Many and varied; from reading, knitting (historical and modern), photography, cooking (and baking), parenting, writing, motorcycles, reading, origami, jewelry making, sewing, juggling, movies, using my powers for good and not evil, coffee, learning, equality, Irish themed pubs (ok, who am I kidding? Anywhere that serves Guinness! Mmmmmmm, Guinness.), internet news (I'm an internet news junkie), IKEA, Trader Joe's, vintage warbirds (just take a look at my Pics and Videos!), collecting; vintage typewriters, vintage sewing machines, vintage knitting and sewing patterns, vintage Michigan souvenirs, vintage pyrex, fountain pens and vintage cameras (see a theme here?)among other things!
My son and my dog also interest me quite a bit.
Browncoat (me, not just the dog. On FFF.net I'm Sahara).Oh, and laundry.
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Isaac AsimovDamn! All the good ones are dead!
Music:
Pretty much anything with a beat! Rock, classical, bluegrass, roots music, Bhangra music, punk, pop, celtic, 80's, etc...
She Wants Revenge, U2, Johnny Cash, Bowling For Soup, The Brazilian Girls, Bob Dylan, ELO, All-American Rejects, The Killers, X, The Sisters of Mercy, Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers, Rank and File, Louis Prima, The Ramones, The Clash, Flatt and Scruggs, Adam Ant, Hunters & Collectors, The Lemonheads, Social Distortion, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Ultravox, Abba, Nick Drake, Gang of Four, Fishbone, Fun Boy Three, the Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Midge Ure, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Duran Duran, Squeeze, etc... are just a few faves.
I like soundtracks, too.
One of my fave YouTube videos:
I think I found my personal theme song:
Movies:
Iron Man, Serenity, SLiTHER, Waitress, 300, My Name is Bruce, Star Wars (IV-VI and sometimes III), Hellboy, Last of the Mohicans, LOTR, Dr. Strangelove, When Worlds Collide, The Vikings, Army of Darkness, The Thin Man (any of them), The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, Lagaan, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood, Logan's Run, The Red Violin, X-Men, Spider-man, The Wizard of Oz, Wings of Desire, Mad Max, Blazing Saddles, Goonies, Casablanca, Monty Python, Practical Magic, Shaun of the Dead, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jaws, The Commitments, The Iron Giant, James Bond (Sean Connery, naturally)...
Television:
Full disclosure: I don't have cable.
Pushing Daisies is my new favorite show!!!!!
Firefly, Drive, Grey's Anatomy, Sex and the City, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr (on DVD boxed set, 7/18/06!!!!!), ANTM, Lost, Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, Men in Trees, Battlestar Galactica (the new one), Veronica Mars, Monty Python, Black Books, The Office, Red Dwarf, Good Eats, Iron Chef, Iron Chef America, Wife Swap (where do they find these people???), ER, North of 60, The Beachcombers, Law & Order (any incarnation), Coronation Street, Antiques Roadshow, Frontier (or Colonial or Texas Ranch or Whatever) House,...
Kimba!
Speed Racer!
Great Firefly/Serenity fanvid:
Books:
In no particular order:
The Killer Angels;
The Red Tent;
Fahrenheit 451 (probably my favorite book of all time);
Animal Farm;
Brave New World;
Lord of the Rings;
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
Jitterbug Perfume;
Slaughterhouse-Five;
Cat's Cradle;
Harry Potter (any);
Artemis Fowl;
Nightfall;
I, Robot;
Katz on Dogs;
Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot;
Atlas Shrugged;
Dog is my Co-Pilot;
Eats, Shoots and Leaves;
I. Asimov: A Memoir;
The Principals of Knitting;
The Way to Cook (Julia Child);
The Best Recipe (Cook's Illustrated);
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII;
anything from Tolkien;
Johnny Got His Gun;
Catch-22;
Shakespeare (pretty much anything from him);
Finding Serenity: Anti-Heroes, Lost Sheherds, and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly;
Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog;
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor; ...
I'm always looking for new good books, please pass along any suggestions!
