Spending time with Jesus. Walking around Lake Nokomis (every season of the year, preferably after 10 p.m.) and having deep discussions with my soulmate, James. Hanging out with "my girls" LaSharndra, Kaimah, Rolanda, Abla, ChiChi, Allison and LaKeria. Going to shows. Reading. Playing spades & Risk with Sam and Laura. Writing fragments with no subjects.
These crazy people...
Lately, I've been enjoying Blindside (Alibi), Matisyahu (King without a Crown), the White Stripes (Girl, you have no faith in medicine) and Project 86 (From December). Other all-time favorites include Skillet, CeCe Winans, Poor Old Lu, and Delirious.
My favorite movie has to be the Matrix--it wasn't just a movie, it was an expereince that launched me into a philosphical discussion that I still think about. In second place, the Lord of the Rings triology. By category my favorites are: Comedy: Napolean Dynamite (My lips hurt real bad) & Office Space (damn the fax machine) Drama: Shawshank Redemption & Amistad Action: Bourne Identity & Band of Brothers (three miles up, three miles down) Musical: Fiddler on the Roof & My Fair Lady. Honorable mentions: Pride and Predjudice(Mr. Darrcy!), Glory, & Gladiator (Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity)
The all-time best T.V. show is the Simpsons. Life without the Simpsons would indeed be a disurbing reality. Other shows that compete for a distant second include CSI, Lost, and any corny reality shows. I somehow enjoy watching the stupidity and suffering of others. (It's funny because it's not me.) James and I often rent TV shows on DVD to avoid the dreaded Denny Hecker and National American University commericals.
The Bible. I'm a huge Ted Dekker fan, especially the Circle triology. I also love Frank Peretti's "This Present Darkness" and Rivers "And the Shofar Blew." I own all of the Sherlock Homes stories, as well as everything by J.R.R. Tolkien. I read a lot of C.S. Lewis, including the Narnia books and Screwtape Letters. I love calssic literature--especially Jane Austen. Classic authors--Oscar Wilde, Hemingway, Defoe, Sinclair Lewis, Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespear, etc. are always awesome.Non-Fiction: Impactful books include "God at War" by Greg Boyd, "Spirit of the Rainforest," Maxwell books, "Dismantling Racism" by Barndt, "Margin," Brother Lawrence's "The Practice of the Presence of God," and "A More Excellent Way."
I get asked this at least once a year and I never know what to say. There are many people I admire, but hero status? I define a hero as someone who performs amazing feats to save you from disaster. My knight in shining armor, my forever hero is HaShem (YAHWEH).