hiking, cooking, drawing, sewing, talking, walking, breathing, eating, reading useful things,
Gandhi, Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman, Huey Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, Jesus, Paul the Apostle... Ok, people who are living: I met Oprah, but would actually like time to talk to her about some things, like getting my danishes in her green room; The Dalai Lama, Rupert Murdoch, Martha Stewart (because I still haven't seen a rosehip) Cornel West, Bob Johnson, Jay Z, Bobby Flay, Charlie Trotter, Emeril Legassi, B Smith; I met Russell Simmons, but that didn't count. I would like to pick his brain some more, too. I would like to meet anyone who is trying to save the world in a sensible way, or anyone who is changing the rules in a positive way, or anyone who has cooked their way to success, and is staying at the top, or anyone who's eccentric enough to think they can build a new world out of old paper towel tubes..
whatever, except too much techno.
The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, Misery, Delores Claiborne, Kinky Boots, Star Wars - A new Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi ONLY, The Usual Suspects, Gandhi, Ali, Tombstone, The Color Purple, Chocolat (that's part of why I appreciate chocolate so much now) The Lion King, Finding Nemo, Pulp Fiction (I know that's a jump from "Nemo")Fargo, Crimson Tide, The Departed, Wedding Crashers, Meet the Parents, The Matrix (just the first one and last one) Heat, Unforgiven, Pan's Labyrinth, As Good As It Gets, A Soldier's Story, Glory, Six Degrees of Separation, the Sixth Sense.
pass on TV
Anything useful.
everyone i know has been an inspiration at some time, in some way. I don't want to belittle my appreciation for some by exalting others. i love my mommy, big sis and little sis. felix stands up to dogs.