I need to find a job that makes me WANT to wake up in the morning, preferably something that manifests the iota of goodness in this world...Any ideas???
Gary Larson, Jamie Oliver (he's the man!) and generally anyone who is not a jack-ass...maybe Bill Bryson (a special thanks to Jas/Andrea for recommending In a Sunburned Country...that book rocks!).
Radiohead, U2 (my two favs: accentuating my paradoxical nature!), J.E.W., Muse, The Used, Smashing Pumpkins, The White Stripes, Thrice, Coldplay, Alkaline Trio, Deftones, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, A Perfect Circle, Beck, Oasis, Tori Amos, The Wallflowers, Weezer, The Beatles, Blink-182, Chili Peppers, Dashboard, Dave Matthews, Fiona Apple, No Doubt, Foo Fighters, Interpol, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Moby, NIN, Phantom Planet, The Postal Service, Death Cab, Silverchair, Third Eye Blind, Snow Patrol, Eskimo Joe, Mellowdrome, The Bravery, Gorillaz, etc. Have to give props to K. Clarkson and Justin T. (my guilty pleasures!). I grew-up on classical music, so I love Bach, Debussy, Mozart, etc. and my fav' Vivaldi (yes, I am a nerd).
So many...LOVED Thank You for Smoking...also, Amelie, The Breakfast Club, Fight Club, Eternal Sunshine, Rushmore, Silence of the Lambs, Memento, Crouching Tiger, Run Lola Run, The Goonies, Billy Elliott, Donnie Darko, Old School, Back to the Future, The Matrix, Monsters Inc., Requiem for a Dream, The Professional, Office Space, Clueless, Shakespeare in Love, High Fidelity, Finding Nemo, The Godfather, The Joy Luck Club, The Pianist, Election, Pulp Fiction, etc.
Scrubs, Friends, Freaks & Geeks, My So-Called Life, Family Guy, Simpsons, Arrested Development, Everyone Loves Raymond, ol' school Real World, True Life, Mythbusters, TLC/Discovery channel (5 Takes rocks!) programs, The Food Network programs and It's Always Sunny in PA is hilarious!
To Kill a Mockingbird (literary perfection!), The Catcher in the Rye, The DaVinci Code, The Hot Zone, Like Water for Chocolate, Of Mice & Men, John Grisham, Michael Crichton and Amy Tan books, any travel books, and (for the inner kid in me) The Red Balloon and Charlotte's Web
Friends who have stuck by me through everything, Aussies/Kiwis (when they go on "holiday," they go all out!), T. Kobayashi (damn, he can eat!) and Ben Goldhirsh/Anderson Cooper - refreshing to see good-looking, wealthy American men out there who are altruistic and not complete selfish jack-asses (I was losing hope there for a while...).