travel, daydreaming of more travel, sushi, unexpected muted behavior, great spirits (both kind), spontaneous sun in winter, ridiculously expensive moisturizers, sore muscles, foreign underground metros, speaking (or trying to speak) foreign languages, plyometrics
people with excellent posture, polyglots and aspiring oenophiles. the dalai lama. barack obama.
soft jolts, stanley ross, black mountain, love story in blood red, peter bjorn and john, fujiya and miyagi, white stripes, panda bear, otis redding, feist, beat the devil, okkervil river, sam cook, nina simone, smog, taj mahal, ravi shankar, neil young, luciano pavoratti, bob dylan, the clash, talking heads, modest mouse.
little miss sunshine, capote, matchpoint, motorcycle diaries, goonies, v for vendetta, crash, a very long engagement, life is beautiful, e.t., lost in translation, braveheart, war tapes, le fabuleux destin d'amelie poulain, driving miss daisy, he loves me he loves me not, my parent's wedding video
is "planet earth" hiring? top chef junkie
the art of happiness, the awakened life, the giving tree by shel silverstein, la goutte d'or, l'etranger, the empty mirror, tulips and chimneys, stand still like the hummingbird, to kill a mockingbird, dark star safari, people's history of the u.s., like water for chocolate, complications, les fleurs du mal, anything by e.e. cummings, goethe, or rimbaud.
my mother