You name it... I love the sound of REAL laughter.. my mom has the greatest full-body-shake-the-table-everyone-turns-in-the-restaurant-t
o-look-at-her-hyena-laugh in the world, completely and totally infectious! I love the smell of fresh snow, and the sound of the ocean.. I could sit and watch a fire for hours and hours and hours. I love to read and write... I crave music that makes me feel.. really feel.. I love singing ballads when I'm all alone in the shower or scared to death on stage... or playing the piano mindlessly for hours.. I know it's unoriginal, but I love "The Way I See It" quotes on Starbucks coffee cups... I have an affinity for bread-pudding (Marjorie's) more of an obsession really.. other addictions are swedish fish, and old-school malt balls... I love huge, black, bug-eye Chanel sunglasses and shopping for vintage clothing... I have recently adopted wearing a watch (for work) which I hate... I can't stand socks of any color, shape, or size.. or flat bed sheets.. or anything else constricting.. I wish I could live in flip-flops all year round. If I ever wear jewelry it's usually silver, chunky, funky and larger than life. I love opening the blinds in the morning and I'm always craving another home project... I'm spellbound when a man brings fresh flowers home from work on a random day... I love my mom's huckleberry pie. I love running in the "great outdoors", power yoga, spinning, soccer, snowboarding.. anything fun and active. I'm always intrigued with the way my little brother's eyes turn an enchanting aqua color in the summertime. I'm impressed when people follow their dreams no matter the cost... I believe in working at a relationship or friendship, regardless of how "unromantic" or contrived it may seem... I think true love is raw, real and beautiful in it's imperfection. I am a bit obsessed with David Beckham.. though I am madly in love with another soccer man. I love photographs of my great grandparents from 80 years ago, and the stories behind them. Scars are intriguing and always a good conversation starter..hmmmm.. I wish I knew how to speak french and fly a plane. I live for being flung around on an innertube in the summer time, there is nothing in life that makes me laugh harder. Hen bug and Smashly are the funniest people I know. I wish I could own one of those old-school black and white photo booths and let it document my life... I love the way life continues to lead me around like a lost lamb. I live for learning, trying, succeeding, failing, and learning more.. I have no idea where I'm going or what challenges life will bring me.. and I am finally learning to embrace "not knowing" and I couldn't be happier.. and lastly, I love Love. So there you go.. there's your "sneak peak" or the 1.0 version of me and my interests.
This is interesting...
I CAN'T believe he's moving to California. There is a God.
Now I see where the "Italian Stallion" thing comes from... I think I get it now.
Magnet, Matt Pond MA, Marjorie Fair, Turin Brakes, The Shins, Jeff Buckley, James, Sade, Iron and Wine, Rufus Wainwright, The Pale Pacific, The Theivery Corporation, Elliot Smith, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, Death Cab for Cutie, Nada Surf, Snow Patrol, Damien Rice, Indigo Girls, Keane, Rogue Wave, Radiohead, Superdrag, The Notwist, Weezer, The Killers, The Innocence Mission, Norah Jones, Alison Krauss, Eva Cassidy, Bonnie Raitt, The Sundays, K.D. Lang, Sonya Kitchell, Coldplay, Eisley, Interpol, Badly Drawn Boy, Agualung, Sarah Mclachlan, Journey, Heart, Marc Cohn, Michael Buble, Dave Matthews Band, Travis, Yaz, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, The Pointer Sisters, Stevie Wonder, Foo Fighters, Chris Cornell, Postal Service, Portishead, Mono, Massive Attack, Yo-Yo Ma, Andrea Bocelli, Duncan Sheik, Teitur, Opiate for the Masses, Angela Reed, Tiflin, Level 26, Josh Rawlings, Soul Kata, Falling Grace, The Hope... can you tell I like music?
The Outsiders, the Untouchables, Fried Green Tomatoes, Dangerous Beauty, Lady in the Water, Saving Grace, Prime, Crash, Garden State, Lucia y el Sexo, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Glory, Pride and Prejudice (PBS version), Emma, Amadeus, The Contender, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, Legends of the Fall, A River Runs Through It, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Transporter, Ronin, Top Gun, Shrek, The Lion King, Finding Nemo, It's a Wonderful Life.
This is fly....
I hardly EVER watch T.V. - but when I do it's gotta be: Sex and the City, Law and Order, CSI, English Premier League on FOX Sports World.
Anything by Vonnegut esp. "A Man Without A Country", Jim Harrison, Holly Morris, Tolstoy, Chekhov short stoires, Orwell, Anita Shreve, David Sedaris, Steinbeck. Enjoyed "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" by Malcom Gladwell. Dan Brown and Robert B Parker are fun, so are the Prey novels by John Standford. Absolute favorties are: "The Razor's Edge" by W. Somerset Maugham, "A Town Like Alice" by Nevil Shute and "Memoirs of the Geisha" by Aurthur Golden.- - I also love the op-ed pages of the WSJournal and the NYTimes and read "The Week" when I need cliff notes on international affairs! And of course the healthy indulgence of some favorite magazines: Lucky, Vogue, Jane, Domino.. and the occasional tabloid at the gym.. yup, it's true.. and I love to read the crap on MSN.. don't really know why.. but there you go...
My family and friends, especially my dad, true friends, past and present teachers, real-life leaders and/or influential people: Lincoln, FDR, Churchill, Aung San Suu Kyi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Mandela, The "People's Princess" Diana, Louis Armstrong, Dickinson, Frost, The "Franks" Frank Gehry, Frank Lloyd Wright... and every single musician that's ever lived.