I enjoy discovering new music, of all genres. I am the mom of gifted kids, so I like finding new ways to stimulate their brains by providing a wide range of experiences - - artistic, human, and academic. I write reviews of movies, books, and music on Amazon.com. I love crafts of all kinds! I enjoy planning roadtrips and always feel a little sad when they are done. I am doing more hiking these days. I like to read biographies. And most of all, I love to exasperate and bemuse my wonderful husband. Here is a video montage I made for him Father's Day 2006 - - the kids are older now!:
Make video montages at onetruemedia.comAnd here's a video I made to honor being my kids' mom:
I'd like to meet:
I'd like to have the following people over for a barbeque: Joss Whedon (I actually have met him, but he remains top of the list because he was so freakin' nice, I want to meet him again!), Charlie Kaufman, William Shakespeare, Ben Stein, John Adams, Robert Rodriguez, Howard Carter, Sir Ernest Shackleton, William Gaines, Queen Elizabeth I, and Mary - Queen of Scots (but not at the same time) As much as I adore Quentin Tarantino as an artist, I just don't think I could tolerate his nervous-edginess-slash-overconfidence for very long.
Lisa --
[noun]:
A person who laughs at anything (even this entry)
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Music:
Prince, DavÃd Garza, Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Hiatt, Violent Femmes, Robyn Hitchcock, Jon Dee Graham, Nickel Creek, Tin Hat Trio, Death Cab for Cutie, Wilco, Beck, The Flaming Lips, White Stripes, Professor Longhair, The Jayhawks, Black Keys, X, The Cure, Uncle Tupelo, Sigur Ros, Gladys Knight, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Social Distortion, Billy Joel,...I'm sure there are tons more, I just can't think of them right now.
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Movies:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jerry Maquire, Love Actually, Braveheart, Being John Malkovich, School of Rock, Dumb and Dumber, Shall We Dance?(the Japanese original, not the JLo/Gere hackjob), Big Fish, Matchstick Men, Bringing Up Baby, The Hours, Secretary, Raise the Red Lantern, Rudy, Ran, Shakespeare in Love, Purple Rain, El Mariachi, Terms of Endearment, Matrix, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, any Austin Powers, any Wayne's World, Almost Famous, Casablanca, As Good As it Gets, Moulin Rouge, My Cousin Vinnie, Edward Scissorhands, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ, Superstar, Sure Thing, Grosse Point Blank, Seven Year Itch, Bridget Jones Diary, anything Monty Python, Gone With the Wind
Television:
Seinfeld, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Office (American), Freaks and Geeks, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Firefly, almost anything British - - Fawlty Towers, Father Ted, Absolutely Fabulous. In case you didn't already know this, I think the Buffy & Angel storyline is the GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER! Joss Whedon is a genius!
Books:
The Three Musketeers (the whole series of books), Endurance, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre; anything true, anything to do with time travel, historical fiction, biographies, essays of all kinds, anything about ethics or politics. If you are looking for the most evil villainess in literature, check out Milady in The Three Musketeer saga!
Heroes:
My husband, my parents, Sir Ernest Shackleton
