Tell me a few of your favorite things.

Imagining myself preparing for an interview by The New York Times Book Review for my best selling Novel, SOOT.
My Name is Mickey Getty, unless you talk to sisters, then it is Adelaide. My DOB? classified. SIGN: Libra; EYES: blue; HAIR: yes;
A few of my favorite things:
TV SHOW: Survivor
SCREENSAVER: imagining possibilities; MUSIC: classical/jazz; FOOD: all of it and shellfish for desert; DRINK: water and wine, the stuff miracles are made of; CANDY: dark chocolate; : married >48 yrs. (Now you can guess my true hair color);
GUILTY PLEASURE: not telling; VIDEO GAME: bridge with real living in-person people;
BEST FRIEND: self; INSPIRATION: a snow highlighted red cardinal on a winter-bare branch if it isn't witnessing a purely unselfish act; HERO: a friend who has died from ALS;
MOVIE: Despicable Me until I see The Kids Are All Right; ACTOR: Annette Bening, Dame Judi Dench, and that hunk, Pierce Brosnan; WRITER: Anne Tyler, Harper Lee and oh so many more; POET:Don La Branche, Mary Oliver,Karen Blomain, Yeaats, more;
ARTIST: Barbars Thun, Andrew Wyeth,Sharon Mc Ginley, Georges-Pierre Seurat,Birdie Zoltan, Monet, Kevin Brett and more at the Gogglworks Center For The Arts; Pastime: daydreaming about my characters, I do that more than writing about them.
SPORT: grandchildren (ever play pirates with a 8-year-old?);
FAVORITE CITY: Paris; FAVORITE REGION: wherever I am; E-MAIL FOR FANS: AMGauthor@msn.com Because after the review hits the Times there will be fan mail;
FLOWER: daffodil; PET: Lady Bug and Licorice; VEHICLE: whatever gets me there; COMPUTER: may be second best friend, maybe not;
SOFTWARE: a kiss; COFFEE or TEA?: both; CHOCOLATE, STRAWBERRY, or VANILLA?: Cherry Garcia;
DEFINITION OF MYSELF: evolving, patient, persistent, nonjudgmental, playful.