Surfing. It's the best thing in the world and really centers me (when I manage to get to the beach). Training for my first mini-triathalon in June. Trying new restaurants, French and Spanish wines, cheese from different countries, Muay Thai kickboxing, wakeboarding, traveling worldwide (love love Paris and London.) Seeing crappy indie bands in dive bars (thank you EARL), stand up comedy and improv, playing horrendously bad golf and uncommonly good golf, (but nothing in between,) painting, growing masses of plants and a garden, creative cooking, and all things psychology based. Coming up with new and interesting revenge tactics. Being barefoot. Trying to figure out why I'm obsessed with the color green and need to be in the rainforest. Playing the stock market (again). Reading anything that I come into contact with, if I don't know how to do something, you can bet that I'm going to learn how to do it. Researching Voodoo roots and rituals. Collecting knives and interesting weapons. New hobby as of late is becoming familiar with different types of guns, and going to the range and shooting my .357 Smith and Wesson is a great stress relief. Mostly I just try to be happy and a good person, and make sure that my three nutty cats, fish and I get fed on a daily basis.
People that aren't contrived and who stick up for the underdog. Black sheep, outcasts, and people with their own thoughts. If you voted for George Bush, we're going to have trouble being friends. Oh yeah, and David Beckham. And Daniel Craig, since you asked.
Stereophonics, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Dido, Nada Surf, Pinback, Palace Fires, Boards of Canada, Jem, Mute Math, Kosheen, Bloc Party, Diplo, Nine Inch Nails, Deathcab for Cutie, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, old Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Greg Allman jam sessions, Bowie, James, Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers, Broken Social Scene, Franz Ferdinand, Portishead, Zero 7, Bob, Ziggy, and Damien Marley, U2, Muse, Sublime, Gwen Stefani, Jeff Buckley, Concrete Blonde, Sia, Chris Issak, Madonna, Jack Johnson, The Police and Sting, BRUCE!! Springsteen, Crowded House, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Richard Ashcroft, Muse, The Shins, Oasis, Blur, Dirty Vegas, The Crystal Method, Gorillaz, Aqualung, The Killers, Damien Rice, and most classic rock. Rachel's mix cd's keep me going for weeks on end.
Grosse Pointe Blank, Fight Club, The English Patient, Blade Runner, The Beach, Endless Summer I and II, Step Into Liquid, Riding Giants, Live From Baghdad (used to be a journalism major), 28 Days Later, In God's Hands, The Corpse Bride, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, Secretary, The Last Supper, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, La Femme Nikita (the German original), most of the James Bond movies, Constantine, Orlando, Garden State, Snatch, Layer Cake, Memento, The Royal Tenenbaums, Before Sunset, Boondock Saints, Life As A House, The Notebook, Dangerous Beauty, Love Actually, Trainspotting, Kill Bill I, Princess Bride, Pirates of the Caribbean, Finding Nemo, Caddy Shack, Indiana Jones, Legend, Lost Boys, Chocolat, Last of the Mohicans, Hunt for Red October, and Heathers. Looking to buy Casino Royal and Talladega Nights soon. Recently saw Pan's Labrinth and The Prestige and was blown away.
Entourage, Rome, and Grey's Anatomy. Recently hooked on The Riches. Some Squawk Box in the morning before the market opens. Rescue Me is great too, i have a big crush on Dennis Leary. I do love me some Bill Maher too. The Weather Channel and their damn hurricane specials keep me spellbound, I think weather patterns are fascinating because we can't control them.
When I was twelve, my Dad, in his infinite wisdom *snort*, told me that I would never amount to anything because I read too much. Look who's laughing now, bitch.
My mother Patricia, my Godmother Jan, Laird Hamilton, Marie Laveaux, Karen Horney, and Euripides' Medea.