chad

actor, broke ass bitch, doctoral drone, buffoon

film, television, theater, books, artsy fartsy stuff...curling my eyelashes, judging, asthma, cereal, running, tae-bo...damn that billy blanks, corndogs, finger pointing, hair doing, bee keeping, walking and talking, kicking and screaming, inflicting my opinion on others, gum chewin, toe tappin, placing mittens on kittens, being friendsterly, shuckin an jivin, cartwheels, ice cream, shirking, shrieking & shoppin, snide remarks, singing along to the radio in my car...loudly, avoiding things, galloping, collecting bad paintings and swatch watches...

surprising myself, less than zero, where are the children?, diva, the bible, by fire into light: four catholic martyrs of the nazi camps, giovanni's room, dixie chicken, fool's errand, lovely, tv guide, husband hunting made easy (which obviously hasn't worked)...anything by frank ronan, david sedaris, cristopher bram and mary higgins clark...

far too many...the trip to bountiful, pee wee's big adventure, sixteen candles, enduring love, the breakfast club, dead calm, the hours, mute witness, the others, jaws, matilda, clue, sense and sensibility, fast forward, the goonies, halloween, a room with a view, scream, amelie, the return, broadway damage, trick, drop dead fred, adaptation, the truth about cats and dogs, east is east, the debt, nine queens, in the bedroom, sunset boulevard, hero, spirited away, carandiru, whatever happened to baby jane?, big business, cold comfort farm, i think i do, the 400 blows, bridget jones's diary, rear window, maria full of grace, mixed nuts, the birds, the hills have eyes, city of god, outrageous fortune, ferris bueller's day off, friday the 13th, muriel's wedding, napolean dynamite, mean girls, die mommie die, red dawn, fargo, girls will be girls, pretty in pink...cheesy 80's movies...badly dubbed italian horror films...i could probably think of another 50 i could just as easily list here.

female vocalists. aimee mann, kylie, k d lang, tina arena, dusty springfield, ripley caine, cyndi lauper, cathy dennis, jill sobule, amanda ghost, heather eatman, etta james, martika, madonna, gwen stefani, bananarama, indigo girls, rufus wainwright, belinda carlisle, ella fitzgerald, rosemary clooney, liza, go-go's, billie holiday, the bangles, patsy cline, cher, stevie nicks, debbie gibson, dolly parton, sheryl crow, cree summer, carly simon, shania twain, pink, tina turner, janet jackson, loretta lynn, norah jones, kelly clarkson, fantasia, kimberly locke, carrie underwood...EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, keane, coldplay, new order, travis, abba, the cardigans, 'till tuesday, pete yorn, fleetwood mac, the pretenders, culture club, elbow, the strokes, billy joel, the corrs, scissor sisters, the jayhawks, simply red, the doves, dashboard confessional, the wallflowers, duran duran, wilco, the zombies, ryan adams, the killers, jason mraz, human league, the mamas and the papas...need i go on?

the carol burnett show, knots landing, strangers with candy, kath & kim, project runway, wonderfalls, ugly betty, lost, desperate housewives, nip/tuck, grey's anatomy, 24, arrested development, scrubs, the closer, amazing race, survivor, american idol, er, psych, reno 911, law & order svu, csi, will & grace, silver spoons, miami vice, friends, the facts of life, the office, earl, mad tv, biggest loser, dallas, dynasty, popular, family ties, grosse point, what not to wear, trading spaces, craft corner deathmatch, changing rooms, moving up, property ladder, design on a dime, the brini maxwell show, hand made modern, selling houses, less than perfect, that 70's show, mystery!, life on a stick, different strokes, sex and the city, melrose place, seinfeld, murphy brown, green acres, robot chicken, scooby doo, beverly hills 90210, designing women, golden girls, wire in the blood, the bob newhart show, fight for fame, fat actress, the starlet, chasing

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you with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh i realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you feel so small

/but i see your true colors
shining through
i see your true colors
and that's why i love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful,
like a rainbow

/show me a smile then,
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when i last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know i'll be there

/and i'll see your true colors
shining through
i see your true colors
and that's why i love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful,
like a rainbow...