acting, singing, cooking, traveling at home and abroad, old friends and new ones, dive bars, learning, music, movies, games such as trivial pursuit, hockey (Go Sharks!), baseball, laughter- love the laughter, talking politics (with those I agree and disagree with).
I'm mostly looking to keep in touch with old friends, but if something in my profile catches you're eye, say hello. However, if I don't know you, please do send a message and not just a random friend request.
Elvis Costello, The Pixies, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beatles, Benny Goodman, Bobby Darin, Brian Setzer, Buddy Holly, Cake, The Clash, Dashboard Confessional, Bowie, Dave Brubeck, Death Cab for Cutie, Desmond Dekker, Django Reinhardt, Eartha Kitt, Sinatra, Gelnn Miller, Green Day, Hepcat, The Hives, James Brown, Leonard Cohen, Let's Go Bowling, Madness, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mister Bungle, Mojo Nixon, Modest Mouse, Neil Diamond, NOFX, Operation Ivy, Paul Simon (with or without Garfunkel), The Pietasters, The Pogues, Primus, REM, Rancid, Reverend Horton Heat, The Scofflwas, Selecter, Sex Pistols, Skankin Pickle, The Skatalites, Sly and the Family Stone, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, The Specials, The Strokes, Sublime, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits, Tony Bennett, Toots & the Maytals, The Vandals, Violent Femmes, Weezer, Wesley Willis, The Ziggens
Movies are swell. Here are a few I like. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, , Strange Brew, Pete's Dragon (childhood classic for sure), Office Space, The Big Lebowski, Vera Drake, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Slap Shot, The Sea Inside, The Godfather, Pts. 1&2, Lord of the Rings, Hotel Rwanda, Crash, Glory, Love Actually, This is England, various documentaries, The "UP" Series (How much longer 'till 56 UP!!). Oh bother, this list could go on and on.
Arrested Development (R.I.P.), Lost, The West Wing, Everwood, Prison Break, House, Rome, Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, The Office, Heroes, Deadwood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show, Oz, Alias, Battlestar Galactica, Top Chef, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Stranded With Cash Peters, PBS, Planet Earth, and the greatest show of all time-Beverly Hills 90210.
I love to read. It's hard to pick favorite books, so here are some favorite authors. Shakespeare, Upton Sinclair, Milan Kundera, Salman Rushdie, E.L. Doctorow, John Irving, David Sedaris, Kurt Vonnegut, Bill Bryson, Michael Chabon, Phillip Roth. I've been into quite a bit of non-fiction recently, as well. Reading is fundamental.
Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Branson, The Hanson Brothers (not the band...)