Origami, movies (old and new), music, theatre, hiking, skiing, gargoyles, Day of the Dead stuff, cooking, drawing
I'd like to meet:
Rufus Wainwright. Until he comes to his senses and calls me (with an apology for ignoring me, lo these many years), I'd like to meet friendly, intelligent people who can enjoy an afternoon at a cafe just watching the crowd roll by, or enjoy an affectionate Sunday afternoon nap or movie, spend a day in the kitchen puttering around to achieve an incredible meal, or if none of the above are available or realistic, I'd like to find someone who has access to Dr. Kevorkian's notes.Also would love to meet: Ambrose Bierce, Dorothy Parker, Elton John, Kathy Griffin, and true friends.
Music:
Rufus Wainwright on a loop for an indefinite period of time. Other than that, Keane, The Shore, Calexico, k.d. lang, Joni Mitchell, Sam Phillips, Modest Mouse, Elliot Smith, Matthew Goode, Coldplay, Brookville, and lots of others
Movies:
Pan's Labyrinth, The Queen, Chumscrubber, American Beauty, Apres Vous, Napoleon Dynamite, Saved, Opposite of Sex, Beautiful Thing, Get Real, Powder, The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun, The Dead Poets' Society, To Kill A Mockingbird, Random Harvest, Now Voyager, Funny Girl, The Craft, Lost Boys
Television:
Law & Order SVU, Campus Ladies, The Chelsea Handler Show, Reno 911!, all the Bill Kurtis stuff, Grey's Anatomy, Nip/Tuck
Books:
Running With Scissors, Outlander series (Diana Gabaldon), the Da Vinci Code, Crystal Cave series (Mary Stewart), Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (Gurganus), anything by Amy Tan, (though the "Hundred Secret Senses" is my hands down favorite, Life of Pi, Madeline is Sleeping, A Prayer for Owen Meaney
