film, music, concerts, playing with my dog (Cookie) and god daughter (Marley), traveling, languages, npr, theatre, puzzles (I'm a geek), reading, postsecret, wine and good tequila, vegetarianism, hanging out with friends and family, hiking, musicals, biking, art, dancing, and just having a good ol' time
Some of my favorite musical artists include Tori Amos, Bjork, Frank Sinatra, Bob Marley, Nat King Cole, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Coldplay, Ben Lee, Shakira (Spanish), Ani DiFranco, Rosie Thomas, M83, Keren Ann, Rachael Yamagata, Leona Naess, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Billie Holiday, David Gray, Enya, Moby, Damien Rice, Bruce Springsteen, Amos Lee, Jack Johnson, Rilo Kiley, Esthero, Frou Frou, Josh Groban, Dave Matthews Band, Howie Day, Maria Taylor, Camille, Madeleine Peyroux, Mana, Ryan Adams, Radiohead, Carla Bruni, Alexi Murdoch, Phoenix, The Mosquitos, U2, Elvis Presley, Imogen Heap, Gipsy Kings, Pauline Croze, Diego Torres, Joseph Arthur, Keller Williams, The Postal Service, Juanes, Alejandro Sanz, Led Zeppelin, Joni Mitchell, Elliott Smith, Jolie Holland, Ray LaMontagne, Dido, Diana Krall, Missy Elliot, Dean Martin, Seal, Kathleen Edwards, Pete Yorn, Sarah Maclachlan, Peter Gabriel, Marvin Gaye, Van Morrison, Joss Stone, Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Regina Spektor, Matt Costa, Aimee Mann, Feist, KT Tunstall, Yo yo Ma, Corinne Bailey Rae, Norah Jones. I also really enjoy showtunes and movie scores - Thomas Newman, James Horner, Ennio Morricone, and Gustavo Santoalalla are among my favorites. Guilty pleasures: Ricky Martin and 50 Cent.
Rent, Braveheart, Everything is Illuminated, All About My Mother, Shakespeare in Love, Dancer in the Dark, Moulin Rouge, The Mission, Tombstone, Carlito's Way, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Sea Inside, Amelie, Goodbye Lenin, Adaptation, Scent of a Woman, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Brokeback Mountain, Love Actually, Crash, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Napoleon Dynamite, Bad Education, Talk to Her, In America, Sideways, Goodfellas, The Station Agent, A Very Long Engagement, The Untouchables, A League of Their Own, Glory, Heat, Rudy, As Good As It Gets, About Schmidt, Bridges of Madison County, Hotel Rwanda, Saving Private Ryan, I Am Sam, Meet Joe Black, An Officer and a Gentleman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Remember the Titans, Beaches, The Phantom of the Opera, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Garden State, The Green Mile, Cast Away, Closer, Angels in America, Life is Beautiful, The Life Aquatic, Off The Map, Frida, The Good Girl, A Beautiful Mind, Ray, Seabiscuit, Finding Neverland, Steel Magnolias, De-Lovely, American Splendor
Sex and the City, 24, ER, Will & Grace, Inside the Actors' Studio, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Intervention, Grey's Anatomy, Family Guy
"How To Be A Diva", written by Karessa Acosta
My cousin Junior, my Papa, my Dad, Jonathan Larson, Oprah Winfrey, Frida Kahlo, Lance Armstrong, Christopher Reeve, Mother Theresa, Paul Rusesabagina, Hilary Swank, Albert Einstein, Shakespeare, Che Guevara, Pope John Paul II, Angelina Jolie