Theatre, people with passion, walking around a big city at night, snowglobes, rolling down hills, ferris wheels, string cheese, putting songs on repeat, books that keep you up all night, ice hockey, partying with anyone who likes to have more fun than most people think we should be having, dancing in the street at traffic lights, late night phone calls, lobby displays, margaritas, boys who play guitars or any kind of instrument, standing ovations, zoos, spring, jelly shoes, flea markets, roadtrips, Meisner (well, that's a love/hate relationship), mix CDs, Chicago. romantic rendezvous, big earrings, feeling like I can turn a cartwhheel although I can't, postcards, rose-colored glasses, Aussie beaches, camping, making up songs about a woman with one leg to Caleb's guitar, long runs through West Michigan, realizing you are the only person awake, seeing an amazing performance, having an amazing performance...to be continued
The Mountain Goats, The Decemberists, The Little Stevie's, The Cat Empire, Missy Higgins, Radiohead, Catherine Feeny, Postal Service, The Be Good Tanyas, Jolie Holland, Pete Murray, The Weepies, Neutral Milk Hotel, Love Bomb, The Beautiful Girls, Jason Mraz, Jeff's 1960s Ethiopian Rock, Ellis Paul, Joni Mitchell, the Dancing Pigs, Jake Speed, Jose Gonzales, KT Tunstall, TZU, Damien Rice, Bright Eyes, Sufjan Stevens, India Arie, The John Butler Trio, Modest Mouse, Nick Drake, Over the Rhine, Snow Patrol
The Castle, Amelie, Dear Frankie, any scary movie although The Exorcist tops them all, Remember the Titans (hey, I don't understand the rules of American football but, damn, I can appreciate the sentiment), The Winter Guest, Reqiuem for a Dream (although you can only watch it once every few months)
Cloudstreet, The Alchemist, Tomorrow When the War Began, The Tin Drum, Middlesex, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,The Fountainhead, Gone With The Wind any good ghost story, authors/poets in their glory (anything I can get my hands on of theirs...wish they would write more!...except if they're deceased, I see how a book deal would be hard to work out): Sylvia Plath, Haruki Murakami, Tim Winton, Michael Chabon, Rupert Brooke, Samuel Beckett, Sam Sejavka, Ha Jin, Aimee Bender; plays and more plays of all sorts...especially Shakespeare--though it never comes to life except onstage
Teachers--all teachers.