Art, music, politics, sports (I'm a fanatic), hazing with my best friend (haha!), my husband, our baby boy!, festivals, concerts, my family, friends and intelligent conversation. All of those things make life that much more interesting!..
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Baseball season’s underway!Well you better get ready for a brand new day!Hey, Chicago, what do you say?The Cubs are gonna win today!They’re singing …Go, Cubs, go!Go, Cubs, go!Hey, Chicago, what do you say?The Cubs are gonna win today!Go, Cubs, go!Go, Cubs, go!Hey, Chicago, what do you say?The Cubs are gonna win today!They got the power, they got the speedTo be the best in the National League.Well this is the year and the Cubs are real!So come on down to Wrigley Field!We’re singing now …Go, Cubs, go!Go, Cubs, go!Hey, Chicago, what do you say?The Cubs are gonna win today!Go, Cubs, go!Go, Cubs, go!Hey, Chicago, what do you say?The Cubs are gonna win today!Baseball time is here again!You can catch it all on WGN.So stamp your feet and clap your hands.Chicago Cubs got the greatest fans!You’re singing now …Go, Cubs, go!Go, Cubs, go!Hey, Chicago, what do you say?The Cubs are gonna win today!Go, Cubs, go!Go, Cubs, go!Hey, Chicago, what do you say?The Cubs are gonna win today!
I'd like to meet:
I would have loved to have met Joltin'-Joe DiMaggio for his amazing talent. Mordecai "Three Fingered" Brown for pitching the game that won the 1908 World Series for The Cubs - as well as the rest of the 1908 roster! The 1906 Chicago Cubs - they had a 116/36 season - the BEST in MLB history! Audrey Hepburn because she's my idol (other than my beautiful mother). Marilyn Monroe, Sharon Tate, and Gia for their beauty and style. Hunter S. Thompson and Jack Keourac for their writings and experiences - I would have loved to have accompanied them on their travels. Franz Kafka for quite possibly writing some of the best novels of all time. Neitze for his many genius ways of thinking. Mother Theresa and Princess Diana for their love, understanding, selfLESSness and dedication to humanity. Ludwig Van Beethoven for his amazing talent and determination to overcome his obstacles. My ancestors - I would have loved to know what type of lives they lead and their views on life. My grandfather, Charles Everett because I would love to learn about his life during WWI and his crop-dusting days. All of The Beatles - they've had so much impact on politics, style and music. I know this sounds weird but I would have loved to meet "me" in one or more of my previous lives. The late great John Belushi - I wish you could have lived to see how influencial you are to college-frat-party movies and commedians. The world adored you and you will always be Jake Blues...
Music:
Katrina and the Waves, Marlena Shaw, New Order, The Bangles, Belinda Carlisle, Heart, Expose', The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Norah Jones, Peggy Lee, "Satchmo", B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Andrea Boccelli, Ludwig Van Beethovan, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, anything "New Orleans Funk", Pachobel, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and every other piece of classical music ever made, Classic rock, house, southern rock, disco, anything from 1980-1987, swing, jazz, blues, New Orleans funk, Funkadelic, classical music and pretty much anything. I love music festivals, Phish, Ekoostik Hookah, Frank Zappa, Sex Pistols, Misfits, Suicidal Tendencies, Blur, Social Distortion (Mike Ness rocks!),Widespread Panic, The Dead, David Bowie, Bob "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" Seger, The Boss, Jane's Addiction (LOVE THEM!!!), RHCP, BTO, CCR, Ween, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto, Fat Boy Slim, DJ Loli, Chromeo, Prince, Christopher Lawrence, DJ Q-bert, and anything "Trip-Hop/Trance/Electronica/House", Bad Boy Bill, Wilco, Flaming Lips, Weezer, Jay-Z, Snoop, George Clinton, Kanye West, Violent Femmes, Bob Marley, James Brown, Velvet Revolver, John Fogerty, MADONNA!!! YEAH BABY!!!!, God, I could go on for hours on this one.........
Movies:
*********SEX AND THE CITY MOVIE!!!*************No Country for Old Men, There Will be Blood, Desperately Seeking Susan (loved the punks of the 80s!), Romy and Michelle's Highschool Reunion, Mr. Brooks, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Stalag 17, The GOONIES!!!!, The Blues Brothers (the original), Animal House, Eastern Promises, Muriel's Wedding, Taking Care of Business (because the Chicago CUBS win the WSC!), American Gangster, American Psycho, Gia, Neopolian Dynamite, The Boondock Saints, Rudy, Cobb, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Suicide Kings, Basically anything with Christopher Walken, GOODFELLAS!!!, All of The Godfather movies, although I love the 2nd one the best, Scarface, Taxi Driver, Deliverance, Mean Streets, Boogie Nights...the list goes on and on......oh, and ANY MOVIE THAT TAKES PLACE IN LAS VEGAS AND CHICAGO!!!!!!.....I love going there! Supertroopers and Zoolander rock! Fear and Loathing...etc...etc......
Television:
Most Evil, Forensic Files, The New Detectives, CSI: Las Vegas, The Family Guy, American Dad, The Simpsons, E-True Hollywood Stories.....etc..etc....Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and ESPN and WGN: GO CUBBIES!!!! Can't forget DA BEARS!!!!! Dexter, Dexter's Lab, etc...etc......
Books:
Mein Kampf, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, (NO I'm NOT A NAZI: WWII is my favorite war to learn about), Greys Anatomy (yes, I'm a nerd, I admit it!), Go Ask Alice,Hells Angels (Hunter S. Thompson), The Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, Devil in the White City (Ed Larson)......Jeez, I could go on for hours on this one......
*********HUNTER S. THOMPSON'S FAMOUS LAST WORDS************
"No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun -- for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax -- This won't hurt." ..
Heroes:
My mother...without a doubt....she's amazing. She's my strength, my light and the most amazing woman I know. I hope to be the mother to whatever children I have that she's been to me. I just hope everyone is as lucky as I am to have a mother like her. And my step-father, Tony, for always loving my mother the way she deserves to be loved, as well as taking care of Brooke and I as if we were his own. My sister for inspiring me in more ways then words could ever explain - I couldn't ask for a better sister. And my family in general - the most amazing people I've ever known and loved dearly. Ludwig Van Beethovan - for defying the odds and creating some of the most beautiful music in the world. He teaches us that despite his obsticles, he still became one of the greatest composers of all time. And every musician who has ever touched me spiritually, emotionally, physically (kidding) and who has been influencial in my life - I praise you all! And finally, my aunt, Miss Jan Place, who continues to show us all how wonderful life really is and who lives each day positively and productively, regardless of her obstacles.
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As stated by Jacques Barzun (He said it well)
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game."
Joe DiMaggio once said...."When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game." & "A ball player's got to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family ever made it to the big leagues."
Rogers Hornsby stated (I completely understand!)"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
As stated by Red Barber...
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." ..
