Spending time with friends and loved ones, having adventures with Lexi, reading, writing, listening to music, hunting for bargains at Target and other fashionably cheap places, traveling, hiking and other kinds of outdoorsy things, enjoying a good meal with a bottle of wine (most any kind will do) and talking to my friends about the beauty of life!
FRIENDS!
Tori Amos, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, Beck, Beastie Boys, Coldplay, The Cure, Dandy Warhols, Dee-lite, Death Cab for Cutie, Frou Frou, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz (it's all about the wordplay), John Lennon, Keane, Madonna, John Mayer, The Pixies, Pavement, Radiohead, Rufus Wainright, Ryan Adams, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, The Sundays, Telepopmusic, U2, Weezer, The White Stripes... I love every mixed cd that anyone has ever made me. They're always poignant. I never thought I'd admit this, but country music has entered my playlist. Also, I love nearly anything British or could be described as sleepy rock.
The Corpse Bride (I finally watched it all), Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Moulin Rouge, The Royal Tennenbaums, The City of Lost Children, Amelie, The Very Long Engagement, Sideways, Waking Life, Illuminata, Happy Endings, I "heart" Huckabees-- There are more, but basically I watch movies that are about love, beauty, truth and/or artfully arranged.
I watch live TV when folding laundry or painting my nails. 3000 channels and nothing's on! I love Tivo and watch old Will and Grace episodes, E!(who's doing who and what are they wearing?), Bravo- Project Runway- Make it work!, Comedy Central, IMF, History Channel, Discovery. I've seen every SpongeBob episode thanks to Lexi.
I read practically anything and usually have at least two books going. I am a quote hunter too. Also, I love going to the library and just grabbing a book from the 7-day section. I pick one up according to the title/cover, thumb through it and just read randomly until I decide if I'm interested or not. The dork in me sometimes curls up with a thick sci-fi book and cup of Earl Gray.
To my heroes- Alexis, Aaron, Chris, Paul and Wade. Thank you for being able to reach straight into my head and heart and pull out ideas, poetry, wonder and longing.