Before Baby: Red Sox Parties, Eagles Football in Patriot Country, Reading, Writing, Concerts, Talking and anyalyzing all the stupid stuff people tell you to leave alone.
Eddie Vedder, Charles Dickens, John Irving, Zora Neal Hurston, Robert Frost, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eliot, Yeats, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Newman, Cameron Crowe, some of my old college chums and any other strong willed, smart, creative person.
Lots and lots of music old and new. Pearl Jam, Allman Brothers, Phish, Bob Dylan, The Band, Tom Petty, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Neil Young,G Love & Special Sauce, Jack Johnson, Alexi Murdoch, Ben Folds, Ben Harper, Ray Lamontagne, Ryan Adams, Susan Tedeski, Black Crowes, Audio Slave, Primus, Oysterhead, Frog Brigade, Rage, Tool, Chilli Peppers, Sound Garden, Alice in Chains, Black Label Society, The Doors, Black Sabbath, Bonnie Raitt, David Gray, Cold Play, Dave Matthews Band, Phil & all his Friends, Gov Mule, Counting Crows, Toots & The Maytals, Steel Pulse, JGB, White Stripes, Smashing Pumpkins, Blues Travelers, String Cheese, REM, The Dead and many more...
Some of my favorites include, The Graduate, Shawshank Redemption, Good Will Hunting, When Harry Met Sally, Cool Hand Luke, American Beauty, A Bronx Tale, Adaptation, Goodfellas, Magnolia, Almost Famous, Singles, Reality Bites, Memento, Usual Suspects and any movie Johnny Depp is in.
If I have the time I try and catch Boston Legal (the dynamic between James Spader and Captain Kirk is fabulous and so damn entertaining). Guilty Pleasures: ??? I am waiting for one to win my heart!
I have read and appreciated way to many to list here. Some that come to my head right at this very moment are: The Cider House Rules (not so fond of the movie) & The Hotel New Hampshire. I love John Irving.... Great Expectations is my fave Dickens. I love a good story. I also really like Jennifer Weiner.(she gives good chick lit)and has a wonderful way of sharing her understanding and insight. I finsihed Little Earthquakes and found out I was pregnant.
Currently: The Backyardigans, My Partner In Crime....Tommy M., Me Mom, Me Dad and every single parent household in America.