obsessing about the art of film, costume design, broadening unexpectant horizons, exploring new tastebuds, swimming, any kind of positive physical contact, photography, painting, reading things that make me laugh AND cry, anything humorous...and, of course...DANCING, dahhhlings!..
I'd like to meet:
WOULD have liked to meet: Katharine Hepburn, John Lennon, my great-grandparents, Rosa Parks, & Jim Henson....WILL meet eventually: David Bowie, Carol Burnett, Tim Curry, Drew Barrymore, Jack Johnson, Dane Cook....who YOU should meet: to know me is to know my sister....check out: Raeme. who i want to see just ONE more time: Ryan Thomas (R.I.P. 1-2-06)
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Music:
My favs will be a sacrilege to the judgmental-indie-music-junkies out there, but I'm a genre whore....and besides, degustibus non est disputandum ('there is no arguing about tastes')....Bowie, ol' Jacky-J, G. Love (and, of course, the Special Sauce),Paul Simon, C/S/N & Y, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Journey, Radiohead, The Strokes, Arrested Development, They Might Be Giants, The Voodoo Organist,Grandaddy, Self, Tom Petty, Lauryn Hill, Postal Service, The Leisure Kings, Outkast, Busta Rhymes, Dolemite,The Beatles, ELO, Portishead, The Bloodhound Gang, Bloc Party, Mungo Jerry, Duran Duran, The Dollyrots, Billy Idol,Wyclef Jean, Salt-N-Pepa, TONS of musical soundtracks (specifically: Fiddler, Rocky, & Rent), The Sugarhill Gang (isn't that right, Maurice?!), Damien Marleyand Flight of the Conchords.
Movies:
UGH...this could take hours! OK, but just a few....Amelie,When Harry Met Sally, Before Sunrise/Sunset, Fiddler on the Roof, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Crash,Life is Beautiful, Circle of Friends, Keeping the Faith, Dogma, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Saved, Secretary, A Very Long Engagement, Dumb & Dumber, Frida,Waking Life, Little Women (Hepburn and Ryder versions), American Psycho, and DROVES of equally-wonderful cinematic adventures I choose not to mention at this time (because, come on....who reads this stuff, anyway?).
Television:
When I can muster the time: The Office, Lost, Reno 911, South Park, Family Guy, Da Ali G Show, & The Daily Show. Pretty much anything worthwhile that is also available on iTunes.
Books:
As for modern lit, mostly anything from: Elizabeth Berg & Sue Monk Kidd. Just finished reading: Running With Scissors (by Augusten Boroughs). Reading now: No Future Without Forgiveness (by Desmond Tutu). Classics I LOVE: Great Gatsby, A Prayer for Owen Meany (& mostly everything else by John Irving), Of Mice and Men, Little Women, Catcher in the Rye, Slaughterhouse-Five (LOVE Kurt Vonnegut - R.I.P.), Be Here Now, The Little Prince, The Fountainhead (read an Ayn Rand book, if you haven't already...it'll make you smarter!)
Heroes:
My entire family, for sure....specifically: Mom, Dad, Raeme. All of my close friends....each for very different reasons. Every Anytowner in existence....for their daily strength, bravery, insight. Homestar....for doin' it armless.
