warm weather, red wine, art, patterns, prints, black and white photo, good design, travel (though, i despise flying), grammar/spelling, good novels, good restaurants, good lighting, good atmospheres, good friends, details, squirrels, sushi, pasta, the titanic, cheap jewelry, hosting parties, packaging, helping others, childhood memories, bread, europe, motorcycle and boatrides, cider mills, oceans, mountains, beaches, scattergories, uno, and boggle, hide-n-go seek in the dark on summer nights, snow-angels and snowmen, working out, nascar (there, i said it, shame on me), diversity, complexities, odd senses of humor, sincerity, blue and green, dumb hollywood gossip magazines (ok, for the pictures), the brew haus, erotic photo hunt, cheesesticks and fries, camping, stickers (puffy and scratch-n-sniff, too) flip-flops and tank tops, white musk, egyptian musk, and laura labo's TOVA scent, feeding the birds, giving to charities, TACO BELL, drinks in the hot tub, traverse city and bellaire, card and tag making, observing, vanilla stoli, laughing till it hurts, hosting family holiday dinners, entertaining, fawning over my dog, beginner cooking, making others happy, race day, randomness, connecting with old friends, germans, bowling, making lists, crossing off things on my list, debbie the downer skits on SNL (rrrrgh rrrrr),ambient music, good memories and good times.
Jeff Gordon & Jimmie Johnson(sadly, i'm not kidding), Sarah Jessica Parker. hmmmm..can't think at the moment. i suppose anyone interesting, fun, friendly, real, witty, odd. most importantly, someone who gets me. anyone who will influence, teach, and inspire me. nice people, smart people, funny people. party planners so i could steal some of their secrets.
depeche mode, norah jones, tori amos, sarah macclaughlin (sp?), bob seger, ryan elliott, postal service, matthew dear, hall and oates, al green, white stripes, the strokes, U2, coldplay, mazzy star, johnny cash (thanks to joaquin), elton john, classic michael jackson, some gwen stefani, old erasure, new order, prince, neil diamond, elvis, rich's mixed cds, marvin gaye, the sundays, enya, barry white, and many many more things i can dance wildly to at my parties, cry to in the car, or chill at dinner. if i can think of the others, i'll add.
16 candles (the best!!), walk the line, sideways, breakfast club, the wizard of oz, napolean dynamite, garden state, in good company, misery, pump up the volume, goonies, better off dead, parenthood, the flamingo kid, revenge of the nerds, ferris bueller, Et, ghost, 7, dirty dancing, the lost boys, supersize me, bowling for columbine, magnolia, election, shag, st. elmo's fire, legends of the fall, edward scissorhands, usual suspects, bad santa, catch me if you can, titanic, being john malkovich, pretty in pink, naked gun, meet the parents & the fockers, vacation, the outsiders, forrest gump, zathura, the illusionist, little miss sunshine, talledega nights, wedding crashers, juno, superbad
The Office (this just might be the funniest show ever), Six Feet Under(best creatively written show), Growing Pains, Silver Spoons, Little House on the Prairie, Sex and the City, Happy Days, 20/20, Primetime, etc, FBI Files, Animal Cops, Family Ties, The Littles, The Smurfs, Project Runway, Intervention, Dancing w/ the Stars, Oprah, who's the boss, unsolved mysteries, candid camera, the old blooper shows, chappelles, i love the 80s, airline, party of five, Super Nanny, Discovery Channel stuff, My Two Dads, The Golden Girls (weird memories of my Grandma...), Star Search, segments from America's Funniest Home Videos, dr. 90210, a&e stuff, real crime shows, Deadliest Catch, Girls Next Door, The Soup, and anything else that makes me laugh or gives me new insight. i like TV and am not ashamed to admit it.
naked, miss nelson is missing/back, judy blume books (was there a better book in 5th grd than "are you there god, it's me margaret?"), beverly clearly books, midwives, running w/ scissors, i know this much is true, me talk pretty one day, the lovely bones, black and blue, remembering julia, 1000 white women, amelia bedelia books, girl w/ a pearl earring, cloudy w/ a chance of meatballs, the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime, the kite runner, snowflower and the secret fan, birds in the fall,
jim and pam for sure. maybe michael but definitely not dwight.