Christa M.

Oldies (50s-70s), 30s and 40s, musicals, jazz, blues, classical, alt rock, 80s, punk, indie, ska, alternative, Celtic, rock, folk, Irish or Scottish folk, pub songs, madrigals, Christmas hymns, Christmas music, etc....................

BIOGRAPHIES, HISTORY, HISTORICAL FICTION, CLASSICS, Anne of Green Gables (well, okay, the whole series), Pride and Prejudice, The Harry Potter series, Angela's Ashes (...or anything by Frank McCourt), Gone with the Wind, the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, Sherlock Holmes stories, anything by: e.e. cummings, Agatha Christie, the Bronte sisters, Edward Rutherfurd, Maeve Binchy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, ...and lots more! I LOVE BOOKS. I love the smell of books, too. There's nothing better than getting a new book, opening it up to a random page, sticking your nose in it, and just taking a great big ol' WHIFF! Yes, I'm an odd duck. I'm aware of it.

Lots! Mainly CLASSICS, HISTORIC/PERIOD FLICKS, INDIES, MUSICALS, BIO-PICS, DOCUS, DOCU-DRAMAS, and QUIRKY FLICKS. :) Gone With the Wind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Philadelphia Story, American Beauty, Anne of Green Gables/of Avonlea, The Goonies, Ferris Bueller, The Sound of Music, anything with Judy Garland (just to name a few: Presenting Lily Mars, Meet Me in St. Louis, Easter Parade), Pride and Prejudice (BBC), The Princess Bride, The Last of the Mohicans, Little Voice, Sleepless in Seattle, Out of Africa, Dead Poets Society, Xanadu, Shakespeare in Love, Fiddler on the Roof, LOTR, Monty Python and The Search for the Holy Grail, The Breakfast Club, The Wedding Singer, Disney's Robin Hood, Napoleon Dynamite, When Harry Met Sally, Summer Magic, Gosford Park, Howards End, The Big Sleep, Better Off Dead, Cinderella, Brokeback Mountain, The Royal Tenenbaums, Little Miss Sunshine, Once, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Intermission...ANYTHING with Cillian Murphy...I'm sure I'll add more later as I'm reminded of others!

TiVo has got to be the world's greatest invention! THE OFFICE (NBC & BBC), Sex and the City, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Hunters, Friends, Seinfeld, Frisky Dingo, Lancelot Link Secret Chimp, PUSHING DAISIES, history/biographies, Growing Pains, Out of Ireland, PBS Mystery (Agatha Christie mysteries and British who-dunnits), Black Adder (all), Mr. Bean, The Thin Blue Line, Keeping Up Appearances, The Black Donnellys, Extras, Mad Men...I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of Brit-coms and dramas-- but oh, well...

Singing, acting, modeling, my husband, TRAVEL, literature, history (more specifically: British Isles/American/European history), broadway, poetry, BOOKSBOOKSBOOKS in general :), hot tea, film, dance, photography, writing, good costume dramas, swingin' on stars, reading, swimming, cooking/baking, GENEALOGY, interior decorating, gardening, time travel, LAUGHING, hosting/planning events, arts & crafts, children, animals, theatre, cultural events, SCOTTISH ACCENTS, international studies, spring, the rain, board games, The Oscars, The Tonys, costumes, quotes, my parents, my brother and his wife, family-in-law, my dog ELLA, sheep (and not for THAT reason), the yankees, thunderstorms, MONEY! and making it!, trivia, crazy socks, the MOON, family, costumes, fashion, mail, personality quizzes, afternoon NAPS, antiquing, wine, champagne, trees, scrapbooking, hats, cuddling, the British Isles, PEI, NYC, New England...