Beautiful, profound, simple, and moving things that remind me of the richness of life and encourage me to make the most of being alive. Random incounters with random people, exploration, self-expression, self-study, finding spirituality in everday events and relationships, reading, learning, dreaming, art, nature, growing plants, herbs, knitting, camping, longboarding, swimming, hiking, sewing, bellydancing, family, feeling like I'm different but part of everything as a whole, and being with close friends. I love to sing, dance, play guitar, laugh, love, and create (photography, painting, beading, and who knows what).
Coffee, cheesecake, and ice cream will probably be my cause of death.
I would like to try sculpture, skydiving, snowboarding, mountain climbing, hang gliding, surfing, distant traveling, SCUBA diving, and mastering some form of art and instument.
Perhaps I'm interested in a little bit of everything.
I'd like to meet:
People with big hearts and open minds.
Music:
Music that is someone's creation and passion and holds his or her opinions and visions for the world. I like jazz, folk, indie, rock, alternative, reggae, classical, ska, punk and sometimes it's fun to listen to something I can shake my ass to. In no particular order... Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Matisyahu, Echo Movement, Iron and Wine, Jude, Jack Johnson, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Sillilaquists of Sound, Red Elvises, Gorillaz, Modest Mouse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eric Clapton, Cat Stevens, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Simon and Garfunkel, Calexio, Chris Isaak, Elliott Smith, Tool, Marcy Playground, Kings of Leon, Madeleine Peyroux, Sigur Ros, Xavier Rudd, Ween, Warren Zevon, Phish, Lou Reed, Jet, Beck, Sublime, Radiohead, Feist, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Built to Spill, Mazzy Star, Violent Femmes, Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age, Bishop Allen, The Shins, A Perfect Circle, Portishead, Bjork, Jefferson Airplane, Sarah McLachlan, Gogol Bordello, Dead Kennedys, Shu Fly Pie, Lorena McKennitt, Weezer, George Harison, John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, Death Cab for Cutie, Simple Minds, Harry Nilsson, System of a Down, Caspian, The Romantics, Rise Against, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Franz Ferdinand, Velvet Underground, B.B. King, Lemon Demon, Mozart, Bach, Joseph Harnell, Jimmy Soul, Evergreen, The Ramones, The Doors, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Foo Fighters, Don McLean, Smashing Pumpkins, Silverchair, Stealers Wheel, The Kinks, Flogging Molly, Don Nelson, George Baker, Heart, Jorge Drexler, Electric Light Orchestra, Interpol, Liam Lynch, Jim Croce, The Strokes, Michael Buble, Rengina Spektor, The Kingsmen, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Kansas, Steve Miller Band, Julie London, Lata Mangeshkar, Steriogram, Bad Religion, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, ISU, Coldplay, Nora Jones, Brighteyes, Pavement, John Hiatt, The Postal Service, Perter Gabriel, Mint Royale, Looking Glass, King Harvest, John Tiberio, Incubus, Howard Shore, The Hellacopters, Heatmiser, Goldfinger (some), Gnarls Barkly, Finley Quaye, Edith Piaf, Damien Rice, Clint Mansell, Chad Vangaalen, Akiboshi, Ben Harper, The Smiths, Touch of Fay, Ojays, Pennywise, Album Leaf, Regina Spektor... to be continued.
Listening to The Beatles always makes me happy.
Movies:
I haven't watched a movie from beginning to end in quite some time. V for Vendetta, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Big Fish, Everything is Illuminated, The Darjeeling Limited, What the Bleep Do We Know, The Secret, Amelie, Empire Records, Fight Club, Labrynth, Motorcycle Diaries, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Braveheart, James and the Giant Peach, Blow, Fight Club, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Nightmare Before Christmas, Triplets of Belleville, Edward Scissor Hands, Liar Liar, Pulp Fiction, Scarface, Joe's Apartment,Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice, Who Framed Roger Rabit, Finding Neverland, Goldmember, The Life Aquatic, Dogma, I Heart Huckabees, Pride and Predjudice, So I Married an Axe Murder, Kung Fu Hustle, National Lampoon's Animal House, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, A Tale of Two Sisters, Clerks 1 & 2, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peter Pan, The Royal Tenenbaums, Mouse Hunt, The Sword in the Stone, Zoolander, Young Frankenstein, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Castaway, Meet Joe Black, Bram Stokers Dracula, Almost Famous, Grease, Pleasantville...
Television:
... sucks.
"Throw away your television
Time to make this clean decision
Master waits for it's collision now
It's a repeat of a story told
It's a repeat and it's getting old
Throw away your television
Make a break big intermission
Recreate your super vision now
It's a repeat of a story told
It's a repeat and it's getting old
Renegades with fancy gauges
Slay the plague for it's contagious
Pull the plug and take the stages
Throw away your television now
Throw away your television
Take the noose off your ambition
Reinvent your intuition now
It's a repeat of a story told
It's a repeat and it's getting old
Throw away your television
Salivate to repetition
Levitate this ill condition now
It's a repeat
It's a repeat
It's a repeat
It's a repeat
It's a repeat"
-RHCP
Books:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, White Oleander, Brave New World, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Fahrenheit 451, Lord of the Flies, Pride and Predjudice, The Secret, On the Wings of Heaven, The Messengers... etc. Philosophy, psychology, and religious and spiritual teachings are always great. I like books that teach you how to do things. Since I'm into art... I'll admit picture books strike my fancy.
Someday my book list will be longer than my movie list.
Heroes:
A certain someone that is intelligent, funny, romantic, charming, truthful, talented, deep, creative, passionate, driven, trusting, respectful, understanding, empathic, cheerful, laid back, cool, a nerd, gentle, strong, a listener, fun, supportive, confident, and real.
