Interests
Into lots of stuff,
Reading:
3/15/07 Wow, okay, that list was out of date. That was from way back alst summer. Here's an updated list:
My Àntonia by Willa Cather
Notes from a small Island by Bill Bryson
The Iraq Study Group Report
To Rule the Waves by Herman Arthur
War and Peas by Jill Churchill (don't ask, please...)
Ships, Money and Politics by Kenneth R. Andrews (really, ships in the 17th century can be sexy, I swear)
Every Book Its Reader by Nicholas A. Basbanes
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearle
Walking to Canterbury by Jerry Ellis
Some of the Books I've recently finished--
1984 by George Orwell
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Maestro by Bob Woodward
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson
An Empire of Wealth by John Steel Gordon
Prague by Arthur Phillips
Photography, Painting, Playing computer games, GeoCacheing, Fishing, Hiking, Skiing, Writing, History, Art Museums, Drinking Wine, Cooking, Italian Cooking, Traveling and Tourism, Swimming...I could add so much more...
Music
Hey, I like a lotta music. I'm kinda off the wall in that regard. Let's see, first and formost is my collection of classical-- Tchaikvsky, Mozart, Greig, Verdi, Bizet, Puccini, Wagner, to name a few. I love opera, especially the mid- to late- 19th century stuff. I've been lucky enough to see a number of live performances: Motzart's The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni, Verdi's Rigoletto and La Triviata, Donzetti's Maria Padilla (Sorry, but Bel Canto style just isn't my thing!), and Bizet's Carmen. My dream is to someday see Puccini- either Tosca or Turnadot.
Besides classical, I enjoy a lot of 'harder' rock. My CD collection has Audioslave, System of a Down, Nirvana, Green Day, etc.
There is also my preferences for some more 'standard' rock: REM, Train, VanMorrison, to give you an idea. From there, I go completly eclectic-- Trailer Trash, Soul Coughing, Moby, and They Might Be Giants; female vocalists -- Tori Amos, Shakira, Gwen Stefani, and Jewel; Some 'folksy'-- Bob Dylan, Don McLean; and a few exceptions to my "Not really into Country or Rap/Hip Hop" Rule -- Dixie Chicks and Charlie Daniels Band.
Does that give you an idea, or are you more confused?
Movies
Kill Bill, LOTR, Star Wars, The Hunt for Red October, Amadeus, and many, many more
Video Games
Mmmmm....I have been known to get wrapped up in Age of Mythology for hours from time to time.
