Singing, Dancing, Acting, Reading, Writing, Cooking, Playing my guitar (As bad as I am at it, I still really like to do it !), I like to PLAY sports...but not so much watching them...though the older I get the more I realize that I will NOT function at 100% capacity in a professional environment without paying attention to a LITTLE bit of the sports world- so I've got a growing interest in college football (Daddy would be so proud!) Activism has been a big part of my adult life...Hanging out with friends, Snuggling....traveling(and on and on and on and on!)
The idiot who thought Bush would be a good President...then I can kick him in the teeth.Whoever came up with putting peanut Butter on bread with Jelly--yeah I actually looked it up...but there's not one guy!Whatever is staring down on all of us laughing and crying his/her/its eyes out! I'd ask "dude...really....was all THIS necessary???"
I think I appreciate all music, and on most days I'll listen to whatever someone else puts on. However when it comes to looking at my CD colletion, I seem to have a bizarre combination of "stereotypical" homo music...I've got everything from Cher, to Bernadette Peters, to Melissa Etheridge, Ani, Bitch and Animal, and Indigo Girls....and then of course there's everything in between... like emo (don't make fun), and punk rock- the NON screaming kind that's what usually does me in- screaming = NOT music to these ears, I even like the ****OCCASIONAL*** classic country like Patsy Cline. I love Billie Holiday etc. I guess the point of the story is I like music. What I've learned is that it's easier for me to pick out things I DO NOT like-- for instance I don't really like to listen to gangsta rap, don't get me wrong, I love a good beat when I'm dancing, but when I listen to music...I like it to be...more uhh musical? It's the same reason why I don't listen to screamy "rock"- and then I really will not listen to twangy country...I might have been born in the south- but I just don't relate to "there's a tear in my beer cuz my dog cain't catch that deer"....
I like movies in general....because sitting on my ass and doing nothing is fun! And then if something actually moves me, whether it's emotionally, physically by laughter or if it infact REALLY moves me--as in gets me up OFF my fat ass to do something, well then all the better.Most recently-- I saw hairspray...the OLD movie- and believe it or not, I'd NEVER seen it before- it was FABULOUS_ you go Rikki Lake ;-) seriously if I listed off all the movies that I like- I'd never get anything done...
Well there's the TV that I'll admit openly to loving: L-word, Will and Grace (oh how empty my Thursday's now seem), Queer as Folk (noticing a theme?)Big Love, Carnivale, Dexter (Sooo good) Law and Order, Medium, The Sopranos, Weeds... Yes I still like cartoons....aka simpsons, family guy, futurerama---did anyone see invader zimm that was cute too.And then there's the TV that I try to hide from the general public....like my secret (though now exposed) and unyeilding love of Xena...what can I say, I'm a sucker for sapphic sub-text...in any way shape or form...and if it just so happens to come in the form of two ass kicking girls- who am I to protest ;-)
Ohhh man- another area where I become incredibly indecisive... I tend to think my favourite book is whatever I'm reading in the moment BUT - I strongly suggest to anyone who loves queer literature to read the series of TALES OF THE CITY, no NOT Dickens you fool Armistad Maupin...they're fabulous fast readers! Other favs off the top of my head Ruby Fruit Jungle (or anything by Rita Mae Brown for that matter aside from the animal mysteries...), To Kill A Mockingbird, The Catcher In the Rye, Breakfast of Champions, The Awakening, Jane Eyre, The Unquiet Earth, The Bluest Eye, ANYTHING by the BRILLIANT Alice Walker (Color Purple, By the Light of my Father's Smile)The Lovely Bones, She's Come Undone, I have a nerdy streak too- the Celaeno Series is up there....that's enough! When I have time, I swear I'm gonna do the Harry Potter thing, but for now go ahead and say I'm a freak.
Hmmm.... My aunt Anne comes to mind first... Meredith... for her compassion- My little brother Dillon for his fearlessness ...these guys are just starters- but I really look up to a lot of other people for different reasons...I won't go there because I'll just get sappy- but there really is like a HUUUUGE list!