Photography, music, pastime nudish modeling, playing with my food, white nights, snowboarding, reading, arts and craft night, spending time wisely, investing in the right people, loving my vagina, kayaking on yucky rivers, biking, traveling, baking (oh yes, i'm so old fashioned) bikram yoga, tea and cheese, tai chi in the morning, expanding my boundaries, painting and painting over my paintings, leaving sticky notes, learning, trying to fight the consumer inside me and live a simple sustained lifestyle that creates and contributes, always struggling to learn Spanish, trying to find ways to go be a kiwi picker in New Zealand, learning everyday how much I have yet to do and know and see and appreciating how far I've come and loving the reasons and the people that carried me to this place, volunteering (there is so much to do!! this world is so much bigger than our day to day), forging my take on this universe and all the little beings in it, keeping my body healthy and feeling alive, Darfur, AIDS, enjoying the best monkey shakes in the world, the roof, sex and sex...I am no where near the person I want to be but I am always walking towards her. Peace.
Music
Gnarls Barkley, Foreign born, The Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Nightmares on Wax, Dave Matthews, Os Mutantes, De La Soul, Winehouse, Flogging molly, portishead, John Lennon, Slightly stoopid, the arcade fire, Sade, radiohead, the cure, alicia keys, frou frou, Ben Harper, coldplay, postal service, the safety dance by men wearing hats, wilco, owen, Jack Johnson, decibully, Jimmy Eat World, Kanye West, Gorillaz, ani difranco, lauryn hill, iron and wine, sufjan stevens, the sundays, the beatles, mazzy star, madonna, beth orton, Mary J. Blige, Ben Forrest Davis, Cat Power, Amos Lee ...my favorite music is whatever inspires me...to remember, to dream...but whatever mood i'm in, whatever the occasion is, music is is an assured partner. My life has a soundtrack....always.
Movies
Why We Fight, Baraka, Boys of Baraka and Born into Brothels <---fantastic docs, ANNE HALL, paradise now, crash, me you and everyone we know, dumb and dumber, woody's everything you need to know about sex, best in show, napoleon, anne with an “e”, fightclub, requiem for a dream, what about bob, waking life, Four rooms, gone with the wind, Pulp Fiction, Everything Illuminated, boondock saints, Garden State, Momento, city of God, Venus Boys, the royal tenenbaums, waiting for guffman, Vanilla Sky, Dead Poets Society (love to Robin), Lost in Translation, Fight Club, The Color Purple, AMELIE, High Fidelity, "cuz it's Friday, you aint got no job, and you aint got shit to do!", Motorcycle Diaries, Frida, Eternal Sunshine, 12 Monkeys, office space, traffic, I heart huckabees, The muppets go to Hollywood, Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, life aquatic and the list goes on.
Books
Sapphic Songs, God is not Great, Freakinomics, Agnostic Reader, Moral Minds, Less Than Zero, Survivor, A Womans Worth, I love Jeanette Winterson - Sexing the Cherry and Written on the Body are amazing and inspiring works of art. Her dictation of our oddest human thoughts are so revealing it's like watching myself walk through the pages. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Eve Ensler - The Vagina Monologues, The only Bush I trust is My Own, Blink, Civil Disobedience, Irvine - Desire, A Clockwork Orange (the version INCLUDING the last chapter), Skinny Bitch, Comfortable with Uncertainty - a guide to the bodhichitta way of life....and so so many I'm not even mentioning, I always seem to be reading at least 4 books at a time.
Fabulous dahling! I love being married! Mike is such a wonderful husband! I had a great thanksgiving with his fam. His mom taught me how to make greek cookies! I will be up in MI for Christmas, will you? I'm going crazy gettng a new soc card, changing my insurance, getting new plates and tags, and an AL license! Not to mention all the crap for getting my substitute teacher license (who ever heard of something as retarded as a special license to sub?!) love ya and miss ya!
I've been calling you all week and no answer GSB! I'm coming to LA a week or so before Christmas and wont take no for an answer... Call me, drinks and shoes are long overdue.
Can’t wait to see you too :) I felt like we hardly talked at my wedding. That was one crazy busy night lol. I can’t believe Steph is getting married next week! So excited for her :D
Thanks! Its an old picture though I really don't look that good anymore even on my best day! All the kids and life is starting to show its signs for sure. You look great! Hope you are doing well!
Hey girly, the kids and I had a blast with you and my bro. They have been asking me when they can come bac to see you guys. Let me kno when you guys are free again so I can bring them to see you. Love ya :-)
so, i was out of the country when you two had your going away party. i am terribly sad that i missed it. it makes me think of all the time i wasted not getting to know you and marcus better. however, you two are living in cali, right? i usually visit l.a. twice a year. wow, this should really be an email and not a comment. i read the comment you left at 3am and i wondered if it was really posted. that means so much coming from a person as beautiful and kind as you. write me, whenever and visit soon.
How's my girl treating LA? I warned them you were coming but I don't think they know what they are getting themselves into *wink* Seriously I hope you guys are doing well out there and all your sunny dreams are coming true.
I am doing well, actually about to start my bike trip. We are not going all the way to the coast but we are going all the way to utah. We are trying for the four corners. I am super excited.
How is Cal? You guys having fun out there staying all hot and shit. It was good to hear from you!!!
I have not gotten in touch with my old climbing friends. No belayer.. but again, there are a lot of climbing oppurtunities around here. I just have to get off my butt and seize it. LOL! How's everything? I've seen what you're up to.. seems like fun.
