Photography. Exploring. Poetry--I have recently enjoyed Mary Oliver & Marc Fromm. I admit it, I love Scrapbooking & card-making,...no poking fun! Feel-good, artfully done movies. History-geek...yes that's me (that was my minor afterall.) On occasion I'm one of those nerds that goes to the library to check out DVDs on places around the world I'd love to visit, NASA Space stuff, Tornados, Birds, Blue Planet....you know the kind. We used to literally live at the base of the hill where the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff AZ is located. We would go there on a weekly basis to check out nebulae, globular clusters, saturn and such. I love exploring on foot, fly-fishing , old downtowns, strolling art galleries, listening to my music loud in the car by myself on curvy canopied roads (especially the drive around Lake Whatcom and of course Chuckanut Drive), traveling, did I mention exploring, and checking out new places? I LOVE discovering new foods and restaurants (which also means I'm not skinny). I have a little crush on New Zealand. I would love to get a sewing machine and learn how to sew like my Mom, or crochet beautiful scarves and hats like my friend Carrie Ann...ooo and sweaters! Music, without which, it would be a dull world. There is this old movie (if you know which one...send me an email) where a guy says "what are you going to do when you retire?" and the other replies, "listen to music." It used to be considered a sole pass-time. I agree with that. So music, yes...oh they have a slot for that.... (I have this terrible habit of using dots several times in a row......horrible, horrible gramatical habit!)
I LOVE RUBIES!!Please watch very carefully & listen very carefully:POOR LENO!my brutha:..High Preistess of Soul: Nina Simone!
Cocteau Twins (it's a loyalty thing), and now....in no particular order: Slowdive, Figurine, Dntel, Kings of Convenience, the stuff coming from the Monika Enterprise, Chica and the Folder, Club 8, Barbara Morgenstern, James Figurine, Lars Wiik & the Laughing river, The Postal Service, Belle and Sebastian, Contriva, Datarock, Nick Drake, Fireflies, Sonny Rollins, Ray LaMontagne, Yo La Tengo, Stereolab, Taxi, Taxi!, The Knife, Matias Tellaz, Camera Obscura, Grandaddy, Billy Bragg, Coltrane, Broadcast, Whitest Boy Alive, Fields, Rubies, Ivy League, Au Revoir Simone, Pharcyde, Air, Cowboy Junkies, Patti Griffin, Black Sheep, Brian Eno, Guru, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Robyn Hitchcock, Gangstarr, Tribe Called Quest, old Beastie Boys, The Lucksmiths, Fred Astereo(oh my gosh I have that same teacup!), The Brunettes, Imogen Heap, The Smiths, mucho 80's new wave and some early 80's pop, Luna, The Legends, Royksopp, Cat Power, Galaxie 500, Morphine, Elliott Smith, Junior Boys, The Shins, Joni Mitchell, Boards of Canada, Acid House Kings, PJ Harvey, Sondre Lerche, Beth Orton, Decemberists, Sigur Ros, The Pogues, Nick Cave, Joy Division, Erlend Oye (my not-so-secret musician crush), The Velvet Underground, early New Order, Bach, Nina Simone, Bill Evans, Beck, Charles Mingus, DJ Shadow, Howard Shore, Curve, The Replacements, Pavement, Harold Budd, Sebadoh, Soft Furry Animals, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Mazzy Star, Calexico, The Cure during the 80's, early Depeche Mode, Flaming Lips, Enya for falling asleep, Dead Can Dance, Loreena McKennitt...reminds me of days at the Soma Institute, Lush, Ladytron , Massive Attack (especially the one w/elizabeth frazier), Pinback, Etta James, Frou Frou, David Bowie, The bird and the bee, Mammas & the Pappas, Sufjan Stevens, Red House Painters, The Free Design, Ride, The Beatles, Aimee Mann, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Astrud Gilberto, The Strokes, Stan Getz, Brudda Iz, Feist, Watsonville Patio, Thievery Corporation mixes, Throwing Muses, Pixies, Stevie Wonder (70's era), Beach Boys, Sarah Vaughn, Laika, Kim Barlow, Kristen Hersh, The Posies, Emiliana Torrini, Stanley Jordan, Ultra Vivid Scene, Jimi Hendrix, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Daniel Lanios, Iron & Wine, American Analoge Set, Neko Case, Salvadori Fantastico, Bjork, Karen Ann, Tycho, Plastic Operator, Peter, Bjorn & John, Ada....oh my, this is overwhelming...there is so much good music to be heard and I discover new incredible artists everyday.
LOTRs-boxed set extended version, Amelie, ONCE, Cinema Paradiso, Wings of Desire, Rashomon, Like Water For Chocolate (original), Rushmore, Waking Ned Divine, Legend, Solaris (1976), Napolean Dynamite, Nacho Libre, Babbette's Feast, Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Guffman & all those other great Christopher Guest flicks, Harold & Maude, Finding Neverland, Chocolat, The Last Emperor, A Beautiful Mind, 80's brat pack flicks (such as: Pretty in Pink, Say Anything, Better Off Dead...I Was a Teenage Zombie, Toxic Avenger...), Murder in Manhattan, Winged Migration, Michael Moore flicks, Kill Bill...makes me hungry for sushi...then again I'm always hungry for sushi, Whale Rider, Dr. Strangelove, Edward Scissorhands, The red balloon, The Gods Must be Crazy (1&2), The Princess Bride, TRON, Of course...the first 3 original Star Wars, Sense and Sensibility, Thin Red Line...the list goes onNapolean:
Although I don't watch much tv, some programs are absolutely classic. My all-time favs are: Northern Exposure, Twin Peaks, TV Nation (Michael Moore's beginning), Linda Carter in Wonder Woman (she's fighting for your rights, in her satin tights) My recent guilty pleasures are Lost & Scrubs.
I enjoy laments on places I'd like to travel to (mostly New Zealand), Rick Bass' Where the Sea Used to Be is a favorite; poetry...whatever I'm in the mood for at the moment. Harry Potter...just began to read them over again.
There are many amazing & inspiring people who inspire me to be a better person. Here are just a few: Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Jeannette Rankin, Henry David Thoreau, Noam Chomsky, Rosa Parks, Howard Zinn, my Dad, my Mom, my brother, my sweet Gramma Miller, my 2 selfless Great Grandmas, and my cute canuck husband who I love endlessly.