squeezing my kids * Obama for president, and having him talk to me directly for five minutes (with video proof)* MUSIC * FREAKING Brandi Carlile and seeing her twice in one month * things that are soft * being told yes * cleaning frenzies * good grammar * crossing off lists * cake * Americanos * reading * Augusten Burroughs * David Sedaris * Barbara Kingsolver * JANE AUSTEN * politics * rainbows * bookslut * the color white * lemon-scented Lysol * symmetry * Natalie Maines (yum) * being manic * polka dots * European capitals * Thompson's * lips * eBay * spending money * limes * Scrabble * hot tubs * iPods * coconut * privacy * brilliant friends * compilations * felt tip pens * retro graphics * the Kennedys * lemon drops * good service * winning * butter * listening to my kids read * my son's sense of humor * my daughter's moxie * British accents * pedicures * other guilty pleasures * trivia * texting * power walks * power naps * GAP long and lean jeans * shopping * bookstores * punctuality * fabulous writers * original quotes * good manners * bad manners * fresh fruit * sentimentality * MOOD STABILIZERS! *
Music
Off the cuff:
Amy MacDonald
Barenaked Ladies
Billy Joel
Bob Marley
Bonnie Raitt
BRANDI CARLILE
Buddy Holly
Cat Stevens
Dan Fogelberg
DAVID GRAY
DIXIE CHICKS
Dusty Springfield
Eartha Kitt (C'est si bon, OMG!)
Elton John
A Fine Frenzy
Gomez
Green Day
Indigo Girls
Jack Johnson
James McMurtry
Janis Joplin
Jason Mraz (except Wordplay, blech)
John Hiatt
Kamehameha School Children's Choir
Lucinda Williams
The Mamas and the Papas
PAUL SIMON
Peter, Paul, and Mary
The Proclaimers
Prokofiev
Raffi (you can suck it)
Regina Spektor
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Roisin Murphy
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Talking Heads
Tchaikovsky
Third Day
Tracy Champman
Train
UB40
U2
Van Morrison
Vivaldi
*And many as yet one hit wonders for whom I have high hopes
*And too many soundtracks to list
Movies
Is there life after Sense & Sensibility? But...
The Bourne Series
Emma
The Family Stone
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Mansfield Park
Mean Girls (I make no apologies)
Pride and Prejudice
Pulp Fiction
Shut Up and Sing
The Usual Suspects
There must be more, but I'm not an avid movie watcher (see book list).
I love anything with Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, or Charlize Theron. Damn.
Television
I'll pass. TV infuriates me. However, I was lured into watching the series Lost while convalescing after a surgery a couple years ago and now I'm a junkie.
Aside from that, we pretty much pay $600 per month so my kids can watch the History Channel, The Discovery Channel, and the Food Network. Oh and SpongeBob and Quinn is obsessed with The Soup.
Books
An Unquiet Mind
Night Falls Fast
Sense & Sensibilty
Emma
Pride and Prejudice
Mansfield Park
Lost in Austen
The Grouchy Grammarian
The Color Purple
Nanny Diaries
Running with Scissors
Dry
Magical Thinking
Possible Side Effects
A Wolf at the Table
Me Talk Pretty
Naked
Dress Your Family in Corduroy
When You are Engulfed in Flames
Angela's Ashes
The Stranger
Prodigal Summer
Poisonwood Bible
Animal Dreams
The Bean Trees
High Tide in Tucson
Little Children
The Optimist's Daughter
Talk Before Sleep
Say When
Strunk & White's Elements of Style
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Bird by Bird
Operating Instructions
84 Charring Cross Road
The Well Trained Mind
The Kennedy White House
The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty
*There are hundreds more but I'm unwilling to go thumbing through my book shelves right now. Suffice it to say, I read. If I couldn't, I would die.
hey! just wanted to say hi and see what was cookin'? Nothin crazy new over here, just enjoying a peaceful afternoon. Have a great weekend :) much love ~adrian edward
Thanks for the add, Cheyenne, glad you like the songs. I'm playing this Friday, 8 PM, at the Coffee House Cafe in Salem - it'd be great to see you there!
heyy cousin sorry about the delay. I can be bad with responding. I have a weird habbit of never checking my myspace unitll like 2:30 in the morning every other week lol.
Facebook, i have one but i hardly ever go on. Im also bad with phones :] but ill text you. much love
OMG! Who is that Rhen? Your boyfriend? Anyway....."I am so embarrassed for you." keeps playing through my mind and I burst out laughing EVERY time I think of it. Oh God, what would I do without all of you?
Hey, just taking a small break here and wanted to pop in and see what was up. hope all is well in your world. have a fun weekend :) much love ~adrian adriannrhen. com
happy birthday! i adore you, and your red shirt, and your love of sharpies, and your hilarity, and your nitpicking grammarness, and your loyalty, and your love of your children, and your amusement in my children, and your sass, and your brilliance, and your deep seated hope for the future.
I am sad I missed your birthday gathering :( And apparently I missed your birthday too? because I think you were 30 last time I checked. I may be wrong....
K... so who's a blogwhore... ME! And so yeah... you got me doing it too... this is all I could find, and you've probably already seen this- so you just ahve to tell me the word when you find it... SUBREJOINDER, pleading. The plaintiff's answer to the defendant's rejoinder. It is governed in every respect by the same rules as the replication. sur·re·join·der (sûrr-joindr) n. A plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rejoinder. re·join·der (r-joindr) n. An answer, especially to a reply. rejoinder Noun a sharp or witty reply
