Hockey (Go Wings!!!), football (Go Blue!), photography, talking with my girls on ivillage, writing, and spending time with my man, my family and my kick-ass friends. I always joke I'm the perfect woman, since I like to clean, love to cook, I'm a sports nut, I'm funny and I'm pretty uninhibited. Now you know why my man is always smiling! ;) I'm a Cat Mommy to 6 furbabies: Wicket, Tim, Tigger, Anna, Zaphy and Brady. Wicket and Tigger live with me, and the rest live with my ex-husband (whom I'm still really good friends with, which is cool; he's a really good guy and I love him to death. He deserves much happiness)but I still visit them as often as I can. I collect Winnie the Pooh stuff and sunflowers (including the 2 I have tattooed on me). Shane and I go to a lot of comedy clubs too. Love and laughter, people, it's what it's all about. Can't stress that enough.
Cassidy Angel Peters, all of my TTCAM Sistahs, Bill and/or Hillary Clinton, Janis Joplin, Steve Yzerman, Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Evan Dando, Jesus, Cass Elliot, Tim Gunn, pretty much anyone with a good sense of humor and an open mind...
Damn near everything, really. Big, big fan of the Lemonheads. I love Evan Dando!!! Also love Toad the Wet Sprocket, Violent Femmes and Goo Goo Dolls. I'm a big fan of alternative, and classic rock. I also like going out to hear just good ol' local bar bands (Although bar band groupies? LOL... Don't get me started...)
Love cheesy musicals and dark comedies best. West Side Story, Election and Death to Smoochy are 3 of my faves. The Shawshank Redemption is a work of art, and I absolutely adore the old Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder at his best!) and all the Monty Python flicks. And who can resist Raising Arizona, Office Space, Pulp Fiction, and Napoleon Dynamite? NObody!! I'm also a huge fan of the campy Christopher Guest flicks (Best In Show, Waiting On Guffman, A Mighty Wind). Soo funny!! Pretty much any movie that can make you laugh every time you see it (even if it's the 20th time...) is a keeper!
I'm an HBO junkie. I freakin' LOVE The Sopranos, Tell Me You Love Me, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Big Love. And, of course, Red Wings hockey! And my fave show ever? The Brady Bunch! (I know I'm not alone on this one; I'm just the only one with the balls to admit it!) Watch a lot of vh1 and Comedy Central too. Can't go wrong with music and laughter!
Everything by John Grisham, John Irving, Wally Lamb (She's Come Undone is a fucking masterpiece!), or Armistead Maupin. The Catcher in the Rye is also one of my all-time faves. As for children's books, you can't go wrong with Beverly Cleary's "Ramona" books, or Peggy Parish's "Amelia Bedelia" series. Classics!!
My boyfriend, Shane. I love and admire him more than I can ever explain. He's sweet and funny and just has such a caring soul. He's been through so much (and we've been through so much together), and how he maintains such a great attitude is beyond my mind. I'm fiercely protective of him and if anyone screws with him, I go on the defensive big-time. (Anyone who could hassle him after what he's gone through is a real piece of shit...) He is so sweet and funny that he makes me enjoy my life more, just having him in it! He inspires me everyday and I am truly blessed to have him as my man. (And did I mention he's sexy as hell and we're going to make the cutest, funniest, tallest babies ever? ;) Other heroes? Big girls with confidence and sass!! Don't hide who you are. Be yourself and you'll find that genuine love. Don't ever settle and you'll be your own hero, girls..