in no particular order...cooking, eating spicy food, ice cream, travel (I finally went to NYC!), racquetball, listening to music, going to shows and/or checking out new bands, drinking PBR at the Video Saloon, usability, editing, gardening, wildflowers, red, politics (to a point), violin, Flip Cup, kitties, fish/ocean life, PORK(!), design, creativity, understanding people.
Music
Most especially: Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Whiskeytown, The Cure, The Replacements, Goo Goo Dolls (oh, the hair...). A lot of a little bit o' everything else: Jason Isbell, Will Hoge, Dragonforce, Black Keys, Phantom Planet, Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Old 97's, Son Volt, vintage Bruce Springsteen and U2, Jackson Browne, Billy Joel, Cars, Van Morrison, The Shins, The Walkmen, Jesse Malin, Pete Yorn, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Tift Merritt, Kasey Chambers, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, Gin Blossoms, Gavin DeGraw, Ray LaMontagne, Marc Broussard, Keane, Guided by Voices, Leona Naess, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, A Perfect Circle, Stray Cats, Southern Culture on the Skids, Reverend Horton Heat, Frank Black & the Catholics, Slayer, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jeff Buckley, 80's, rockabilly/psychobilly, blues, soul (Aretha, Otis, Sam, Solomon, Etta, Buddy, Ray), buttrock (and yes, I mean Poison, Bon Jovi, the Crue, etc. :), classical. Spawn of satan: Josh Groban, Steely Dan, Jimmy Buffet, Good Charlotte, Hoobastank, Ashlee Simpson, Flaming Lips (sorry, i've seen them live and i just don't get it), most hip-hop/rap, reggae, jam bands, college town cover bands.
Movies
Old favs: This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman. High Fidelity; anything else with John Cusack. Also Johnny Depp...Shadowlands. A Christmas Story. Chocolat. LotR. Monty Python & the Holy Grail. Sixteen Candles. Oceans Eleven. Raising Arizona. Amelie. Memento. Snatch. Swimming Pool. Meet the Parents. Goonies. Super Size Me. Love Actually. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Space Balls. Ice Age. Shrek. E.T. Labyrinth. Fight Club. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. The Great Outdoors. The Contender. Boogie Nights. Matchstick Men. PotC. Harry Potter...Walk the Line.
Guilty pleasure that I'm woman enough to admit to: Rock Star
Tom Cruise is a sissy. Quentin Tarantino is an egoist. Don't even get me started on Michael Moore...
Television
I'm not gonna lie. I love TV, especially: Colts football, The Closer, Top Chef, Project Runway, No Reservations, Dexter, The Sopranos, Deal or No Deal, Sex and the City, Cold Case Files, CSI, Murder She Wrote (I have 3 seasons on box set. stop laughing.), Golden Girls, Moonlighting, British comedy, e.g. Black Adder, Vicar of Dibley, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, etc.
planning a wedding. It's here! www.MaggieSwan.com/Wedding
Guitar Hero update: I'm up to 98% for Dragonforce on Easy. I am also past the Slash battle on Medium. Being unable to move my right arm is a small price to pay for glory.
Other interesting bits:
defunct Ph.D. student of information science who, by some minor miracle, found a job in Indy making actual money(!)
from an old friendster account:
"...humble. quirky.
detest sushi. play violin. lately am cultivating a couple
domestic urges (e.g. gardening, cooking)...live in the Midwest, but wouldn't
mind a move to [a place that] has seasons. long dark hair. stay up late; sleep late. occasionally...whack balls. always screen
calls."
i have close to perfect pitch. if there's a spelling/grammar error, i'm going to notice it. i love pork. the food. a lot. i am known as the Pork Queen and throw Pork Fests. these do not involve porn. i own porkqueen.com. get your mind out of the gutter.
Who I'd like to meet:
Anyone who owns an original hairband concert t-shirt and isn't afraid to admit a love for monster ballads.
Raise your hand if you live in a cool loft apartment in downtown Indy...
Robert Smith. Master Shake.
The person who invented the pizza box tripod - pure genius.
Word up yall! Its the set from the 7th annual sky hi barn party!
I want to thank everyone who came out and made it such a super-funky time. If you didnt make it and you like funk, and/or if you like electronic music, then I GUARANTEE YOU WILL LIKE THIS, AND YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD NOTHING LIKE IT!!! JAMES BROWN VS DEADMAU5! STEVIE WONDER! JAMIE LIDELL! MORE!!!
TL: brownout - laredo77 | deadmau5 - we fail | beastie boys - whatcha want | the jbs - pass the peas | sky hi - over the influence | deadmau5 - jaded (loop) | connie price and the keystones - double dutch (loop) | jamie lidell - little bit o feel good | daft punk - da funk (loop) | organization - smokey feeling | calypso king and the soul investigatros - tiki tofu | orgone - i get lifted | dj aeon7 - funky furious | Franck Roger and Alix Alvarez - Dub H (loop) | james brown - its a new day | deadmau5 - not exactly | the sound stylistics - shake and hip drop | stevie wonder - uptight alright | blue foundation - sweep (16 bit lolita mix)
You are a TG. You proved it once again at Brackens the other night. Just embrace it. It's one of the things that makes you unique. Or something like that.
dj skillspinz - put the needle on the record - Rescue Records prefuse 73 - cliche intro + - warp teknoidz - blue room ep#2 - unsigned dj krush - edge of blue - ninja tune marauder - incognito + - Producer-Network Recordings neil young - horse with no name - Geffen caps and jones - moving in stereo#2 + led zeppelin - immigrant song - Atlantic Records condra - safe diamond2 ;) riko - tokyo(storyteller mix) + Toes in the Sand Recordings robert johnson - phonograph blues - Columbia henry mancini - peter gunn theme + - Crownstar Records lorraine - transatlantic flight (axwell mix) + - waterfall soul coughing - rolling - London Records Ltd destin beach - blake jarrell + - Release Grooves radio recordings ferry corsten - are you ready + - ultra bob marley - trenchtown rock + - Red Eye Records the scorpions- rock you like a hurricane - mercury dj skillspinz - put the needle on the record - Rescue Records
Hey Mags! Doin pretty good... just finished the season opener for the Columbus Phil and I bought a house a few months ago. Same 'ol same 'ol really. Come visit!
It is depressing, but I love it. I should change it back, though. You're right. Call me sometime. I haven't heard from you in forever! Oh, and apparently Heather and Robby got back together. WTF.
