Nia, Yoga, and dance, people, culture, language, and diversity, family, friends, photography, art, music, and painting, coffee, traveling, road trips, camping, horse back riding, old people- they're so precious and their stories are fascinating, nature, the change of seasons, thunderstorms, kayaking, rock climbing, biking, walking, music and art festivals, people watching, trying/learning new things, being a kid at the park, anything that gets me outside, and anything that makes me laugh (which is just about everything because I'm easily amused) ; )
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Where do I even begin? I absolutely love music, a little of what I listen to would be...... Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, Sarah McLaughlin, Melissa Ferrick, Ellis, Azure Ray, Holly McNarland, Everything but the Girl, Over the Rhine, Sia, Natalie Merchant, Saving Jane, Butterfly Boucher, Dido, Donna De Lory, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Jack Johnson, Rob Thomas, Jude, Bonobo, Rasa, Bitter:Sweet, Telepopmusik, Deep Dish, Thievery Corporation, Portishead, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Norah Jones, Chris Pureka, Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea, Rusted Root, Delerium, The Postal Service, Tegan and Sara, Lazy Sunday, Nervous but Excited, Jem, Melissa Etheridge, Counting Crows, Cold Play, Pink, Barbara Payton, and on, and on, and on.....
A few of my favorites would be.... The Notebook, Life as a House, Amelie, Garden State, Better than Chocolate, Love Actually, Benny and June, When Harry Met Sally, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Little Miss Sunshine, Before Sunset, The Neverending Story, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Sandlot, Steel Magnolias, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail (you have to be a real goof ball to like this one), Napoleon Dynamite, Austin Powers, Pulp Fiction, Boys on the Side, High Art, American History X, The Matrix, Kill Bill, Good Will Hunting, The Life of David Gale, Pretty Woman, E.T., My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Edward Scissorhands, Moulin Rouge, The Wedding Singer, Broke Back Mountain, The Lord of the Rings Movies, and the Harry Potter's-big kid, I know! = )
I hardely have time to watch TV, but when I get a chance, I am that nerd that watches the History Channel! ; ) I also *heart* Extreme Makeover...I cry every darn time I watch it! I used to love Strangers With Candy, Queer as Folk, and Twin Peaks.
I haven't sat down and read a book in so long! A couple I enjoyed in the past were... Stone Butch Blues, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe, For Water Like Chocolate, A Child Called 'It', The Harry Potter books, JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, as well as books about war and the psychology of it.
My grandmother = ) She's been through so much in her life, yet has made the best of it all and is such an amazing woman! She lost her mother when she was thirteen years old and became the caregiver for her father and brothers. She was also widowed at forty-four, which left her with five children to raise on her own. She had to start working and learn to drive on her own (as husbands were the ones to do those things during that time.) Despite all the hardship she endured, my grandmother became a very strong, independent, and confident woman. I lived with my grandmother at a difficult time in my life, during which she taught me to look on the 'bright side' of every situation. She has always been very adamant about not letting hard ships or life get you down, because there's always a good lesson to be learned and to grow from (as well as something brighter around the corner.) She was also the first person I came out to, and continues to be the most supportive. Rather than try to change me, she has tried her hardest to become educated. She recently called me up and asked if I'd like to go see Broke Back Mountain with her, I couldn't believe that I went to see it with my grandmother (I didn't know where to look during the first sex scene!) = )........ She has truly shown me how to love life and make the best out of it, because life is too short to get caught up with the 'little things'. She used to make me so angry when I wanted to feel sorry for myself, now I'm very thankful to have such an inspration in my life!