~ Words to LIVE by ~One of my tattoos - it's on my left forearm.Music, movies, my kitties, racing (open-wheel - and for the record NASCAR is white trash demolition derby!), family, food, tattoos, weekend getaways, reading, coffee shops, book stores, napping, the beach (at night during the summer), writing, being different, following my own beat, my computer, camping, almost anything in the water........and more I'm sure. It's harder than I thought to list this stuff!!!
Isn't she AMAZING?!?!? She takes my breath away!FUN, HONEST, open, exciting people!!! All of them!!! People who can make me laugh, and the always great - people who can teach me things. Jeff Buckley ~ I never got to see him play live..... :(
Let me start by saying these are in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!! They're listed as their names flew off the top of my head........ :) Jeff Buckley, Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Spoon, Gavin DeGraw, Alice in Chains, Fiona Apple, Chris Isaak, U2, Matthew Santos, Van She, Mother Love Bone, One Day as a Lion, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog, Nina Simone, X, Jonny Lang, Damien Rice, Kings of Leon, Beastie Boys, Social Distortion, Sia, Stereophonics, Beck, Carolina Liar, Corrosion of Conformity, Interpol, The Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Holiday, Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, MGMT, Garbage, Godsmack, Chris Cornell (he is a GOD!), The Doors, Elton John, Pearl Jam, Janis Joplin, Days of the New, Guns N' Roses, Coldplay, Joshua Radin, Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Hole, Nirvana, Janes Addiction, Danzig, Justin Nozuka, Muse, Primus, The Kills, Ministry, Tool, Pantera, White Zombie, Cypress Hill, ............God this list could go on forever! Chris Isaak ~ Take me for a ride in your pretty car!?!?! Mike Ness ~ BAD ASS MOTHER FUCKER!!!! Jonny Lang ~ I truly believe he is a very old soul.....He'd have to be to sing like that! Chris Cornell ~ YUMMY! Mike Ness ~ That's right! Jeff Buckley ~ Why do all the good ones die so YOUNG?? Chris Isaak ~ My only wish is that he could sing me to sleep.... Mike Ness ~ mmmm hmmmm! Jonny Lang ~ This kid is mesmerizing! He is MESMERIZING...... look at those EYES!!!
The Dark Knight, The Crow, The Departed, Closer, Gia, Elf, Godfather (I, II, III), Casino, When Harry Met Sally, True Romance, American History X, Usual Suspects, Brokeback Mountain, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Goodfellas, Fight Club, Crash, Clay Pigeons, Waitress, Match Point, Rush, The Notebook, Primal Fear, 25th Hour, My Life Without Me, Girl Interrupted, Garden State, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Boondock Saints (thanks Justin), Lost in Translation, Mr & Mrs. Smith, The Last Kiss, Notting Hill, Love Actually, The Polar Express, Mission Impossible III - again ........... the list goes on .......... Miss Angelina ~ Good God in HEAVEN!!!
The Cleaner, Grey's Anatomy, Dateline, 20/20, Primetime, Weeds, Californication, The L Word, Dexter, House, Criminal Minds, Nancy Grace, 48 Hours, Scrubs, C.S.I. (the original and New York) hhhmmmm.............have to think more. Another one of my tattoos - it's a mirror image of itself on the inside of my right wrist.
Eat Pray Love, The Art of Happiness (by H.H. the Dalai Lama), The Four Agreements (Miguel Ruiz is amazing), The Energy Perscription, White Oleander, Lovely Bones, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Knitting Club, Dry, Running with Scissors, Little Children, In Cold Blood, Night, Eat Pray Love, The Alchemist, Simple Abundance, Under the Tuscan Sun, The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, Memoirs of a Geisha, anything by M. Scott Peck, A Million Little Pieces & My Friend Leonard, almost anything by Carl Hiassen (he is HILARIOUS!!) ........ I'll let you know when I find more! (And how is it possible that I have the 2 bookcase's and I can't think of the names of any more??)
My Grandparents were HUGE in my life. They were truly the greatest, most inspirational people in my childhood. And truth be told, a lot of nameless people who have managed to touch and change my life without even trying. On a very personal level - anyone who has suffered from the crippling illness of depression and lived to tell about it.