Music. Metal shows. Reading. Writing. Animals. (Especially me two wee mini Dachshunds Tiny and Teeny, and my cat Tigger.) Friends. Family. Nature. Coffee. Movies. Making cards for people.
<People who are open minded and real.
I love all different styles of music. My favorites used to be easy listening music. More laid back stuff, with some rock mixed in there. Bruce Springsteen was an obsession for a while in my late teens, before I moved to the States. Now I would have to consider myself a true Metal Head! After going through some major heartbreak and ache, I had to put that other soppy music away. It made me feel sadder and I could barely function. Metal made me want to get up and do something about it. This was about ten years ago, so Metal has been my savior since then. Heavy Metal. Death Metal. Thrash Metal. All things Metal! SHADOWS FALL. CHIMAIRA. ARCH ENEMY. CRADLE OF FILTH. THE HAUNTED. LAMB OF GOD. GOATWHORE. JOB FOR A COWBOY. OPETH. DEVIL DRIVER. MASTODON. DIMMU BORGIR. AMON AMARTH. KATAKLYSM. CANNIBAL CORPSE. THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. DISTURBED. To name but a few.I also like Hardcore bands. HATEBREED. WALLS OF JERICO. BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY. ALL THAT REMAINS. FULL BLOWN CHAOS. BURY YOUR DEAD. CONVERGE. To name but a few.
Snatch. Braveheart. Seven. Silence of the lambs. Hannibal. Fargo. High Crimes. Murder By Numbers. Harry Potter. Lord Of The Rings. The Brave One.The ones I hate to admit are: Top Gun. Titanic. Sleeping Magnolia's. Fried Green Tomatoes. I call them my 'boo hoo' movies, because that what they typically make me do!
The Closer. UFC Unleashed. House. The Dog Whisperer. (Which I never get to see anymore, now that I've moved and don't have extended cable. Damn it!) Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Grey's Anatomy. Hell's Kitchen. American Idol. (I know! You say," How can you listen to Metal music, and then watch American Idol"?! Well, the answer would have to be??? I have no earthly, or any other planet of a clue??!!) Medium. Lost. The Office. ER.
All books by Mauve Binchy, Val Mcdermid, J.K.Rowling, Patricia Cornwall. The Alienist, by Caleb Carr. A really good, interesting read. At least it was for me. Any good crime thriller really.
My Dad, wee Billy McConnell, who died whenever I was twelve years old, due to a massive heart attack at only forty-five years of age. But he was, is and always will be with me in my heart and in my soul. May he forever rest in peace.My Sisters, Diane and Tracey, who inspire me to keep on going, and who I know will always be there for me whenever I need them. Even though they are thousands of miles away in Ireland, they are still as close to me as the wind on my face, and the air that I breath. They have been my rock all throughout my life, regardless of where, or what we were doing at the time. They have come through, and continue to walk through such adversity in their lives, that would put a strong person to shame, should they have to do the same. And they have done it with true grace and style, which I find amazing! They are truly my heroes in life for a reason!Resa and Julie, my tag team of helpers, who love me unconditionally in spite of my more than silly self! I look up to these two wonderful inspirational woman on a daily basis, and am so very grateful and blessed to have them in my life.Todd, my com padre now, going on six or seven years. A faithful friend to the end is what he is, besides so many other wonderful endearing traits that make him one of my heroes! Notwithstanding the fact that he is taking a very strong Bull by the horns, and not letting go for nothing! No pun intended, but that really takes some balls!Molly, for getting out there week after week and doing her thing so very well. And for inspiring other struggling artists to get back up on the stage where they really belong, and do their thing, and feel good about it!Jeri, for hanging in there all these years no-matter how tough things got. And for being my friend in all types of weather.Mother Teresa.Jesus.All the Survivors out there. (You know who you are. If you don't, then you obviously didn't make it? Sorry dude!)