getting to know me

at the request of jan, i am going to attempt to share some responses to a few questions that are supposed to help you get to know me. don't know that that is the case, but anyways...

things i desire to do before i die:
(original question said "things i plan to do...", but i think we all know that life is what happens when you're busy making other plans)
1. play another concerto with an orchestra
2. play all of rachmaninoff's preludes
3. be more like jesus than i am presently
4. spend a summer in italy's countryside with my beautiful husband while he paints

things i can do:
1. listen to a recording of me playing moskowski's piano concerto in C#minor
2. play 4 rachmaninoff preludes
3. listen to jesus and try to be more like him
4. spend my summers loving my husband and my furry companions (read: brittany spaniels)

things i cannot do:
1. pretend i'm something i'm not
2. fly in an airplane unmedicated or sober
3. walk on water
4. eat sushi

things that attract me to my husband:
1. the fact that he never intentionally could hurt any creature, not even insects. if we find an insect in the house, he carries it outside in his cupped hand while i scream "kill it". he will not. and i love him for it.
2. he puts up with me and my craziness
3. he understands
4. he is so patient
5. he is beautiful
6. he is hilarious
7. i occasionally 'catch' him dancing with the dogs when he thinks i'm not home. anyone ever seen the movie 'babe' and rememer the part where the farmer danced with the pig in order to make him well? i always wanted to marry someone who would "dance with the pig", and i did.

modern "celebrity" "crushes"
(like tonya, i am changing it to 'modern celebrities to admire', and i'm holding the term celebrity very very loosely)
1. bruce springsteen (all i have to say is 'born to run' and any woman with a pulse should understand)
2. bono (he sings like he's trying to save his life, as though the fate of the entire world depends on how passionately he can involve himself in the music. that sort of passion ought to be contagious)
3. tori amos (i really can't describe this in words)
4. jonathan veenker (i've never known anyone who can put his heart into music like he does, with such humility)
5. anne lamott (see #4)
6. trey anastasio (one of the only performers i've ever seen who actually enjoys himself and has fun playing music for his fans)

ancient celebrity crushes:
1. johann sebastian bach (how did he do that?)
2. sergei rachmaninoff (how did he do that?)
3. sergei prokofiev (he knows how to light a piano on fire like none other)

people i want to answer these questions:
1. jennifer leigh
2. beth ann
3. matthew troy
4. scott madison
5. judy haugen