I love the waves lapping around my feet, the smell of roses as winter comes to an end, wind on my face, smiling, laughing, being cuddled, racing down supermarket isles on the back of a trolley, being able to play a favourite song again and again and again, memories, photographs, the colour purple...and blue and pink and red, my beautiful and ever amazing friends, things that aren't normal, wrestling on the floor with Boo, watching a sunset, the feeling of sand between my toes, flying, mexican food, having paintbrushes between my teeth, behind my ears, in my ponytail and anywhere else I can find room for them while I'm painting, surprises, learning, love, new places, the build-up to going to a new place, having absolutely nothing better to do on a hot summers day than to lay in the grass or in a pool, things that seem magical, the smell of toast burning early on a hot summers morning, climbing...anything, the sight of puppies trying to run, a hot chocolate with marshmellows in front of a fire in the middle of winter, talking about random crap, building sandcastles with my nieces and nephews, riding horses, having the time to curl up with a good book, looking for four-leaf-clovers in the grass, Pear Drops, delving into a world I create when I'm writing, the smile that appears at the memories whenever I go through photo's, standing outside as the cool change finally comes through after days of sweltering heat, listening to and watching someone play the guitar, starting random conversations with random people, when the people I'm trying to draw look real enough to be alive, knowing random crap that will never be of any use to me, laying outside watching a movie, music pumping through my body, desk chair races around my dads place, the fact I'm alive to experience all these with my loved ones.
I'd like to meet:
People who aren't afraid to live and those who have overcome the odds
Sigrid Thornton
Gough Whitlam
Ian McKellen
Leonardo da Vinci
Stephen Hawking
Max Ehrmann
Music:
OK, here we go:
12 Stones
A Perfect Circle
The All-American Rejects
Angels and Airwaves
Antiskeptic
As I Lay Dying
The Ataris
Atreyu
Augie March
Blink 182
Bullet For My Valentine
The Butterfly Effect
Coheed and Cambria
Creed
End of Fashion
Evanescence
Faker
Foo Fighters
Green Day
The Herd
Hinder
Ill Nino
Killswitch Engaged
Kisschasy
Lacuna Coil
Live
The Living End
Matthew Good
Metallica
Missy Higgins
Muse
Papa Roach
Powderfinger
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Safri Duo
Seether
Sevendust
Sick Puppies
Skillet
Smashing Pumpkins
Story of the Year
System of a Down
Thirsty Merc
Three Days Grace
Tool
Trivium
U2
Wolfmother
Yellowcard
Movies:
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Matrix
The Italian Job
Shrek (1 and 2)
Kill Bill (Vol's 1 and 2)
Saw (and Saw II)
The Butterfly Effect (Directors Cut)
Mrs Henderson Presents
10 Things I Hate About You
The Usual Suspects
V for Vendetta
Gattaca
Pulp Fiction
Schindlers List
Last Train to Freo
Memento
American Beauty (anything with Kevin Spacey, the man's a genius)
Swordfish
Television:
Alias
The 4400
Simpsons
M*A*S*H
CSI (the original, not the spin off crap)
Smallville
Thank God You're Here
House
Doc Martin
Boston Legal
Chasers War On Everything
Books:
Lord of the Rings
Janet Evanovich's books
Jean M Auel's Earth's Children series
Chinese Cinderella
King Lear
David Edding's Belgariad series.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Down Under - Bill Bryson
Heroes:
Hero is a strong word and one I feel should be reserved for the likes of Nelson Mandela and others who have done immense amounts of good for many.
I do however have high respect and appreciation for those around me, my mum, dad, Chris and others who stand by me on a day to day basis, carry me when I'm down and bring light into my life...my esoteric heroes.
