Music, movies, knowledge, history, learning about international cultures, Native American history, travel, Raks Sharqi / Middle Eastern dances, working out (cardio, kickboxing, kettlebells, walking, yoga, pilates), reading, writing that elusive first novel, trying new restaurants and cuisines, learning to cook (I hope I'm getting better!), home remodeling and decorating, gardening (again, getting better!), animal rights (my cat is spoiled rotten by the way...), environmental issues, beaches at sunset, the smell of the ocean on a breeze, those first chilly autumn nights when you can open the windows & need a blanket for the first time after summer, cuddling under that blanket with someone you love, soft kisses from that same person (seeing a trend?), big hugs that wrap completely around you, laughing until it hurts & tears are running down your face, making a real connection with someone, cultivating a wicked sense of humor, socializing and people watching, trying not to stress out and worry so much and accept change gracefully (okay, if you are one of my friends, stop laughing
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I'd like to meet:
Honest, sincere, real people. People with diverse interests, intelligent, good hearts, funny, kind, respectful, morals, not afraid to speak their mind, healthy & fit in both their mind & body, environmentally conscious, animal lovers, and NO drug users. People who can make me LAUGH and can keep up with my sense of humor.... Who I would have loved to meet? To sit down with Queen Elizabeth the First and learn how she was able to raise England to a force to be reckoned with, controlled a council of men set against her, yet remain a female, with a vunerable & giving heart that beat for her lovers but still with the strength to turn them away when it was best for her, and stand as a symbol throughout history of nobility and respect. Now that's the power of a woman!
sultanlar askina
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Music:
Music is a gift to the soul! I love how music can set a mood, lift the spirits, pump you up, or calm you down. I can listen to almost anything but these are a few of my favorites.... dance, pop, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Greek, Bhangra, Bollywood, Reggaeton, Spanish guitar, and the occasional dirty hip-hop......Tarkan, Nancy Ajram, Amr Diab, Cameron Cartio, Hakim, Hisham Abbas, Natacha Atlas, Arash, Idin, Jamshid, Despina Vandi, Giorgos Mazonakis, Mustafa Sandal, Joe Ashkar, Said Mrad, Nez, Oojami, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Niyaz, Azam Ali, Bally Sagoo, Suphala, Lila Downs, Selena, Thalia, Marc Anthony, Gipsy Kings, Alabina, Daddy Yankee, Robert Mirabal, Dalida, Joe Dassin, Herve Villard, Edith Piaf, Mylene Farmer, Loreena McKennitt, Sarah Brightman, Nina Gordon, The Corrs, The Pogues, The Chiefteins, Cher, Concrete Blonde, Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard, Joan Jett, Madonna, Jimmy Somerville, Spice Girls, Aqua, Depeche Mode, U2, Dead or Alive, Duran Duran, Adam Ant, Culture Club, Haysi Fantayzee, 80's New Wave, Sex Pistols, Dan Reed Network, Stella Soleil, Wildhearts, Jackyl, Metallica, Type O Negative, Rob Zombie, Nine Inch Nails, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Village People, The Doors, Beach Boys, Elvis, Bobby Darin, The Monkees, Schoolhouse Rock!, Weird Al Yankovic, and Amazing Grace on bagpipes!!
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Wuthering Heights
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Movies:
I love movies - after all, it's my job! La Reine Margot, Frida, Elizabeth, Love Actually, Marie Antoinette, Amazing Grace, The Women, Bridget Jones Diary, Mr. Wrong (hysterical!!), Death at a Funeral, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Gone With the Wind, Braveheart, Rob Roy, Sense and Sensibility, Shakespeare in Love, The Wicked Lady, Surviving Picasso, Forest Gump, Pirates of the Carribean, The Ten Commandments, Dances With Wolves, Troy, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Wuthering Heights, Orlando, Possession, Chocolat, Raise the Red Lantern, House of Flying Daggers, The Ninth Gate, Constantine, Angel Heart, The Mummy, Original Sin, Bride and Prejudice, The Guru, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, A Christmas Story, Waking Ned Divine, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, National Lampoon's Vacation movies, Young Frankenstein, Haunted Honeymoon, The Lost Boys, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Penelope, A Fond Kiss, Life is Beautiful, The Red Violin, Rasputin, Cinema Paradiso, Rebecca, Anne of a Thousand Days, In the Mood For Love, Kama Sutra, Desparado, National Treasure, O Brother Where Art Thou, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, John Q, Man on Fire, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Fried Green Tomatoes, Deuce Bigelow, Harold & Kumar, Knocked Up, Dumb & Dumber, Rat Race, Austin Powers, Blazing Saddles, Clue, Drop Dead Fred, East is East, A Fish Called Wanda, French Kiss, Sugar and Spice, The Full Monty, Titanic, Gia, Twister (total guilty pleasure!), Delta of Venus, A Knight's Tale, Legends of the Fall, old Vincent Price movies, Sleepy Hollow, Hocus Pocus, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Lady in White, Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended versions, of course!)
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Sex and the City Trailer
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just the girl
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Smokey and bandit restaurant scene
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Television:
One Life to Live, General Hospital, Lost, Dancing With the Stars, Bugs Bunny, South Park, Family Guy, Ali G, Will and Grace, Sex and the City, Friends, Oprah, Turner Classic Movies, Rick Steve's Travels through Europe, Globe Trekker, Entertainment Tonight, Big Love, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Mr. Bean, Monty Python, Absolutely Fabulous, Dark Shadows: The Revival, The History Channel & History International, The Travel Channel, HGTV, National Geographic Channel, Fit-TV, Denise Austin & Gilad fitness shows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Tudors - Serenata
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Books:
I love books....it's just finding the time to read the hundreds that I've collected!.....some of the highlights so far...The Sultan's Harem, Sergalio, Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles, French and English history books (especially the gossipy ones about the queens), bodice-rippers and historic romance novels - especially Janelle Taylor's Native American series, entertainment and historical biographies, anything about the Ottoman harems, Gone with the Wind, Lipstick Jihad, Clive Cussler novels (love Dirk Pitt!), The Club Dumas (Arturo Perez-Reverte), Janice Dickinson (she may be nutty but sometimes she's right!), InStyle magazine
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Women in Art
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Heroes:
my parents, Bugs Bunny, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Marguerite de Valois, the wise, intuitive, and survialist women of the Ottoman harem, Frida Kahlo, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Mitchell, Denise Austin (the exercise guru!), Mel Brooks, Jim Carey, Hugh Grant and Robin Williams (they can always make me laugh!), PETA & animal rescue groups, historians & archealogists, aid workers & volunteers, and the men & women who protect our country and our freedom every day
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We have to wake up to what's happening in the world and show some responsibility. It's a gift, and it's being abused.
Sarah mclachlan- World on Fire
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