High fashion, eco-fashion, surface design, colorblocking, itajime, community-supported agriculture, natural food co-ops, sustainability, green tea, toasted almonds, the color green, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap, Sigg bottles, midwifery (Iso-Aiti), agates, foreign languages, accents, maps, Ryan Dalman pottery, snowshoeing, camping, hiking, saunas (sow-na, NOT saw-na), Alaskan Malamutes, Marimekko, joik, sweetgrass, clover, Great Lakes (the amazing gitchee gumee!), birds (ever watch a Pileated Woodpecker listen for bugs? It's hilarious!), trees...On the flip side I also enjoy greasy spoon restaurants, church coffee, chainsaws, motocross, shooting guns, road trips, thrift stores, fresh pulla, and big pieces of blueberry pie. Oh, by the way, genuinity goes a long way. Really people, there needs to be more of it in the world.
I wish I could give Johnny Cash a hug.
My Aura is Violet
Idealistic and thoughtful, you have the mind and ideas to change the world.
And you have the charisma of a great leader, even if you don't always use it!
The purpose of your life: saying truths that other people dare not say
Famous purples include: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Susan B. Anthony
Careers for you to try: Political Activist, Inventor, Life Coach
What Color Is Your Aura?
Stones, Kings of Leon, St. Germain, Thievery Corporation, Future Sounds of Jazz, Wolfmother, Grateful Dead, Ben Kweller, Ray LaMontagne, Larry Keel, Johnny Cash, Coldplay, Beck, Ben Harper, Ocean's 11 Soundtrack, Bill Monroe, Bob Dylan, Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass, Railroad Earth, The Velvet Underground, Wilco, Hank III, Dave Brubeck, Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday, Henry Mancini, Steppin' in It, my favorite Minneapolis musician - Erik Koskinen, and of course I can't leave out the local boys -Blackflies, Orphans Torch, PasiCats, and maybe even the Jimmyhats...I'll get back to you on that.
Gone With the Wind, LOTR, Star Wars, Sweet Land, Atonement, Amelie, Breakfast at Tiffany's, It Happened One Night, The Bridges of Madison County, Dazed and Confused, Legends of the Fall, Inventing the Abbotts, Coal Miner's Daughter, Grumpy Old Men, James Bond Movies, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Almost Famous, A Streetcar Named Desire, A River Runs Through It, Walk the Line, Valley Girl, Rockstar, Supersize Me, Sicko, Anne of Green Gables (shut up - I love Anne).
I'm sick of TV - it's so full of poo. So is YouTube, but it's just too entertaining to stop watching.
Living on the Earth ("for people who'd rather chop wood than work behind a desk..."), Vegan Planet (my favorite cookbook), Diet for a New America (very enlightening), Fast Food Nation (No McDonalds for me), Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, On the Road (a classic), World Atlas (I want to go everywhere), Koillismaa (Translated to English as "Our Daily Bread" - a novel), Kalevala (ah, the national epic of Finland).
Äiti Mamma, Isä, Grandma H, Loviisa Kamppinen, Anne Shirley, Loretta Lynn...