Film, reading, daydreaming, travel, scuba diving, skiing, animals, esp. my German shepherd -- Lord Byron -- eating, chocolate, Humphrey Yogart, that awesome root beer from Trader Joe's, fantasizing about lounging around on desert islands, Vikings, strapping young Dutchmen, men in kilts, etc.
I'd like to meet:
People who wear cool socks.
Music:
Loud stuff and whale mating songs.
Movies:
DARFUR NOW! Also, A Fish Called Wanda, Annie Hall, The Apartment, Apocalypse Now, Babe, Closely Watched Trains, Clueless, The Conversation, Doctor Zhivago, Emma, Fargo, Empire Strikes Back, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Fog of War, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Gleaners and I, The Godfather Part II, The Goodbye Girl, Grizzly Man, His Girl Friday, In the Realms of the Unreal, An Indifferent World, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Manon of the Spring, Nicholas Nickleby, North by Northwest, Out of Africa, Ordinary People, Pride & Prejudice (the A&E/BBC one), Princess Mononoke, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Rear Window, Run Lola Run, School of Rock, Secretary, Some Like It Hot, Stowaway in the Sky, Sunset Boulevard, Talk to Her, Terminator, Thelma & Louise, The Thin Blue Line, Unforgiven, The Untouchables, Wallace & Gromit, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, When Harry Met Sally, Young Frankenstein, anything by Billy Wilder or with Ewan McGregor or Colin Firth; anything with talking animals or men in kilts.
Television:
Dexter!! Who knew serial killers could be so sexy? And "Bones" -- I also have a thing for FBI agents with snazzy socks.
Books:
Currently reading: What is the What? by Dave Eggers. Recently read: The Time Traveler's Wife (awesome!) by Audrey Niffenegger, A Dog's Life by Peter Mayles (hilarious!), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (awesome!), Marley and Me (about the world's worst dog) by John Grogan. Also, David Sedaris, Armistead Maupin -- "Maybe the Moon," "The Night Listener," "Tales of the City" series and guilty pleasures like Bridget Jones. I can't help it. Life is tough. Also, stuff by cool dead people -- like Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.
Heroes:
Fictional: Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth Bennett, Nicholas Nickleby. Real: Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Abakar, Hejewa Adam, Don Cheadle, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Pablo Recalde, Adam Sterling of the Sudan Divestment Task Force. Everyone working for peace in Darfur.
