I am fabulous. (And I have absolutely no ego whatsover...) What more do you need to know?

I revere talent. If you've GOT some, consider yourself my friend. Also, I love a good sense of humor. And intelligence - you HAVE to be intelligent! Most of my friends are "creative types" - brilliant and amazing.


There are so many other things. Wonderous things, FABULOUS things! I am a fascinating, vivacious woman! How could I possibly tell you how amazing I am? It would probably be much easier if I wasn't so damn humble...






I CANNOT HELP IT: the following is one of the funniest things I have ever seen (and heard!) in my entire life. It truly keeps me awake at night, lying in bed thinking about it and laughing so hard, the bed shakes! I literally laugh myself to sleep! WHY? Well, WATCH. (Check out Lawrence's face. And hey, there's NOTHING like the sensual sounds of the ACCORDION to get a girl in the mood.)


GOD, I love a man who's good with his fingers...





One of the most amazing voices ever to have been heard was that of Dusty Springfield, shown here with Burt Bacharach. Simply astonishing:





That's right, baby: Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)!





I collect art work by Robert Hoppe, Erte, Guy Buffet, James Talmadge and Fornasetti.
I love needle crafts, beadwork, quilting and cooking. (I guess you can take the woman out of Utah, but...)

I also love the study of anthropology, religions of the world, political science, and foreign languages (I speak Norwegian, French and Hebrew).
I'm practically obsessed with studying the era of the Roman republic, and the Golden Age. Modern-time interests include the establishment of North America to present day, with particular interest in World War II (and, of course, current day).

I am also obsessed with maps (world) and atlases; it's nearly impossible for me to walk past one and NOT find Norway on it! (I actually have a world map hanging on one of my living room walls, and several atlases in the bookcases!)

I love to travel (except taking off my shoes at the airport - GROSS!), and will be in several European cities spring/summer, 2008 and beyond!

My fantasy is to live inside a Flavia Weedn card (greeting), and also to have a never-ending supply of fresh, perfectly ripe fruit. I also fantasize about having a room full of Swarovski crystals of all shapes, sizes and colors; I would like a bathtub full of them. Speaking (writing!) of bathtubs, my fantasy is to have an authentic Roman tub -- square, deep, large, and in the middle of the floor, big enough to swim in! Love it!



I would love to have my very own Slurpee machine, which would dispense cherry, banana and this strange lemon-raspberry (very tart!) flavor I had once. NO other flavors!

Not necessarily in this order:


Stevie Wonder
Jamiroquai
Brand New Heavies
Carole King
The Carpenters
Bread
Ambrosia
Bette Midler
Lawrence Welk
David Pack
Hall & Oates
David Gates
David Sanborn
Quincy Jones
Carly Simon
Michael Jackson
Patti LaBelle
Barbra Streisand
David Benoit
Steely Dan/Donald Fagen
Midnight Star
Floetry
Alicia Keys
Scott Joplin
Lee Ritenour
Jimmy Sommers
Dave Grusin
The Bee Gees
Donna Summer
Hil St. Soul
Dusty Springfield

Far too many to list, but a few that spring to mind are:

"Nicholas Nickelby" (all-time fave).
"Bridget Jones's Diary"
"Love Actually"
"Vanity Fair"
"Munich"
"Black Hawk Down"
"The Talented Mr. Ripley"
"Armistead Maupin's 'Tales Of The City'"
"Gladiator"
"Braveheart"
"Sense and Sensibility"
"An Inconvenient Woman"
"Norma Rae"
"Silkwood"
"Paper Moon"
"Into The Woods"
"Not Without My Daughter"
"Rosemary's Baby"
"Shining Through"
"Norma Jean and Marilyn"
"Elizabeth"
"Veronica Guerin"
"The Gift"
"Notes on a Scandal"(Anything with Cate Blanchett, apparently!)
"Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love"

As for TV, well, I absolutely watch WAY too much TV. Want proof? Take a look...

HBO's "Rome" - I was/AM totally obsessed with it!
"The Office" (BBC Version - Starring Ricky Gervais)

My favorite "twerpy tit-knob," David Brent:


BBC/HBO's "Extras" - hysterical! (It doesn't hurt that I find Ricky Gervais sexy.)




"The Lawerence Welk Show"



(It doesn't hurt that I find Lawrence Welk sexy, too...Just kidding.)

"Discovery Atlas"
"The Deadliest Catch"
BBC America
Anything about World War II
The Sundance Channel
SHOWTIME'S "Sleeper Cell: American Terror"
SHOWTIME'S "The Tudors"
"Project Runway"
"I Shouldn't Be Alive"
"I Survived"
"The Graham Norton Show" (WILL NOT MISS IT!!!)
"The War" documentary by Ken Burns

See? TOLD YA!

"Bead and Button Magazine"
"Kiplingers"
Anything by Suze Orman

1986, on our way from Utah to Disneyland (and back).

I can go grocery shopping, or out to dinner and get a steak at 3:00 in the morning if I want!