Photography, cooking/healthy eating, going for walks, jogging, working out at the gym, playing games (not only the mind kind!) playing with my dogs (Suki-teacup chihuahua and Simon-toy poodle), gardening, hanging out and talking with friends, music, dancing, swimming, beadwork, random arts/crafts projects, making notecards, animal rights advocacy, GLBT issues, 12 step recovery work...
I'd either like to meet em, be em or do em, in no particular order.Jackie Warner , Rachel Brice , Ellen Degeneres , Kathy Griffin , Alanis Morissette , Sandra Bullock, Natalie Maines, Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Drew Barrymore, Holly Hunter, Brittany Murphy, Fairuza Balk, Zooey Deschanel, Parker Posey, Angelina Jolie, Pink, Scarlet Johanneson, Gina Gershon, Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron, Hilary Swank, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary Louise Parker, Bonnie Hunt, Helen Hunt, Goldie Hawn, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Julia Roberts, Diane Keaton, Diane Lane, Jamie Pressley
Neko Case , Lindsey Hinkle , Sarah Bettens , Antigone Rising , Patty Griffin , Sarah McLachlan , Evanescence , The Roots , Gillian Welch , Golden Palominos , Kelly Clarkson , Sophie B. Hawkins , Plumb , Avril Lavigne , Dixie Chicks , Dido , Missy Elliott , The Pussycat Dolls , No Doubt , KT Tunstall , Indigo Girls , Cyndi Lauper , The Sarah Hughes Band , Ani Difranco , Melissa Etheridge , Kelly Willis , Enya , Loreena McKennitt , Anna Nalick , Fleetwood Mac, Garbage, Ice Cube, Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre, Heart, Gretchen Wilson, Iris Dement, James Taylor, Dar Williams, Jann Arden, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Julie Roberts, 50 Cent, Kasey Chambers, Lucinda Williams, Ludacris, The Mavericks, Lil' Kim, Neil Young, Nelly Furtado, Nina Simone, Natacha Atlas, Norah Jones, Patsy Cline, Poe, Ray Charles, Rasa, Souixie and the Banshees, 2Pac, Air Supply (yea, I am secure enough to admit that), Celine Dion (again, I can admit my music-interest weaknesses), Alanis Morissette, Anggun, Kris McKay, The Be Good Tanyas, Beth Hart, Eminem, Emmylou Harris, Eva Cassidy, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Beth Orton, Bjork, Tori Amos, Kim Richey, Chantal Kreviazuk, Natalie Imbruglia, Concrete Blonde, Cowboy Junkies, Mazzy Star, Dean Martin, Dwight Yokam, Pink, Dean Martin
Black Widow, Bridget Jones' Diary, Cast Away, Chocolat, 25th Hour, Clueless, EDTV, Footloose, St. Elmo's Fire, 28 Days, Breakfast Club, Crimes of the Heart, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Grease 1, Grease 2, The Pick Up Artist, Beetlejuice, Bed of Roses, The Gift, Goodfellas, Grinch, Imagine Me and You, Thelma and Louise, Sliding Doors, View from the Top, The Sweetest Thing, Big Fish, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, It Could Happen to You, Little Darlings, Only When I Laugh, On Golden Pond, Postcards from the Edge, Gremlins, Goonies, Coyote Ugly, Lost and Delirious, Men in Black, Silence of the Lambs, Monster, Monsters, Inc., Moonstruck, NeverEnding Story, Being John Malkovich Raiders of the Lost Ark, Top Gun, Rescuing Desire, Romancing the Stone, 9 to 5, Roxanne, Ruthless People, Savannah Smiles, Office Space, Seems Like Old Times, Sliding Doors, Shine, Songcatcher, Splash, Mermaids, Steel Magnolias, Fried Green Tomatoes, Superman (original), Star Wars (original), A Time to Kill, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Shark Tale, Shrek, Waiting to Exhale, Weekend at Bernies, Lost in Translation
Cops! (all-time favorite show, whatcha gonna do?), My Name is Earl, Friends, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond (it had to grow on me, now I love it), Will and Grace, Sex in the City, The L Word , and any crime shows like Forensic Files, City Confidential, Psychic Detectives. Oh and I used to watch Absolutely Fabulous (AbFab) ALL the time. Love those crazy gals. And on late nights or lazy days, I love to have Rosanne or The Golden Girls on in the background.
Self-help books - personal stories of weight loss, recovery, daily meditation, codependency, twelve steps, inspirational, love/relationship. "The Language of Letting Go" by Melody Beattie is a daily staple for me.
Anyone who is making a living doing what they love. I wanna believe in the "follow your bliss, the money will follow" theory, but haven't applied it to my own life just yet.