'TOP FIVE activities': reading a great book, afternoon drinking with a good friend (or sometimes by myself), cooking an amazing dinner, communing with nature-walking, hiking, camping-good to center myself, being creative-whatever way strikes me at the time; all these include listening to music.
more things I enjoy: music, camping, hiking, reading, good beer and conversation, crafts, taking walks, traveling, playing cards, playing guitar, burning incense, lighting candles and being in the company of loved ones, going to parks, playing frisbee, taking naps in the sun, having an afternoon drink, seeing or hearing from an old friend, interesting conversations with strangers, learning something new, waking up refreshed, discovering a new song/artist, reading a book I don't want to end, sushi, being on the coast at sunset, fresh air, the smell of the desert, getting out of the city, having time to watch a movie, bumper stickers, getting a great workout, dance parties, singing in the car, getting in my car and driving, driving, driving, sharing memories with family and friends, bbqs, trees, plants, flowers, having an unexpected day, being able to have a good cry (I don't think that happens enough), looking at pictures, taking pictures, buying Kurt Vonnegut books, going to my favorite coffee shop, especially during a weekday when most people are working, being around kids, listening to good music on the radio, animals, enjoying the first warm day of the year, knowing that when it is nice, I won't be in an office, I will be out in the sun, knowing that during the summer I can 'work' at the beach, macaroni and cheese, salad, drinking a bottle of wine while cooking dinner, cooking dinner for someone and having someone to eat with, hugs, my second home: my tent Tortuga, hot springs, being able to relax, playing dominos (WOOHOO!!), playing mancala, 'top five', brownies or yummy gooey cookies(especially that Amanda makes),bandanas (for me and on others), boots, avacados, the skies in Kansas (can't beat them), storms, stars, sound of water (rivers, oceans), fresh snow, sister time, learning something new
I'd like to meet:
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Music:
'TOP FIVE albums': Paul Simon (Negotiations and Love Songs), Radiohead (The Bends), Neil Young (Harvest Moon...or Decade, damn they are all incredible), Moby (Play), Jeff Buckeley (Grace).
Artists: Radiohead, Paul Simon (best camping music), Neil Young, Neko Case, Leo Koettke, Gomez, Wilco, Interpol, Muse, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Modest Mouse, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Coldplay, Jose Gonzalez, Jeff Buckeley, Damien Rice, David Grey, Counting Crows, Van Morrison, Pixies, Cranberries (secret pleasure), Silversun Pickups, Ghostland Observatory, ... (still a work in progress)
Favorite radio station: KEXP, XM Radio: The Loft
Movies:
'TOP FIVE movies': this one might be hard... favorite childhood movie (I still know all the words and songs)- The Little Mermaid, one I will never get sick of- Almost Famous, most artisticly moving- Moulin Rouge, favorite story and also beautifully done- Sex and Lucia ...I will come back to the other one (I have some thinking to do)
Books:
'TOP FIVE books': The Brothers K, The River Why (David James Duncan), anything by Kurt Vonnegut (favorites are Bluebeard, Jailbird, Galapagos), The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho), 100 Years of Solitude
