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THE SESSION: Part I, Part II, Part III
The first love in my life was music. From the time I was 8, I was hopping around on my bed in front of my mirror singing into a hairbrush, pretending I was a rock star. In short, I love to sing. I write song lyrics & poetry and I was learning to play guitar, but I stopped when I moved to Baltimore. Dave has started teaching me a little. I need to practice! Listening to and critiquing other's music is also big hobby. I adore seeing/hearing live music, especially local live music.
I love to watch movies or read a good book and then dissect it with friends.
I enjoy traveling and sightseeing. We usually travel at least once a month.
I enjoy reading, whether it be fantasy, suspense, or horror fiction, poetry, history, or biography. I also enjoy chronicling my life events in my blog.
I've gotten increasingly interested in politics since moving to DC last year and seeing the heart of the machine for what it is.
Nothing makes me happier than simply being with my friends and/or my family. No matter what we're doing, it's golden and precious.
I work out a few days a week with the hope of becoming physically healthier. It seems to be working. I love to swim. Like to hike & bike, though it's been ages. I used to love yoga. Haven't done it in a billion years, but I'd like to take some classes and then do it at home.
I'd like to meet friends who can make me laugh, provide me with stimulating conversation, and who can inspire me to continue learning and challenging my limits.
Celebrities I'd like to meet: the 14th Dali Lama, Maynard James Keenan, Tori Amos, Ani Difranco, George R.R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Johnny Depp, Chuck Palhanuik, Quentin Tarentino, & Tim Burton.
Celebrities I'd like to have met: Anias Nin, Ayn Rand, Ghandi, Hunter S. Thompson, George Orwell, John Lennon, Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, Mozart, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung & Jesus.
Everything but pop country, bubblegum pop, & crappy gangsta' rap. I'm a huge fan of folkish style music with quirky, intelligent lyrics. I love whimsical music and music with a melancholic wistfulness. And loud, aggressive, intelligent rock n' roll kicks ass!
Bands that frequent my cd player: Tool, Tori Amos, A Perfect Circle, Ani Difranco, Radiohead, Incubus, Cold Play, The Cranberries, Fiona Apple, U2 (older stuff), Nellie McKay, Ben Folds, Dar Williams, Hed PE, Mr. Bungle, and Lorenna McKennit.Dave got me listening to the Dead Kennedys, Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom, Bad Religion and a little of a bunch of other music. Let's just say I have a whole list of CDs that I need to check out.
Local Bands (WV & B'more) : Kat Box, The Recipe, Split Nixon, The Pistol Whippers, Noizbox, Byzantine, Guiness Clarke's Wine, Woodswork, VooDooBlue, Agenst of the Sun. (I need to get out and see more live stuff!)
V for Vendetta, Fight Club, American History X, Kill Bill I & II, Hero, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Big Lebowski, Memento, Donnie Darko, Magnolia, Equilibrium, Adaptation, Way of the Gun, The Godfather, The Usual Suspects, True Romance, Shawshank Redemption, Schindler's List, The Green Mile, Snatch, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Matrix, Spiderman, Gladiator, The Others, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars trilogy, Indiana Jones movies, Edward Scissorhands, Legend, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Spirited Away, Big Fish, Young Frankenstein, Almost Famous, High Fidelity...I'm sure there's more, but I'm tired.
I don't watch television any more. I don't have cable and I don't miss it. Mostly, it's full of subtle (and some not so subtle) messages telling you the "correct" way to think, act, and feel. The news is full of information designed to keep us in a state of anxiety. The advertisements are full of messages that tell us that we're not complete unless we have whatever it is they're selling. And the advertisements strategically placed in between segments of the high anxiety stuff so that we get the idea that buying whatever it is that they're selling will relieve our anxiety. Brilliant! (Way to go Ed Bernays!) However, when I did watch TV I watched the following:Invader Zim, The Boondocks, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Simpsons, Southpark, Futurama, The Daily Show, The History Channel, The Discovery Channel.
The Illuminatus Trilogy, 1984, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, Invisible Monsters, Choke, Lullaby, Great Expectations, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Crime and Punishment, The Sandman Comic Book Series, The Black Dog of Fate, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Pride and Prejudice, As I Lay Dying and more!
My mother, Diana, & my father, Garland, for being such wonderful parents. My grandmother, Ellie, for being a strong woman and a survivor. Dave for learning to live life every day with me. Sean Burns for being an amazing friend. Also Tori Amos, Maynard James Keenan, Ani Difranco, Bono, Neil Gaiman. Anyone who knows how to be as they are in their natural state - spontaneous and blissful!