The Ideal Woman -- Candidates and Thoughts

A theme song about finding a soulmate:
Hearts Don't Lie - Stuart McNair

Bear in mind, these women are in committed relationships; but still:

Backpacker/ecotourism TV host:
Megan McCormick

Political Journalist (her mother is an archaeologist!):
Kirsten Powers

Skydiver/Professional kayaker:
Samantha Brunner Ruppelt

UVa Econ major/CPA/varsity college swimmer:
[OK, yes, her name *sounds* like a stripper stage-name, but her dad is a PhD in physics...who named her after his research focus - crystals]
Krystal Ball

Dancer/Political Journalist/Hunter:
S.E. Cupp

Tupac LIVES - Coachella 2012

Tupac ain't completely dead, I gather ...

Henry David Thoreau - goes to Florida?

Scroll down.
I swear:  I am NOT making this up.

Cell phone doesn't work (except marginally, while out on road)
No Internet
No land-line
No TV reception

[Photos to be posted; the old rental link no longer shows them 12-26-2012.]

Tom Petty - 30th Anniv show (Last Dance with Mary Jane)

YouTube - 04:00

Everclear, Nickelback, Lunatic Calm - YouTube music videos

Everclear, "Wonderful"


Nickelback "If Today Was Your Last Day"


Lunatic Calm "Sound of the Revolution"
(try to listen in the car without rocking out and beating your steering wheel and dashboard!)

One of my favorite songs ... ever! (The Cure)

The Cure, "Just Like Heaven"


Great imagery, beautiful chord changes...

Reminds me of Twisted Toucan (tiki bar), West End, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras - 2001

Fascinating books (how the brain works)

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/socialsciences/fr/blink.htm
Incognito by David Eagleman
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2011/06/david_eaglemans.html
New Yorker profile of Eagleman
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/25/110425fa_fact_bilger?currentPage=all

People ... who need, uh, who ARE... people?

Does that include corporations?
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/06/occupy-corporations/

Latest, greatest - reading, watching

Reading:

On Intelligence (Jeff Hawkins - neuroscience)
The Fountainhead (again, Ayn Rand)

Watching:

Ghost Whisperer - reruns
Military Channel - skydiving, outdoors physical training
Love and Other Drugs - RomCom - Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway
Husbands and Wives - Woody Allen
Addams Family Values - twisted Valentine's Day

Question:
Speaking of Gyllenhaal, how on Earth did Jake's sister Maggie EVER get cast as a romantic lead alongside Christian Bale in "Dark Knight"? Not credible.
Nice gal, but no, I'm not getting it. Sorry, but Christian Bale would never date her. On a very, very good day, she's "cute", at best. Nor does she have a particularly charismatic or attractive energy about her.
What were they thinking?

Answer:
It's not "what you know" but "who you know". She's an "insider"
from IMDB:
"Her mother is a Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated scriptwriter. Her father is an Emmy-nominated director."

On the list (to read, watch):
Dark Knight Rises (new Batman)
Lorax - Dr Seuss (March 2nd)
Memento - watch again