Hanging out with my husband and kids (it's a good thing I like doing that, because that's happening regardless, right?), history (mostly US, European, and military), cooking out and playing cards with our friends, bowling, scrapbooking, playing on the computer, watching The Ohio State Buckeyes beat the shit out University of Michigan every third Saturday in November, and trying to make the world a better place (at least in my little corner of the world).
I'd like to meet:
It's not so much that there's any one person *I* would like to meet, but I wish that my children could meet their great-grandparents; they were such neat people.
Music:
Queen, Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Van Halen, Chicago, Def Leppard, Jimmy Buffett, DaVinci's Notebook, The Pogues, The Commitments, Social Distortion, Billy Joel, The Blues Brothers, Dead Milkmen, Enya, Travis Tritt, Tungee, Gashang, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Paul and Storm are some newly-discovered old favorites... Jeez, I don't know if I can list everything, really...
Movies:
Gettysburg, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Breakfast Club, Trading Places, Blues Brothers, Die Hard, Wayne's World, Blazing Saddles ("Hold on while I whip this out." "AAAHHHHHH!"), St. Elmos Fire, Spaceballs, The Replacements, The Commitments, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Blackhawk Down, Major League, Vision Quest, Clerks, Princess Bride
Television:
The Simpsons, Family Guy, MASH, Law and Order (both original and SVU), old-school Looney Tunes, Cops, 24, American Choppers, Trick My Truck (it's amazing what they can do with a semi!), Family Ties
Books:
Raul Hilberg's History of the Holocaust, just about any book that deals with US History in the Colonial, Civil War, World War II, or modern eras, pretty much anything dealing with the Holocaust, as well as anything by Jeff Shaara and Leonard B. Scott, the entire Little House on the Prairie series as well as prequels AND Rose WiIlder Lane's books, the Harry Potter series (she'd *better* hurry up and finish Book 7!), I admit to having a fondness for what my husband calls "smut books" although some of the historical ones have some good research put into making them accurate, and I'll have to update this with more titles at some other time because my mind's blanking out on really cool books that I could read again and again and be happy to do it.
Heroes:
My husband, my children, my parents (both biological and in-laws), my family (blood, in-laws, and affection) and friends continue to inspire me on a daily basis. I also have nothing but the upmost appreciation and respect for first-responders who risk their lives on a daily basis.
