I love to go to school. I know, the question why comes to mind, but I just love to learn, to fill the empty spaces of my mind with things worth knowing and things that aren't useful, but interesting. I really enjoy writing. Essays, research papers, fiction, personal experience, anything. It just releases something in you that you can't release in another way. I also like playing my French Horn and singing in Honors Choir, though I recently changed over to Bella Voce, a young women's choir, in order to follow a highly acclaimed director formerly associated with H.C. I sometimes love ballet, but sometimes find the endless molding of one's body to fit ridiculous French ideals a bit extreme. But then the movements are so free you forget that you are wearing a crazy looking body suit! I also like to just hang out and watch movies with friends. You know, the usual

I really love visual art, too much probably. I really enjoy watching movies, but most of the ones I watch aren't really what you could call works of art!

The Killers- Great sounds coming from these guys recently, must love 'Since You Were Young' The Beatles- Total classic, their most experimental CD,very bold. I have great memories with this album (bittersweet) Norah Jones- All three albums are amazingly soulful, but the most recent is my favorite. These are the best songs to listen to in a down mood. I love crying to tracks 12 and 13 Queen- More classic! I love 'Killer Queen' and hate 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Fleetwood Mac- Tacky but cool at the same time The White Stripes- I adore the song 'Fell in Love with a Girl' it's perfect for those mindless head banging moments we all have sometimes Joan as Policewoman- My new favorite artist. Very indie, very chic, very fabulous. Her soul pours out in each song, I really admire that. I wish she would tour the U.S. more, but hey, I'd stay in Italy too if I was on the cover of Italian Rollling Stone

I love to read and wish I had more time for it, but hey, you actually need to accomplish things some days. But in general, I spend a lot of time 'with my stupid nose in a book' as my kind sister would so sweetly phrase it. I would love any suggestions for new reads. Anything BUT the Vampire Chronicles by Ann Rice, don't ask, just respect. Harry Potter- A classic in the making series, or rather made but pending classic status. Jonathan Livingston Seagull- Very uplifing, unfortunatly I no longer have my copy, but I recommend this slim beauty Night- Ann Frank's only competition in the field of WWII Holocaust books. The Outsiders- I had an original copy of this great book about society but it met the same new owner as many of my other books. Life Lesson: If you borrow a friend some books and then accumulate a lot of emotional baggage with them, you will never want to see those books again. Just return them and move on. Wow, I need to take my own advice someday. Okay, more on books! Three Cups of Tea- Amazingly inspirational, I saw the author in person at the library and got my copy signed, but it turned up in Arizona too. The Kite Runner- Great crying book. Feeling depressed? Read about someone with a worse life and cry for them, it always works. To Kill a Mockingbird- Great story about racisim Happy Birthday or Whatever- Cute and quirky Korean family expose The 5 People You Meet in Heaven- Prepare for tears! Gotz and Meyer- Eerily written, very spooky, very good read A Christmas Carol- Who doesn't love this book A Midsummers Night Dream- Classic whimsy at its finest Hard Love- More tears in these pages await you.

Gilmore Girls (of course). Shamefully, I have a thing for America's Next Top Model every now and then. Discovery Channel. What NOT to Wear. LA Ink. Charmed reruns. Anything on when I am bored.