Favourite Visual Artist
Monet, Maxfield Parrish, Hayao Miyazaki, Tim Burton, Annie Liebowitz, Ansel Adams, Georgia O'Keefe, Smoke in the Hands.
Favourite Movies
Lord of the Rings, Eat, Pray, Love, Singing in the Rain, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Casablanca, Arsenic and Old Lace, To Catch a Thief, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, silent films, indie films and foreign films.
Favourite TV Shows
Mad Men, Mad Money, Mad About You, Seinfeld, Golden Girls, Grace Under Fire, Dexter
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Queen, Pearl Jam, My Chemical Romance, Sting, The Beatles
Favourite Books
Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Sophie's World, Spirited Away,Twilight, Eat, Pray, Love, Julia and Julie, lots of non-fiction about creativity, brain sciences and cooking
Favourite Writers
JRR Tolkien, and many, many others
Favourite Games
Scrabble, Catch Phrase, Sour Apples, Zelda, Myst
Favourite Gaming Platform
Wii, PS2, PS3, imagination
Tools of the Trade
Heavy anodized aluminum pots and pans, good quality sharp knives, good ingredients, shovels, spades, compost, plants and seeds, time, watercolors and quality brushes, pencils and charcoal, acrylics, and gouache, camera, light, eye hand coordination
Other Interests
Hanging out with my daughter and making each other laugh, a lot. Watching anime with her.Staying up late talking, Reading, Movies, Netflix, Cooking, watching cooking and travel shows, eating ethnic food and trying new restaurants, growing tomatoes.