Writing of any kind, from poetry, to scripts, to short stories and essays and even a novel. I like to make greeting cards and now I attempt to create cards using chalks. I enjoy drawing, as it is an outlet for positive and negative feelings.
People that are aware of the world they are in, their surroundings. I am always amazed when I meet folk that are honest to God thinking people, not easily programed robots.
The Beatles, Coldplay, Simply Red, most jazz and blues, any good rockabilly, true bluegrass, Sublime, Stray Cats, Tears for Fears, Beatles, are just a few. The only music I have not gotten into is Opera.
LOTR, The Professional, Wonder Boys, Donnie Darko, Lost in Translation, Altar Boys, Fried Green Tomatoes, Dirty Pretty Things, Amelie, Nightmare Before Christmas, Slingblade, Panic, Immortal Beloved, The Mighty, Everafter, The Whole Wide World, Happy Texas, State and Main, Focus, Bridget Jones, Tootsie, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Man Who Cried, Finding Neverland, The End of An Affair, The Hours, Mansfield Park, The Gift, Chumscrubber, V
Not an avid fan but do enjoy a few programs; Cold Case; Medium, and the History Channel, National Geographic and Public Telivision.
I love Mark Twain and pretty much anything he writes. I also like Edgar Allen Poe, especially Mask of Red Death and Annabell Lee. Thomas Hardy is a favorite as well, with Jude the Obscure and Tess of the d'Urbervilles. I also like Aldous Huxley, and love his statement, "The only completely consistent people are the dead."
My five amazing children, that never cease to add wonderment to my life.