Cleo, Lightning Seeds, Soul Coughing, M. Doughty, P.J. Harvey, Reel Big Fish, Sponge, Daft Punk, Delerium, Fatboy Slim, Hybrid, Bjork, Lost Tribe, Sloan, July for Kings, Steve Vai, Devin Townsend, Lush, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Dj Shadow, RJD2, Deadsy, Maroon 5, (Old) Stabbing Westward, The Helio Sequence, New Order, Death Cab for Cutie, Marilyn Manson, Primus, Phantom Planet, The Bloodhound Gang, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Stereophonics, Steriogram, God Lives Under Water, Godhead, Joy Division, The Libertines, ICP, Jimmy Eat World, Jump Little Children, Phoenix, Rufus Wainwright, Mouse on Mars, Felix Da Housecat, Death From Above 1979, a perfect circle, Super Furry Animals, Zero 7, Cibo Matto, Mindless Self Indulgence, Nouvelle Vague, Buzz Poets, Supersystem, Nada Surf, The Psychedelic Furs, Social Distortion, CTMB, Donkey Punch, D'z Nutz, Juicehead, Bufu L'Ru, Flat Sally, America's Sweetheart, SiA, Jucifer, Tom Vek, Chris K., tv on the radio, Shiny Toy Guns, My Bloody Valentine, Violent Femmes, Jimmy Eat World, Morningwood, Of Montreal, Material Issue, Shout Out Louds, The Murmurs, Feist, Th'Faith Healers, Blind Melon, Andrew Bird, Cowboy X, The Gorilla Press, Drill, Pilate, The New Pornographers, Cat Power, Toad the Wet Sprocket....and so much more... but that's just a start ;)
Like music, too much to name, but here's a running list anyway: Kung Fu Hustle, Hero, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Shaolin Soccer, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Happy Endings, Princess Mononoke, House of the Flying Daggers, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Empire Records, Breakfast Club, Six String Samurai, The Big Lebowski, Nine Dead Gay Guys, Transporter, Shawshank Redemption, Cool Hand Luke, Ali G. Indahouse, Donnie Darko, Reefer Madness, Dark City, Returner, The Girl Next Door, High Fidelity, Alien series, Yokai Monsters (I,II,III), The Matrix (I,II,III), Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas, Trainspotting, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Escaflowne, Ghost In the Shell, Kill Bill (I,II), Ringu, The Navidson Project, Signs, The Neverending Story, Gremlins, Dark Crystal, The Fifth Element, Meet The Feebles, Psycho, Edward Scissor Hands, The Secretary, Gross Point Blank, Office Space, 40 Year Old Virgin (I watched that with my good christian mother and the rest of my family), Grumpy Old Men, Indiana Jones series, Fight Club, Stick It (too much rock for one hand!), Silent Hill, The Da Vinci Code,Foxfire, Stardust, Sunshine, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The Blue Planet Series, Life of Mammals Series, Planet Earth Series, Life in the Undergrowth, Shark Week, The Incredibles, The Host, Amelie, Tales from Earthsea (the Anime), The Story of Qiu Ju...and so much more.
BBC, Animal Planet (so addictive), TLC, Discovery Channel, The History Channel, Travel Channel, National Geographic Channel, Most Haunted, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Sex in the City, Will and Grace, Intervention, Dirty Jobs, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy, Simpsons, Cowboy Bebop, Food Network (tons of good stuff there), Pornucopia, Thinking XXX, Real Sex, CSI, Samurai Champloo, Boondocks, Sea Lab 2021, The Cathouse, Arrested Development, LOST, Heroes, Bleach, Blood, FLCL, Deathnote
House of Leaves, The Tale of King Arthur (in Middle English of course), Idoru, Snow Crash, Fight Club, Lullaby, Invisible Monsters, Choke, Diary, Survivor, Harriet the Spy, Struwwelpeter, The Age of Spiritual Machines, Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Queen of the Damned, Tripmaster Monkey, Mad in America, A Wrinkle in Time, The Cronicles of Narnia, Shakespheare, The Acid House, Necronomicon, E, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Contortionists Handbook, Wicked, Middlesex, Earthsea series, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, American Born Chinese, A Passage to India, The Poisonwood Bible, The Debacle, Othello, Black Horses for the King
My whole family, I love them so much. All of my hardcore tried and true friends.
Chris for hitting me like a bolt of lightning and being my knight when I needed it the most.
All my women out there who aren't afraid to dream big and go out and do even bigger. Go on brush your shoulders off!
My girls with fearless voices, endless choices and the strength to know how to be proud, beautiful and true to themselves without pain, humiliation or hate (or being extra.).
Writers, because it is so hard to deal with the world that is not in your head.
Sir David Attenborough, the most amazing man on television. I grew up with him and he taught me to love the natural beauty in the world around me.