Victoria C.

Tori Amos, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Modest Mouse, Emily Haines, A Tribe Called Quest, S.L.A.B., Thievery Corporation, Bob Marley, The Smashing Pumpkins, Mindless Self Indulgence, George Strait, Randy Travis, Sara Evans, The Wreckers, Paramore, The Geto Boys, The Be Good Tanyas, Allison Krauss, The Ben Taylor Band, Ben Harper, Authority Zero, Tiger Army, The Cure, Delerium, etc.

Ayn Rand (fiction only), Don DeLillo, Benjamin Hoff, Sandra Cisneros, Nicole Blackman, Lucille Clifton, Tucker Max, Alan Lightman, Thich Nhat Hahn, Sylvia Plath, Yukio Mishima, Haruki Murakami, Kim Stanley Robinson, Daniel Quinn, Jane Austen. I love to read memoirs, and when I have the attention span I enjoy good nonfiction most of all.

A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, The Princess Bride, Spaceballs, Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Stranger than Fiction, Requiem for a Dream, Waking Life, Vanilla Sky, Bladerunner, Billy Madison, Dead Man Walking, The Fountain

Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU, American Justice, Notorious, A Haunting, Paranormal State, Futurama, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, House, Laguna Bitch, The Hills, 30-Minute Meals, Everyday Italian, Simply Delicioso

Austin TX, Lake Lugano in Switzerland, all over Germany, England (because of their delightful taste for electronic musics), Italy (the food...!), the Finger Lakes region, and Pine Creek

Buddhism, Yoga, rhetoric, postmodernism, post-postmodernism, playing guitar and piano, anthropology, cooking, research, writing poetry, writing memoir, journaling and blogging, writing research papers

Happiness, to beat depression/anxiety (or whatever it is), to live a full and rewarding life, to help others, to set an example, confidence, motivation, and a Ph.D. in rhetoric. Oh yeah - and a new car.

Liberal

Buddhist/Nontheist

Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania; St. Edward's University

Yoakum High School