living, feeling, loving, Sam, cycling, smiling, the summer, sociology, lifting, writing, learning, music, white rice, passion, hats, the environment, sweating, fate, laughing, soul, running, men with salt-and-pepper hair, fairs, watered down gatorade, trees -- esp. weeping willows, festivals, hiking, camping, the fiddle, the sound of airplanes in the summer, organic farming, to-go cups, volunteering, going out to lunch, the smell of rain, three8ers, biting, cheddar cheese, patchouli, the cereal club (3 boxes), peace,
other people's art, animals, golden retrievers, west highland terriers, thunderstorms, decaf coffee, el toreo, bumper stickers, blonde spikes, dunkin donuts, making people CDs, over-analyzing, inverted peens, existentialism, feminism, political/environmental/social activism, exhibitionism, old cars (1978 cross-country rambler wagon; 1957 chevy nomad; late 1940s ford woodie), my family, pool, football weddings, small children (not in a gross pedophile way)
"be yourself
above all
let who you are
what you are
what you believe
shine through in every sentence you write
every piece you finish"
Jackson Browne, Angie Aparo, Railroad Earth, John Cowan, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby, Paul Simon, Robert Matarazzo, Nickel Creek, Dolly Parton, Maroon 5, John Legend, Sam Cooke, Bela Fleck, O.A.R., Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Taylor Hicks, Jarvis Church, Van Morrison, Bob Seger, Natalie Macmaster, Elton John, David Grisman, Stuart Duncan, Rockwell Church, Granian,
Guster, Gillian Welch, John Lardieri, Savage Garden (closet fan), Ryan Adams, Matchbox Twenty, Alison Krauss, Journey, Phil Collins, Fleetwood Mac, U2, John Denver, Justin Timberlake, Gaelic Storm, Counting Crows, Tom Petty, Mark O'Connor, Dolly Parton, Pat McGee, Keith Urban, Bluegrass, Irish music -- esp. Irish Fiddle Tunes...you know, you know...
"Peter Pan," "Troop Beverly Hills," "Billy Madison," "There's Something About Mary," "True Love," "The Wizard of Oz," "Home Alone," "Ladykillers," "Mary Poppins," "Garden State," "Basic Instinct," "The Usual Suspects," "Erin Brockovich," "Sister Act," "The Wiz"
"Our culture is starting, without much questioning or critical evaluation, to acquire a kind of 'computer consciousness'...both video games and home computers create a similar view of the world for millions of people...both convey the notion that reality is a function of programming, and children as well as adults pick up a certain type of vocabulary from their use. The general result, I suspect, is a vast subculture that lives entirely in its head, that sees reality as essentially neutral, value-free, and especially disembodied, a form of pure mental process." Morris Berman
...oneness by rasha...whenever i can't see past the colors, reading it always helps remind me that everything -- everything -- happens for a reason and proceeds exactly as it should...
"at any given moment life is completely senseless... but viewed over a period it seems to reveal itself as an organism, existing in time, tending in a certain direction" ...Greg Wells (7/16/05)...ride fast for me buddy