art, music and books most of all...
live music
dive bars
traveling
being in the woods
crosswords
darts
trivia
assembling things
all things mormon
sewing
the rebirth of widespread panic
red wine
dying to go to italy
i am definetly interested in my super lovelle
"when i admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the creator" -gandhi
all the lovely unicorns.
i listen to it all...
here are some people/bands that i LOVE:
widespread panic, michael houser, johnny cash, neil young, bob dylan, alison krauss, taj mahal, drive-by-truckers, grateful dead, led zeppelin, beck. i love acoustic guitar (mclaughlin, de lucia, dimeola, django, segovia, etc.), stevie wonder and latin american music (even though i barely understand the words)
my biggest guilty pleasure is air supply
here's a quick sampling of stuff i listen to----
stevie ray vaughan, al green, mississippi john hurt, robert johnson, the band, allman bros., outformation, gov't mule, black crowes, sam bush, bela fleck, del mccoury, grisman and garcia, lionel richie, keb mo, phish, elton john, outkast, bob marley, bill withers, willie nelson, pearl jam, leftover salmon, susan tedeschi, norah jones, andrew lloyd webber compositions, talking heads, david byrne solo, sade, hendrix, cale, derek trucks, jimmy herring, jeff buckley, morrissey, r.e.m., simon and garfunkel, paul simon solo, muddy waters, van morrison, cat stevens, the who, traffic, smashing pumpkins, pink floyd, old timey gospel, i even love kelly clarkson...
these are my favorites i guess-
"Borat!"
"the Big Lebowski"
"Raising Arizona" (really any Coen Bros.)
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
"Office Space"
"Clueless"
"Life is Beautiful"
"Ghost World"
"Almost Famous"
"the Godfather"
"Rear Window"
"To Kill A Mockingbird"
i don't watch a lot of movies though so take that list for what it's worth...
-Six Feet Under
-Curb Your Enthusiasm
-Family Guy
-the Office
-Good Eats
(mostly all on DVD, real time TV is a rarity)
i really don't watch TV anymore (well, i can't lie...i have spent countless hours watching Mets baseball and have loved every minute)
-Travels With Charley
-East of Eden
-Grapes of Wrath (all Steinbeck)
-How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent
-In the Time of the Butterflies (both by Alvarez)
-Bastard Out of Carolina (Allison)
-To Kill A Mockingbird (Lee)
-Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (Ray)
-Uncle Tom's Cabin (Stowe)
-the Godfather (Puzo)
-Under the Banner of Heaven (Krakauer)
-the WORST book ever is Run Like An Antelope by Sean Gibbon
currently reading or soon to be reading-
-the Art Spirit
-Freakonomics
-PostSecret the book
-Their Other Side (six women's experiences in Italy)
-Lies My Teacher Told Me
with thinly sliced pickles