I have huge interest in books and writing. I love to write poetry, fantasy, and teen fiction (but I haven't been writing much this past year...).
I have a deep love for the ancient cultures and predated history (I almost went to school for archeology).
I have a wide variety of pagan and occult interests (I still deeply believe in magick but I do not consider myself a practitioner.. Not a fan of covens or rituals... I just choose to live my life by the principles.)
I have a obsession with anime and manga. I want to go to Japan one day and see it all for myself.
I'm a recovering everquest player. Now, I just hang out at a gaming shop and will play a game randomly.
Suduko and spider solitaire are crazy addictive.
Sushi is my favorite food. I love finding out about new Japanese foods.
Fall ='s garage sale season! I LOVE going to garage sales! It's one of my all time favorite things to do.
I love independence in the workplace and the joy of travel. I want to see everywhere starting with Japan, Ireland, and India.
Art is awesome! I love to make collages.
I love going to museums. Chicago has the best museum I ever went to...
I can cook, but I rarely do.
I've worked at 3 bookstores: Audiobook store, Stroudwater bookstore, and Borders. I am a huge fan of independent bookstores, but I am obsessed with AMAZON.
Oh, and I love web comics, lolcats, 4chan, and streaming media.
FRIENDSHIP- Intelligence, wisdom, nerdyness, randomness, and sense of humor are the 5 essential elements.
Deep and passionate people. People that are overall content despite their suffering and hardships. Honesty mixed with playful fantasy. People that quest and people that teach.
My closest friends understand my kind of a good time, and respect that about me. My favorite people on this planet are the ones that can adapt to any conversation and add their own style to it.
I have a play list of sampler songs to give an idea of my music type.
I don't have time to watch TV, but I'm really into watching series on DVD.
Carnivale. Dead Like Me. Six Feet Under. Queer As Folk. Mr. Show. Family Guy. Futurama. Charmed. Dead Zone (first season). The L Word. Ali G Show. Chappelle Show. Venture Brothers. Robot Chicken. Rome. Scrubs.
Celestine Prophecy I recommend if you want to explore your spirituality.
Beside that..
I'm a total book nerd. You give it to me and I'll read it.
Mm reading. I have been a book nerd from the age 3. I split my list into genres to make reading it a little bit more easy (hopefully).
I worked in 3 different bookstores for a total of 5 years. I have read tons of books. Here are the ones I would consider great reads.
Odd Fiction-
Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden
When I was 5 I killed myself- Howard Buten
Hot spot-Ethan Hawke
Damned if you do by Gordon Houghton
Feminist Fairy Tales by Barbara Walker
Eating the cheshire cat by Helen Ellis
Confessions of a Pagan Nun Kate Horsley
Sci Fi/Fantasy-
Vurt- Jeff Noon
Eccentric Circles
American Gods/Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Ray Bradbury- (Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, The Illustrated Man)
Sexual Non fiction titles-
Useless Sexual Trivia by Shane Mooney
203 ways to drive a man wild in bed by Olivia St Claire
Self help/ Philosophy-
Seat of the Soul
Following Your North Star by Martha Beck
SARK books (Transformation Soup, Succulent Wild Women)
The valkyries & The alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Power of myth by Joseph Campbell
Great Dialogues of Plato
Many Lives, Many Masters, and Only Love is Real by Brian Weiss
Writing reference books-
Stephen King on Writing
Writing for Self Discovery by Schneider/killick
Occult-
Sextrology By Starsky
Secret Language of Relationships & Personology By Goldschneider
Life Colors By Pamala Oslie
Secret Universe of Names By Roy Feinson
Scott Cunningham (Living Wicca, Earth Air Fire Water, Wicca: A Guide for a Solitary Practioner)
Search for Omm Sety by Jonathan Cott
Circle of Isis by Ellen Cannon Reed
Nasty Astrology by Richard Macdonald
History books-
In search of the immortals by Howard Reid
The year 1000 By Lacey & Danziger
Chalice and the Blade
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Thriller/Horror
*I love Dean Koontz. I have read all of his books. Some of his earlier ones are kinda lame but most of them are good. *
Mystery- (Listed favorite authors only. Have read too damn many mystery books and authors.)
Michael Connelly is my favorite male mystery writer. I read his books as they come out. I adore his main character Harry Bosch.
Patricia Cornwell & Iris Johansen. My two favorite female mystery writers. Great characters and interesting job profiles.
Essays/ Comedy/ Alternative lifestyle-
Micheal Thomas Ford- (Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me, That's Mr. Faggot to You, It's Not Mean If It's True)
David Sedrais - (Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Barrel Fever, Holidays on Ice)
11-13 year old fiction series-
Garth Nix- (Seventh Tower Series, Ragwitch, Keys to the Kingdom series, Sabriel, Shades Children)
Harry Potter series by JK Rowlings
Anything by Eoin Colfer (Especially the Artemis Fowl series)
Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale
Teen Fiction-
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
The giver by Lois Lowry
Interstellar Pig by William Sleator
Smack By Melvin burgess
Witch Child by Celia Rees
Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block
Nine Lives series by Celia Thomson
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce
My manga list (this falls under teen fiction/comic books)
Fruits Basket, Paradise Kiss, INVU, King Of Bandit Jing, Chobits, Hot Gimmick, Angelic Layer, Kill me kiss me, Tramps Like Us, Bleach, Hana-Kimi, Dnangel, Pretear, Chrono Crusade, Getbackers, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, and Mars
Anyone that reaches for their dreams with love in their heart, and never lets the negative side tear their world apart.