Loves: eating good food, traveling, reading on a perfect day, wine, champagne, laughing with Brianna, my mom and grandma and the hilarity that ensues when cribbage is brought out, listening to music while cleaning, knowing that your house is clean, chapstick with the little plastic cap still on, baths, remembering memories, watching or looking at creativity, my nieces, Elvis, independent movies, Otis Redding, Miles Davis, romantic gestures, genuine friends, Lake Tahoe, hummus with Triscuits, Ping Pong, realizing that I have an amazing life and have done amazing things, meeting new people, walking without socks, the cleaning aisle at Costco, Target Greatland, driving up to Tahoe with the windows down, shows, people sticking up for other people, fresh spring rolls, learning new things, books and all the amazing things that people can say and the eloquent ways that they say it, Brandi's laugh, girls night, hearing a heartfelt I love you, peoples' dreams, newly washed sheets, sunsets in gorgeous locations, sitting with someone knowing that you would never want to be anywhere else at that moment, cheap flip flops, fireplaces, my mom's cooking, buying greeting cards, the office, my boss, my friends, dancing, getting those butterflies talking to someone, having conversations that you have thought about in your head for years, knowing who you are, and all of those idiosyncratic behaviors someone will appreciate, doing something new and knowing I was better for it.... Dislikes: eggs, mustard, birds, koi fish, that cat urine smell, unclean surfaces, trash, chapstick without the little plastic thing, unruly children, inattentive parents, taking myself or others toos seriously, dust, sponges sitting in water, algae in Tahoe, wintertime without a fire, knowing I have hurt someone, having cold hands or feet, my dirty car, not feeling included, not knowing the answer, being hungry, talking on the phone, how easily I can get frustrated, when the dishwasher doesn't fully clean the dishes, big dogs (but I love you Cole), that I can't do my hair like Alaina, feeling insufficient, getting gas, smoke, watching people make scenes, or being a part of one, driving in the snow, being bored, that's not it, but I am going to stop!
"I don't write this to you, because it is not time. I may never tell you, and, in years, I may not need to, because you might become part of my life -- physically and mentally... and there would be no need to verbalize, because you would understand.""Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love IS everything its cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it...It really IS worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more." Erica Jong
My iPod!
go to my all-amazing netflix queue! its quite impressive
Oh my God. I just got the most hard-core cable, and I love it. Nip-Tuck, anything on HBO, Weeds (this show is hilarious), the Office, anything on the Food Network, and Dirty Jobs. That show creeps me out!
I told you I was a book worm, so... Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote is incredible), Count of Monte Cristo, Animal Farm, Tomorrow We Wish to Inform You We Will Be Killed with Our Families (about the Rwandan genocide), anything by Jonathan Safran Foer, Robertson Davies, anything by Sylvia Plath (she is a bonafide goddess of poetry), Dorothy Parker, Robert Kennedy wrote a great book about Bush and the environment (I'm trying to think), How Walmart is Destroying America and the World (by Bill Quinn)! Read it! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, (anythiing else by Betty Smith), Perks of Being a Wallflower (Jeff, thank you), The Little Prince (watch out, its a tearjerker), Wuthering Heights, A Room with a View, The Journals of Sylvia Plath, The House of Mirth, Native Son, The Know-It-All, many many more.
My heroes, locally, have changed recently. People aren't what i thought they were, or what i wanted them to be. So here are the people that are making a difference in my life today! ******************************************************** My mom: you are fabulous. You have such strength, poise (sometimes) and intelligence. I worry that I am not taking enough in from everything you are teaching me. You have been my mother, father, and best friend for 23 years. Lately you have been showing constant support, and love. Thank you for standing by me in this most rough time of mine. I love you more than words can say. Thank you, Mom.******************************************* My grandma: you are the funniest, sweetest and greatest human being that has ever walked the earth. You are the apple of everyone's eye, and you are constantly showing me how to live my life in a generous, compassionate, caring, and sensitive fashion. I am so priviledged to have had your company for so long! I love you!******************************************** Bri: to the sister that has always shown me the way, and when I inevitably strayed off the path, you were there to guide me back from the brink (like yesterday). Words can't explain the depth of character you possess, or the countless times that you have unconditionally loved and defended me. You are truly the soulmate I will always carry in my heart. You are a true love, and I have appreciated you from the first moment we met. *************************** Lauren: Wow, what to say to the person that I have told EVERYTHING to, and has never judged me. You are one of the best, LP. The trials and tribulations have been better (more manageable) just knowing that I have you beside me, to hold my hand. You are someone that I admire for your convictions and your loyalty. Always know that I count on you, but also I am there for you whenever you need a friend to lay in bed, watch jeopardy, go to Roxy's, or cry with. Thank you for the other night. I love you! God knows, we've done them all together.********** ***********************