First of all, I read. I read alot -- it's one of my greatest escapes. I mostly stick with ''fantasy'' related stuff. There are too many names on my book shelves to list but here are a couple noteworthy favorites. Oh here..it's kind of fluff but but I can't help but to love her. Blood/pain/sarcasm/dark humour/faeries/witches/vampires/were-animals/strong heroine/sex sex and more sseexx. Lovely to curl up at the end of the day with. ~*grins*~ Clicking on the little fanged ducky will take you to Laurell K. Hamilton's official fan site where you can buy a little fanged ducky of your own. Also if you don't know who Brian Froud is then..then...OMG. Labyrinth and Dark Crystal are two of my all-time favorite movies and he helped to conceptualize them...and a whole lot more, the man is awesome, and so is his wife. Dance majik dance!!! ~*clicking on his name OR the Labyrinth pic above, will take you to his official site (but there are also some really cool fan sites out there too)*~ Music also plays a substantial role in helping to keep me sane. I sing and ''play with'' a few different instruments. I don't spend enough time on any one thing to allow myself to become very good. I took yrs of piano, but umm don't ask me to play more than heart and soul now! I took one yr of classical violin, but mostly I've played ''fiddle'' with friends. You might knock bluegrass but the festivals are ssooo much fun! I've taught myself some guitar, I got the instrument just to have something portable (I sure can't carry that piano around, haha...and the violin isn't really something you can easily play and sing with at the same time) to accompany my singing. Ssooo I can only strum a few basic chords. I also play around with some wind instruments and w/e I can get my hands on. As for listening to music? Most anything, I am more fond of older stuff than newer truthfully, and I love world music. Some favorites of mine are Garmarna, Greg Brown, John Prine, Kate Wolf, James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Tom Waits, Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, 3 Dog Night, The Chieftains, Harry Nilson's The Point, Joni Mitchell, Cranberries, Beatles (of course), Cyndi Lauper, Aimee Mann, older Robert Palmer (sneaking sally through the alley), U2, Boot, Poe, Bob Dylan (and his son in The Wallflowers), Tom Petty (best concert I've ever been too), The Cure, Billie Holiday, NIN, India Arie, Lauryn Hill, Loreena McKennitt, Tracy Chapman, Sade, The Rolling Stones, Cake, Natalie Merchant, Van Morrison, Type O Negative, Manson, Enya, REM, Sarah McLahlan, Tori Amos, Baka Beyond, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Annie Lennox, Huey Lewis and The News, Gwen Steffani, Janis Joplin, The Cars, Talking Heads, Steve Miller Band, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, CCR, Loudon Wainwright, Phoebe Snow, Jefferson Airplane...and the list goes on and on.... If you can't tell from above...I'm prone to start projects and never get around to finishing them. There are just too many things I want to try that I can't find the time to do them all! Stained glass, tie-dye, crotchet, knit, drawing, painting, playing spades, hiking, swimming, writing, playing with my god-children, taking pictures, playing board/card/dice/etc. games, yoga, pilates, horse-back riding, rafting, dancing (all kinds! damn I'm overdue for a contra), karaoke, making candles (and burning them of course)...are just a few things I enjoy. Yup, I'm a faery gurl. Vamps and faeries mmmmm. More pretty faery pics following. Sssooo just some pretty baubles to share. =) Thank you for stopping by. ~~*~~*~~*Merry meet*~~*~~*~~ ~~*~~*~~*Merry part*~~*~~*~~ ~~*~~*~~*Merry meet again*~~*~~*~~