i am extraordinarily grateful for: music, art, food and eating it, reading, crossword puzzles, chocolate, movies, secrets, the poetry of ee cummings, mary oliver and pablo neruda, being with friends and loved ones, nerds, weirdos, children, camping, san francisco, travel, the balboa theater, playing the guitar, a sense of adventure, prayer, pasta, writing songs, knitting, being in the sunshine, swimming in warm ocean water, unwavering faith, grass blowing, laughing, strength, porch swings, ipod, thunderstorms, dharma punx, tattoos, honda p50s, hangin with the band, meditation, loving and being loved...
Music
currently on my ipod: aerosmith, aimee mann, akron/family, al green, alison krauss, andrew bird, ani difranco, the arcade fire, aretha franklin, astrud gilberto, atmosphere, audioslave, b.b.king, bart davenport, beastie boys, the beatles, bebel gilberto, beck, belle and sebastian, blood sweat and tears, bob dylan, bright eyes, broken social scene, buddy holly, calexico, cat power, cat stevens, clap your hands say yeah, the clash, the coasters, cocorosie, cocteau twins, cold war kids, creedence, cub country, the cure, daniel johnston, david bowie, david cross, death cab for cutie, death from above 1979, decemberists, devendra banhart, django reinhardt, dr. dre, dusty springfield, elliot smith, elvis costello, elvis presley, emmylou harris, etta james, faith no more, fiction like candy, fiona apple, flaming lips, the four tops, ghostland observatory, gillian welch, good riddance, harry nilsson, hem, his name is alive, hot chocolate, iron and wine, isaac hayes, jackie wilson, the jackson 5, james brown, jeff buckley, joan armatrading, joanna newsom, john coltrane, john lee hooker, john lennon, john vanderslice, johnny cash, johnny "guitar" watson, joni mitchell, jose gonzales, kanye west, kings of convenience, kings of leon, lauryn hill, leonard cohen, m. ward, madeleine peyroux, maria taylor, marvin gaye, mason jennings, massive attack, metric, mew, miles davis, minor threat, missy elliot, mitch hedberg, modest mouse, my brightest diamond, nancy sinatra ,the national, nedelle, neutral milk hotel, new order, nick drake, nina simone, nirvana, ok go, otis redding, outkast, phoenix, pixies, the police, the postal service, quincy jones, radiohead, the ramones, rancid, ray charles, regina spektor, rush, ryan adams, sade, sage francis, sam cooke, scissors for lefty, seu jorge, the shins, shudder to think, sifl and olly, sigur ros, simon and garfunkel, smashing pumpkins, the smiths, smokey robinson and the miracles, social distortion, spoon, stealers wheel, steely dan, stereolab, stevie wonder, sufjan stevens, the supremes, suzanne vega, tapes 'n tapes, tenacious d, thelonious monk, this mortal coil, this will destroy you, todd rundgren, tom waits, tool, two gallants, the unicorns, the velvet underground, voxtrot, weezer, the white stripes, the who, wilco, willie nelson, wolf parade, yeah yeah yeahs, zero 7.
Movies
adaptation, the african queen, airplane!, alien, animal house, annie hall, american movie, the audition, big fish, the big lebowski, the birds, black snake moan, breathless(1959), bubba hotep, caddyshack, cannibal! the musical, cape fear(1962), cinema paradiso, citizen kane, cool hand luke, dawn of the dead, the departed, the devil and daniel johnston, die hard, dirty harry, dogfight, e.t., the exorcist, fargo, fast times at ridgemont high, ferris beuller's day off, the fly, friday the 13th, ghostbusters, giant, the graduate, grindhouse, halloween, i heart huckabees, in the heat of the night, jaws, the jerk, jesus christ superstar, kill bill, king kong (1933), lady and the tramp, little miss sunshine, lord of the rings, lost highway, lost in translation, the maltese falcon, manhattan, moulin rouge, the mystery of picasso, mystic river, night of the living dead, no. my other possessed zombie girlfriend, once were warriors, on the waterfront, poltergeist, the postman always rings twice, project grizzly, psycho, pulp fiction, raiders of the lost ark, rear window, rosemary's baby, rushmore, shaft, the shining, signs, the silence of the lambs, sin city, the sixth sense, star wars, sweet and lowdown, to have and have not, to kill a mockingbird, unbreakable, the usual suspects, vertigo, the village, walk the line, west side story, the wizard of oz, you can count on me
if a little dreaming
is dangerous,
the cure for it is not
to dream less
but to dream more,
to dream all the time.
-marcel proust
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Currently breathing, eating, crying, laughing, and making music in Grand Rapids, Michigan...
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Wild Geese
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting--
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
Genna! Are you really in Chicago? How long have you been here? I would love to get together sometime! Hope everything is groovy my dear! *Peace and Love!!!
Happy Birthday! You're in Chicago? If you get a chance, check out the J. Davis Trio wherever they are playing. Oh - and the Underground Wonderbar and Lakeview Lounge are a hoot. Take a cab.
Let me know when you get settled and I'll start planning a train trip to see you, I decided to move to Traverse city instead of Lansing, have to move forward, not backward. I will call you after I get settled. Oh, and next summer you and Tim HAVE to come be my guests, this is one of the most beautiful, and romantic places in the world, and not far from your mom's so we can visit her too:) love and kisses.
genna my dear, i hope all is well. i just thought i'd stop by and say hello. (and i'll tell you all about the crap i've been through some time soon. i'm gonna be a little busy in the next few days....)
david foster wallace's infinite jest
