What about Antonio Banderas dancing and singing in the water fountain in Evita. Maybe I should put that on my favorite things list!

and.. i’m not going to say how many TNG collectibles i have.. i mean HAD.. yeah.

which would be when, of course, i promptly discovered that percolations.net is a site run by women that are doing amazing thigns and discussing their legacy, heritage, and hard work.

i apologize for assuming the they were “good ole’boys” (thus qualifying me as 1/2 of an arse.)

next time, i will look before i leap.

although, i stand by my original assertion that #1 under post-skull hardening is mis-categorized.

i’ll forgive you for the error…surely it was an oversight…and you intended #1 in the post-skull hardning category to read:

1) Girls. Surely the good ole’ boys over at Percolations.net are mistaken. In my wiser years, I have come to interpret the rib-ectomy as figurative and poetic- an expression of the unity that connects humanity. I have come to appreciate the fact the women are wonderful contributors to scholarship, culture, and athletics. They are not purely domestic creatures and,in fact, we have less of an accurate imaging of God by projecting any biological determination onto His personhood. Girls are wonderful. I love girls.

Don’t worry- I got you covered. I knew that was what you meant.

1. Star Wars: Saw all the originals in the theatre as a child and was hooked. Han Solo and Chewbacca became heroes and I’ve never lost my excitement over these 2 characters. And how cool is the Millenium Falcon?!?! I have a replica of Solo’s blaster on my home desk and a little Mil. Falcon on my keyboard at work. Among my favorite books are the Brian Daley books chronicling the adventures of Han and Chewie pre-A New Hope.

2. Anime: It was only natural that I would eventually get into this as I love cartoons. Anime is a blend of stylized Japanese animation with adult themes and there is some great stuff out there. I have the 26 episode set of Cowboy Bebop which is my fav. and am currently working my way through Last Exile. Its an expensive addiction that could be much more inexpensively satisfied through Netflix.

3. Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I saw Delicatessin in NYC and was hooked. City of Lost Children is such an eccentric, bizzare, fun science fiction tale. Amelie is one of the most fun, blissfully romantic movies ever made, and A Very Long Engagement deserved every accolade it received and more. Jeunet simply doesn’t make films fast enough for me.

4. Foreign/Indie/Documentary films: basically includes anything not cranked out for mass consumption simply to make a quick buck. Films like Mostly Martha, Greenfingers, Waking Ned Devine, With a Friend Like Harry, Spellbound, The Straight Story, Pieces of April, Triplets of Bellville, and of course the Jeunet films are such amazing things to watch and share with others.

5. Star Trek: The Original Series and Voyager. Those 2 were my favs although I did watch and enjoy the last few years of TNG. The Kirk/Spock/McCoy relationship and the Paris/Torres relationship were the reasons I watched and keep watching. Loved their interactions and both shows simply had the best doctors….acerbic and witty.

6. Stationary: I like to write letters but don’t as much with the advent of email. I do still like to collect stationary, however. Whatever art, design, texture catches my fancy I’ve just got to have it. I end up using all but the last 2 cards or so and keep the stationary/boxes in a chest in my living room.

7. Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver: I love cooking/food shows but am particularly fond of Olivers: The Naked Chef and Oliver’s Twist and Lawson’s: Nigella Bites and Forever Summer. I really enjoy Oliver’s energy and the way they shoot his show, especially Naked Chef. Nigella Lawson is a curvaceous (not skinny, she eats!!!), attractive woman with a great accent and a love of making real food. Nothing low calorie or low carb on her show. I enjoy the way they shoot her show as well and the ending where she sneaks to the fridge in the middle of the night to snack seem

8. Coffee and pipe tobacco: love the smell of both. One of life’s little pleasures is to be in a coffee shop or tobacconist or around people doing either as the smell is simply heavenly.

9. Celebrity crushes: We all have them. Audrey Hepburn, Meg Ryan, Nicole Kidman, Jean Arthur, Audrey Tautou, Kate Beckinsale, Gwyneth Paltrow..the list could go on and on.

10. Girls (sorry to copy Rob): I love the way girls of all shapes, sizes, races, and ages look and smell and talk and live. God truly went all out when he created women. How we ever get the fairer sex to find us attractive in any way is a true miracle. We should celebrate them far more often than we do.

(Of course you realize that I was jesting a tad with the divine gender. I’ll save that one for another blog entry.)

I should have been a little more eloquent like Carl.