My Obsessions

I always find it fun to look back at old journals and see what I was interested in, what I was reading, what movies I saw. All of these things blend together to create the tapestry of my life and my creativity.

Books I'm Reading
Artic Dreams, Barry Lopez
A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky, Sy Syfransky, ed.
The Deeper Wound, Deepak Chopra
Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire, Chopra
Four in the Morning, Sy Syfransky
Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography, Brenda Tharp
The Universe in a Single Atom, the Dalai Lama
The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron
The Law of Attraction, Jerry and Esther Hicks

I love reading many books at once, because if I get bored with one, I can pick up another. It works really well with non-fiction, but not as well with fiction. Lately I haven't been interested in much fiction though.

Magazines I Subscribe To
Sunset
The Sun
Bitch
BUST
What is Enlightenment?
National Geographic

Movies I've Seen Lately
Pan's Labrynth
The Holiday
The Celestine Prophecy
The Up Series -- thanks for the recommendation, Swirly!
Nacho Libre
Edward Scissorhands
Strangers With Candy
Don Juan DeMarco

Music On Constant Rotation
Extraordinary Machine, Fiona Apple
Picaresque, The Decemberists
Happiness, The Weepies
The Best of the Gipsy Kings, The Gipsy Kings
Reprieve, Ani Difranco
Lost in Translation soundtrack
Rushmore soundtrack
Staring at the Sea, The Cure

CDs I Just Bought Today On An Artist Date
The Information, Beck
Buena Vista Social Club, self-titled
Wincing the Night Away, The Shins

Health and Beauty
100% Pure -- especially the chocolate mocha body scrub
Aubrey Organics
Blooming Lotus -- the Fairy Dew Luminous Lotion
Burt's Bees
Product Body Whipped Shea Butter -- sweet vanilla mango rocks my world. The rest of her products have more of a chemistry set than I like, but this is all pure, baby.

I go for no parabens, no sulfates, organic, not tested on animals, etc. Give me something with no chemicals and I'm a happy gal. Blooming Lotus rocks my world because the owner (a really nice woman, btw) puts gem essences in her products. How cool is that?

Tea
lavender
berry rooibos
lemongrass
lemon chiffon rooibos from Tea Embassy
peppermint
ginger

Currently I'm making the switch from bags to loose, and I don't think I'll ever go back. A friend turned me on to Adagio last summer and I have a bunch of their rooibos tea. I prefer L'Amyx's tea, however, and I plan on stocking up on their stuff once what I have is gone (probably in a couple of years!). They have a caffeine-free chai that is to die for.