Traveling, writing, debating, camping, exploring, interacting, talking, meeting, greeting, toasting, moving and shaking, photography, swimming, dancing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, snowangeling, observing, acting, breathing, living...
Anything from Bluegrass to Hip Hop, Dance to Drum and Base, Folk to Rock and Roll, Country to African beat...depending on my mood.
To name a few...Amelie, High Fidelity, The Notebook, Chocolate, Run Lola Run, The Princess and the Warrior, Y tu Mama Tambien, Sex and Lucia, Eddie Izard -Dressed to Kill, Secretary, C.R.A.Z.Y, You, Me, and Everyone We Know, Anne of Green Gables, Maria Full of Grace, Borne Identity, Whale Rider, Shawshank Redemption...
As a child I loved Fragle Rock, The Muppet Show, and Sesame Street -check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKX0RN19zc0 for a brilliant yip, yip character moment. Recently I have gotten into Weeds, Battlestar Galactica, Grey's Anatomy, and Prison Break.
As a child I loved The Paper Bag Princess, The Giving Tree, Where the Wild Things Are, and Le Petite Prince, Oliver Twist, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, As You Like It... Short Stories...Long Walk to Forever, The Nightengale and the Rose, The Happy Prince, The Friendly Giant, Big Two Hearted River... Books...Breakfast of Champions, Ishmael, 1984, The Handmaids Tale, Oryx and Crake, Desert Solitaire, The Bridge Across Forever, A Sand County Almanac, A Peoples History of the United States...
To name a few people who have inspired me to be a better person, to challenge the hypocracy and/or the injustice of the world that we live in, to revel in the beauty that surrounds us, and to pursue my passions...my mother and father, brother and sister, Jane Goodall, Howard Zinn, Daniel Quinn, Arundhati Roy, Aunt Betsy, Richard Bach, Sor Juana de la Cruz, and The Paper Bag Princess...because she left the 'handsome' Prince when he turned out to be a 'bum' and danced off into the sunset in nothing but a paper bag to find something better...