Writing, Watching people, hanging out in bookstores, listening to Depeche Mode, watching movies with Orlando Bloom, drinking chai, getting good deals on Ebay, curling up with a good book on the couch, developing my own understanding of the Baha'i Faith, going to the movies, going to the gym, reading novels set in the Regency Period, doing my part to work toward racial unity and educational equity, Los Angeles and Chicago, talking about what's going on with Black people, The Oak Island Mystery, The Knights Templar -- whatever happened to that treasure??, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, watching old movies, walking in Silverlake, taking pictures of my friends and family, listening to old radio shows like "The Whistler", and cooking dinner with friends.
Barack Obama, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Coco Chanel, Dave Gahan, David Bowie, Diana Vreeland, Dorothy Dandridge, Hitchcock, Ida B. Wells, Malcolm X, Martin Gore, My Grandfathers, Orlando Bloom, Tavis Smiley, Vincent Price You...if you're nice.
Depeche Mode, Aaliyah, Amerie, AFI, Anthony Hamilton, Bjork, Blaqk Audio, Chicago House, Ciara, Craig David, The Cure, Death Cab For Cutie, Duran Duran, Everything But The Girl, Fedde Le Grand, The Gap Band, George Michael, Inner City, the old INXS, The Killers, Maxwell, Mozart, Muse, No Doubt, Pet Shop Boys, Prince, Portishead, No Doubt, Sade, Sean Paul, Sheila E., She Wants Revenge, Tracey Thorn
Love Jones, Lord of the Rings, The Saint, The Usual Suspects, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The 39 Steps, Sixteen Candles, Rear Window, Moulin Rouge, Dial M For Murder, The Count of Monte Cristo, Unfaithful, High Fidelity, Runaway Jury, Being John Malkovich, Batman Begins, Ragtime, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Goonies, An Inconvenient Truth, Serendipity, The Breakfast Club, Bamboozled, House of Flying Daggers, Sliding Doors
Heroes, The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Robin Hood (the one on BBC), PBS, Project Runway, Countdown with Keith Olberman, Top Chef
Dracula, Bullwhip Days, The Advent of Divine Justice, The Priceless Pearl, Black Chicago, The Artist's Way, God Passes By, Cane River, Caucasia, Pride and Prejudice, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Dawnbreakers, Midnight on the Avenue of Faith, The Bluest Eye, The Count of Monte Cristo, Salem's Lot, The Duke and I, The Color Complex, Four Fabulous Faces, Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys, God Loves Laughter, My Baha'i Prayer Book
Ida B. Wells, Jenny Tan, Leslyn Kim, Daphne Sajous-Brady, Mikelle Willis, Priscilla Forsyth, Leili Towfigh, Deborah Dwyer, Cyndee Guest