Reading, writing, running (ran the L.A. Marathon for the second time on March 2nd, 2008 and want to train for a faster speed before the next one), traveling (I have a huge list of countries I still want to visit), watching tv and movies, hanging out with friends and working with The Fulfillment Fund, an organization in Los Angeles that matches mentors and underprivledged high school students together- my mentee is currently in her first year of college at Northridge University and doing very well!
I'd like to meet:
Johnny Depp, Bono, Dave Eggers, Kate Winslet, Nick Hornby, Gina Oschner, Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, Adam Duritz
Music:
The Counting Crows, The Killers, Deathcab for Cutie, Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins, The Boy Least Likely To, Interpol, Nine Inch Nails, The Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash, Weezer, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tori Amos, U2, Missy Higgins, Sia, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Nanci Griffith, Lucinda Williams, Annie Lennox, etc.. I am always open to new kinds of music!
Movies:
The Shawshank Redemption, Donnie Darko, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, L.A. Confidential, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ordinary People, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Spinal Tap, Swingers, anything by Wes Anderson, anything by P.T. Anderson...Just saw Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro- absolute brilliance!
Television:
The Office (both British and American versions), My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, The 4400, Entourage, The Sopranos, Big Love, Law & Order: SVU, The Gilmore Girls, 24!!!!!, Prison Break, ER, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Absolutely Fabulous, Six Feet Under
Books:
Atonement by Ian McEwan, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, Big Cats (Short Stories) by Holiday Reinhorn, Collected Works of Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works of Eudora Welty, any short stories by Gina Oschner, anything by Nick Hornby, Alice Munro, Denis Johnson, Russell Banks, Melanie Rae Thon, Tommy O'Malley, Aimee Bender...
Heroes:
Hmmm...let me get back to you on that one!
