Being the hands and feet, music, old movies, good books, puppets, crossword puzzles, cartoons, drawing, singing, playing guitar, card games, laughing, napping, working with kids, cooking, talking, road trips... enjoying the journey.
I'd like to meet:
My mom when she was 17, my dad when he was 25, Kermit the Frog, Francis of Assisi, Kurt Vonnegut, Sally Ride, Paul Simon, Bob Newhart, Anne Lamott, Mike Rowe, David Bowie, Benjamin Hoff, Kinky Friedman, C.S. Lewis, James Thurber (though I would be too busy trying to impress him that I wouldn't enjoy the experience, and would probably get my feelings hurt), Elvis Costello, Keith and Ezra (again), Judy Garland, Willie Nelson, Frodo, Donald Miller, Groucho Marx, Mel Brooks, Michael Palin, Derek Webb, new friends from all walks of life, old friends and Jesus.
Music:
I have very eclectic tastes in music. I love to sing jazz standards, quirky pop, and folk. I listen to just about everything, from opera to hip hop. I love the Beatles, Dean Martin, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Schubert's "Mass in G", Merle Haggard, Queen, Al Green, Elvis Presley, Robert Johnson, David Bowie, Nicole Nordeman, Scott Joplin, Charlie Parker, Bizet's "Carmen", Outkast, Hank Williams, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Mozart, Derek Webb, The Police, Jack Johnson, Randy Newman, Indigo Girls, Herb Alpert & the Tiajuana Brass, and AC/DC (just to name a few).
Movies:
Blazing Saddles, The Usual Suspects, Casablanca, Monty Python's Quest For the Holy Grail, A Night At the Opera, What's Up Doc?, This Is Spinal Tap, King of Kings, Airplane, A River Runs Through It, KPax, The Big Lebowski, Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie, Sabrina (1954), Everything's Illuminated, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Fish Called Wanda, The Blues Brothers... (again, just to name a few)
Television:
The Simpsons, Flight of The Conchords, Venture Brothers, Dirty Jobs, West Wing (before it jumped the shark), Who's Line Is It Anyway?, Big Love, American Experience, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, Mad Men, GlobeTreker, Antiques Roadshow, MythBusters, Jeopardy, POV, Futurama, Deadliest Catch, Talk Soup...
Books:
The Message, anything by James Thurber, Blue Like Jazz - Donald Miller, I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb, Carter Beats the Devil - Glen David Gold, Traveling Mercies - Anne Lamott, Stranger In a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein, all four (yes, four) books of The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy trilogy - Douglas Adams, A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You - Amy Bloom, The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis, On the Road - Jack Kerouac, The Ragamuffin Gospel - Brennan Manning, Welcome To the Monkey House - Kurt Vonnegut, and many, many more.
Heroes:
Fred Rogers, Levar Burton, and Mrs. Finley (my 4th grade English teacher).
