architecture, design, arts, music, KCRW & public radio, Says You!, Joe Frank, Harry Shearer, This American Life, Left Right & Center, domestic abuse prevention, Edward Gorey, Clare Mackie, Maxfield Parrish, world cultures/anthropology, good food, intelligent conversation, medium to large dogs (especially my American Eskimos and my sister's Siberian Husky!), volunteerism, integrity, loyalty, truth, LA Times Sunday crossword puzzles, my godson and the rest of my friends' kids, video games, the beach (but I don't like to go in), espresso drinks, sleeping in
Ani DiFranco, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Horry, Brian Unger, Cash Peters...
Ani DiFranco, Cocteau Twins, Beth Orton, Sugar/Bob Mould, Rachael Yamagata, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Doves, Silversun Pickups, The Like, Keane, The Black Keys, The Wedding Present, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Si*Se, The Killers, The Strokes, Garbage, The Shins, Jeff Buckley, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Alicia Keys, Social Distortion, Elliott Smith, The Pixies, Lush, Sahara Hotnights, the Stills, The Jealous Sound, David Gray, franz ferdinand, everything but the girl, Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre, Curve, Cafe Tacuba, Ely Guerra, Julieta Venegas, Travis, Angelique Kidjo, Bettie Serveert, Morrissey, The Smiths, New Order, Depeche Mode, Erasure, the Cure, Tears for Fears, Nikka Costa, MIA, Pale Saints, th' Faith Healers, my bloody valentine, The Housemartins, Jimi Hendrix, Diana Ross & the Supremes, MOTOWN, Ray Charles, Al Green, Dinah Washington, Diana Krall, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Yo-Yo Ma, Me'Shell NdegeOcello, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Chris Botti, more...
The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Princess Bride, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars IV - VI (interestingly, my top favorite movies all have swordfighting in them), Indiana Jones movies, Katharine Hepburn movies, James Bond, most (but not all) movies with any of the following: Angelina Jolie, Orlando Bloom, John Cusack, Jet Li, Johnny Depp, Kevin Spacey, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Morgan Freeman, Steve Martin, Will Smith...I mostly like comedies, action flicks, suspense films and any good movie that can make me cry - but that's not saying much because I can cry at almost anything, no matter how cheesy
I don't watch television except for the new Battlestar Galactica and the occasional Law & Order
David Sedaris, David Rakoff, Ross MacDonald, Walter Mosley, George Saunders, Al Franken, P.G. Wodehouse, M.C. Beaton, Carola Dunn, W. Somerset Maughm, Madelein L'Engle, C.S. Lewis, Nick Hornby, Paul Auster, Lynne Truss, Simon Brett, Michael Chabon
people with integrity; people who stand up for themselves; people who treat others with compassion; people who take responsibility for their actions