If no one minds, here are a few questions we can answer to get to know each other a little better. Might have some more later.
WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTS/HOBBIES?
Mainly cooking (for and with friends) and writing (I have short stories, one nonfiction book and some cookbooks in the works). Youth Ministry -- I like working with teenagers, though it's damn frustrating sometimes. And I love to travel.
FAVORITE MUSIC / SONGS?
Eric Clapton, good blues, southern-fried rock and contemporary Christian. Meryl Streep's rendition of "I'm Checkin' Out" from "Postcards from the Edge"; the new, trashy version of "Lady Marmalade"; "Rainbow Connection."
FAVORITE TV SHOWS?
I am addicted to "Law & Order: SVU." Chris Meloni is the (second) hottest thing walking. I'm a sucker for "The Golden Girls" and "Designing Women." Also love "Absolutely Fabulous."
FAVORITE BOOKS?
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera and "Rabbit, Run" by John Updike. I also like "If Not Dieting, Then What" and "Succulent Wild Woman." Anything by Anais Nin, D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller or Kundera.
WHO ARE YOUR HEROES?
On a personal note, my daughter because she's awesome on so many levels and because she "proved them all wrong"; and my love, Joe, for his inner light, the joy he takes in using his God-given talents, and his fearless spirituality and self-awareness. Others: Vaclav Havel for leading a literate, peaceful revolution against oppression; Rosa Parks for having the courage to not give up her seat; Martin Luther for taking on the established church; Martin Luther King Jr., for preaching peace in the face of oppression. And, on most days, me -- just for surviving.
WHO ARE SOME FOLKS -- REAL OR NOT -- YOU'D LIKE TO MEET?
I guess the first person I'd like to meet is the person I would have been if I had never been adopted. Then, Jesus, of course. My birth mother. Vaclav Havel, Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks. I'd also like to, um, "meet" Chris Meloni (SVU) and Goran Visjnic (ER), though not necessailty for idle chatter.
JUST SOME GENERAL IMPRESSIONS ABOUT YOU?
Let's see... a true Aquarian. A little flighty. Brimming with light and sunshine. But, man, when darkness settles over me, it goes beyond blue to some ungodly depth of purple. I have a delightfully dirty mind. I like most things to be at least a little bit unconventional. I guess I'm complex, but take a little time and I'm not too hard to figure out. Easy to please if your heart is in it.