10.17.2004

A Small Sampling of Things I Like

Not an exhaustive list, by any means, nor are these in order of importance. Just a few things I thought of off the top of my head. If I started this fresh tomorrow, at least two-thirds of the items would be different. And the book list is short about 200 titles.

Books
Lord of the Rings
Dragonriders of Pern series
Early Darkover novels
Anne of Green Gables et al
Food in History/Sex in History
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn trilogy
Narnia series
His Dark Materials trilogy
Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion/Endymion/Rise of Endymion
Lamb, Bloodsucking Fiends
Cryptonomicon

Food & Drink
Grapefruit
Dark chocolate
Red wine
Coke Classic
Cranberry-raspberry cocktail
Peaches & cream corn
Sun-warmed tomatoes
Cherries
Raspberries
Blackberries
Marshmallow cookies
Rainbow sherbet
Seafood
Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding
Warm gingerbread with butter
Homemade cookies

Music
Chris Isaak
Lyle Lloyd Lovett
REM
Bach, esp. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and Air on a G String
Sarah McLachlan
Iron Horse
Old Blind Dogs
Ben Heffner
Barenaked Ladies
Rollings Stones

Movies
Lord of the Rings
Indiana Jones
James Bond with Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan
Chicken Run
The Maltese Falcon
Pulp Fiction
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Finding Nemo
Anything with Audrey Hepburn
Chariots of Fire
Bend it Like Beckham
Monsters Inc.

Other Stuff
Beachcombing
Skiing
Walking in the woods
Cooking
Gardening, except weeding
Sex with My Beloved
Christmas Day
Long, hot baths
Foot & back rubs
Black leather boots
Ferraris