Quotes
"You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me?" (De Niro in Taxi Driver)

"Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 percent of them are wrong" (Mencken)

"To err is human, but it feels divine" (Mae West)

"Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!" (Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes)

"A hypocrite is a person who-but who isn’t?" (Don Marquis)

"Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

"God comprehends even the atheism of the atheist." (Ghandi)

"Let us leave pretty women to men without imagination" (Proust)

 

Favorite color
Hmmmmm … I love so many different colors … it’s hard to choose just one. They can really reflect moods well. If I had to pick a favorite I would have to say a mix of blue and green - like the aqua color found in the waters of the Caribbean.

Favorite food
Hmmmm … an even harder one here!!! I love exotic foods: Thai, Indian, Japanese and Chinese. I also love Italian, Greek, French and American. It depends on my mood, I guess. I also love to cook as much as I can. It relaxes me and it is so much fun. I also like bagels, sushi, salads, yogurt, watermelon, pizza and jellybeans.

Favorite Music
I am a music freak. It really helps me relax, get pumped up, get romantic, go to sleep, cry, or whatever. I enjoy listening to everything from Classical (Massanet: Mediation) to Jazz (Billie Holliday, Dinah Washington) to Blues (John Lee Hooker, B.B. King) to Classic Rock (Janis Joplin, Clapton, The Stones, Santana) to Funk (Gap Band, Parliament, P-Funk, George Clinton) to the music of the 30’s, 40’s & 50’s (Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Patsy Cline, WWII Songs, etc.) I also like some new stuff: Alternative, Rap, R&B, Pop and Country. It really depends on the song!!!

Books
I am a bookworm. I read as much as possible. I like fiction; books on true crime, mysteries, forensics or unsolved murders; spirituality and different religions; metaphysics and the paranormal; biographies and autobiographies; etc.

Some of my favorite include: Catcher in the Rye, Rebecca; Tuesdays With Morrie, The Road Less Traveled, Seat of the Soul, The Physics of Immortality, The Bridges of Madison County, A Time to Kill.

Movies
Aha!!!! This is one of my favorite topics, but a hard one as well, because I really love and appreciate different movies for different reasons. Some I love are corny, some are chick flicks, some are disturbing, and some are classics, etc. Here are some of my favorites:

Citizen Kane (an Orson Wells classic … obviously way ahead of its time … "Rosebud" … hee hee!); Wuthering Heights (Olivier is so sexy, and Merle Oberon is so gorgeous in this … how romantic); Easy Rider (Nicholson himself is so classic and green in this; Harleys; Fonda, and the exotic yet quirky Karen Black … as well as a killer soundtrack!); Time Bandits (an awesome, surrealistic kid flick … but also for adults, with midgets, time travel, great acting, etc); The Color Purple (Whoopie for Whoopie!! Great soundtrack, i.e., "Miss Celie’s Blues" is a favorite of mine; artistically composed, emotional); The Godfather (Brando, baby); Taxi Driver (De Niro, Jodie Foster ... wonderful acting!!); As Good As It Gets (so cute and funny!!); Up in Smoke (Cheech and Chong’s funniest movie...I watch many a time over again); Hairspray (Devine was divine, John Water’s little masterpiece!!!); Somewhere in Time (a classy and gentlemanly handsome Christopher Reeve and beautiful Jane Seymour … tear-jerking, syrupy, romantic); and Silence of the Lambs (incredible movie!!)

Cars, Bikes, etc.
Shelby Cobra, 1965 Mustang, Ferrari Spyder, Suburban Yukon, old Rolls Royces, Harley Davidson Softail Custom, Ducatis, BMWs, Indians, Triumphs, etc. But still … Harley is the best!

Exercise
Running, walking, lifting weights, hiking, swimming and stretching. I get shin splints quite often, so swimming and non-impact are great. I just bought an elliptical trainer. It’s so wonderful!!!

Flowers
I like roses in red (of course!!), purple hyacinth (the best smelling thing under the sun!), Snapdragons (so cute and great colors), hibiscus (lovely, all year round), orchids and gardenias (oh, the scent!! once again) I honestly think there isn’t a flower I don’t love. I just wish to someday have the amazing green thumb my Mom has!!!

Hobbies
Cooking and baking, swimming, interior design, drawing, reading, writing poetry, singing, meditating, painting, laughing (hee hee hee!!!) listening to music, riding, walking on the beach, and traveling!!!!

Clothing
I’m part girlie-girl, part tomboy … so, it really depends on my mood. I love jeans some times, classic white button-down men’s oxfords, black boots, white t-shirts and ribbed wife-beater tanks, pearls and silver and turquoise jewelry. I also love dresses, skirts (especially long, chiffon, mermaid-style, silky diaphanous, draping stuff … clingy, but not tight), high-heels and getting all dolled up. I also like vintage clothes a lot. It all depends … anything from black leather biker chick-stuff to flannel shirts and boxers to Yves St. Laurent and La Perla lingerie!!!!!!!

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