Spending time with Family and Friends, Advocacy , Music , Scrapbooking , Genealogy , Reading , Teaching and Playing the Piano.
I play several other instruments as well, (although with less skill), and am currently teaching myself Irish Gaelic . I am on the Board of Freedom Playground , support Sinn Fein and a 32 county Ireland, and believe strongly in the effectiveness of the Heart Gallery of Tampa Bay and its efforts to encourage people to adopt from the Foster Care System.
I am a member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation , the National Piano Teachers Guild through the American College of Musicians, and the Williams Syndrome Association .
I also enjoy playing DragonRealms , Sudoku , and the Sims.
Some of my online friends in real life. (Oh, for an unlimited travel and lodging budget!!)
http://www.last.fm/user/Xiabhan/
The Cure, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, Midge Ure, Suzanne Vega, Nine Inch Nails, the Beatles, Paul McCartney and Wings, Korn, System of a Down, Jim Brickman, Dave Koz, Tears for Fears, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, The Ventures, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Pink Floyd, SuperTramp, Bjork, the Pixies, Throwing Muses, Simply Red, The Cowsills, the Mamas and the Papas, the Beach Boys, the Kingston Trio, Ladies of Death Row Swimsuit Calendar, Bob Dylan, Midnight Bowlers League, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cold Play, John Mayer, Linkin Park, Nick Cave, Andrea Bocelli, Siouxie and the Banshees, Pogues, Chieftains, Celtic Music, the Ramones, Smiths, Leonard Cohen, Altan, Enya, Black 47, Jazz, John Coltrane, Jennifer Knapp, Big Band, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Kila, Die Zimmermanner, Lounge Cat, Rockabilly, Irish Traditional, 80's New Wave, Talking Heads, Psychadelic Furs, Christmas Music, Mannaheim Steamroller, Just about anything really....
Enchanted April, Amelie, Secretary, Down with Love, Gossford Park, Midsummer's Night Dream with Michelle Pfeiffer, Much ado about Nothing with Kenneth Branagh, Christmas Movies of any kind, Ella Enchanted, Princess Bride, Romantic Comedies, Alex and Emma, Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride 2 with Steve Martin, Any Steve Martin film really, First Wives Club, Better off Dead, Jon Cusack films, Goldie Hawn films, Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Disney), Julia Roberts Romantic Comedies, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones' Diary, Miss Congeniality, Foreign Films (particularly French), Documentaries and Biographies especially about events or people from the turn of the century through the early 70's.
Will and Grace, The Class, I.C.E., 30 Rock, Friends re-runs, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Cooking shows, Decorating shows, Organizing and Creating shows, Renovation shows, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, the Young Ones, Absolutely Fabulous, Good Neighbours, Britcoms, Chef, PBS, Sesame Street, Biography, and things from the History Channel.
Romance Novels (Good escapism), Decorating books, Irish History, Irish short stories, Irish folklore, Poetry of any type really, Cookbooks, Almanacs, The Forest, Mists of Avalon, anything by Dan Brown, Cartoon Compilations, Decorating, Creative Instruction, Educational topics, History, Biography, Theology
There are quite a few people I admire, and I try to tell them how much when the opportunity arises.