music.music.music.post-cold war political and economic transition in central and eastern europe.my friends.my niece and nephew.the UK.romania.board games.indian food.BBQ-ing.arguing with thom.cooking.vlad tepes.traveling.observing and trying to understand people.defining my personal ideology.mozartkugel . toast and tomatoes, sometimes with cheese, always with salt and pepper. cherry bakewells
irwin "fletch" fletcher, clark w. griswold, jr., ty webb, andy farmer, emmett fitzhume, dusty bottoms.i've met morrissey, looked at photos with boz boorer and his daughter, talked to & gotten a big squeeze from billy bragg, chatted with mark gardener, been checked out by ian brown, and discussed a joint deli venture with dave grohl. i think i'm pretty much set for now. not random dudes on myspace.grown ups who know how to play.romanians (Imi pare bine de cunostinta! Ce mai faceti?).fellow air cowbell percussionists.myself in 10 years.people who want to play board games.non-douche bags.i do not want to be friends with your band.gary, i know it is difficult going through a divorce. i will mend your broken heart.
the smiths.morrissey.depeche mode.ride.mark gardener.the stone roses.joy divsion.nick cave.the cure.beethoven.suede.kent.the motorhomes.paus.the charlatans.danzig.wolfmother.the jesus and mary chain.billy bragg.fugazi.longwave.meow meow.radiohead.television.the new year.doves.bowie.buzzcocks.catherine wheel.pulp/jarv solo, for fucking sure.minor threat.andrew bird.primal scream.sonic youth.echo&the bunnymen.rialto.death cab.postal service.new york dolls.tone.bill monroe.oasis.slowdive.sondre lerche.rockfour.sleepytime trio.my bloody valentine/kevin shields.motley crue.lush.paloalto.the doors.rem.muse.erasure.rilo kiley.unbroken.sufjan stevens.rftc.pixies.superdrag.tindersticks.hoover.dag nasty.early pearl jam.the pretenders.husker du.drive like jehu.nick drake.blur.jeff buckley.manics.lightning [email protected] crimson curse.the locust.adorable.beatles.stones.zeppelin.geneva.the fall.maximillian colby.the jam/paul weller.dinosaur jr.lifetime.early metallica.t rex.gene.richard ashcroft.i dunno...lots of stuff...anything beautiful, noisy and/or interesting.
l'auberge espagnole.WINGS OF DESIRE.christmas vacation.all pre-1990 chevy chase movies (although 'vegas vacation' does have a special place in my heart).LOTR.the usual suspects.immortal beloved.everything is illuminated.the professional.YOUNG GUNS II!.star wars.24 hour party people.billy elliot.casablanca.all monty python movies.velvet goldmine.character.breakfast at tiffany's.roman holiday.eddie izzard: unrepeatable.the graduate.mad max.anything and everything with gary oldman, audrey hepburn, johnny depp, john cusack, or jason lee.most films by wim wenders and david lynch.anything featuring zombies and/or gratuitous gore.koyaanisqatsi.most will ferrell movies - until semipro, which was horrendous.lost in translation.anything featuring bill murray..he is a genius.
slings & arrows.top chef.project runway.LOST.torchwood!it's always sunny in philadelphia.top gear.anthony bourdain.NGC-HD.twin peaks.i want to marry any carnation of doctor who.little britain.six feet under (rip).law & order.best week ever.eastenders.monty python.all british sitcoms.KITH.the state.BBC world news.the food network.the travel channel.i used to love jeopardy until my intense loathing for alex trebek began.
currently reading: the shining and the new lou dobbs book. but usually just reading stuff for school. and lots of it. my new academic hero is vladimir tismaneanu--if you're interested in Cold War and post-Cold War central and eastern Europe you should read him. i was stoked on the historian until the end when it became the worst book ever.the economist, congress daily, and automotive news europe. the art of happiness.the united states of europe.anything by emerson.everything by dan brown.LOTR.harry potter.the alchemist.the pilgrimage.everything everything everything by oscar wilde.everything by nick hornby.everything by dave barry.everything by bill bryson.everything by stephen fry.most things by david sedaris.band biographies.most books about post-cold war europe and european integration.pretty much any books on politics that aren't ridiculously biased.books about buddhism and eastern thought.books about romania.these days i don't really get to read for fun, but luckily i enjoy most things i have to read for school.
these two absurdities that i call family:.my family.my grandmothers.my uncle.my roommates.jay littleton.my lovely ladies in eng-er-land.anyone who is able to get their master's and then go straight into their phD - you crazy.anyone who does/has done anything innovative in music.steve perry.people with some sort of direction in their lives.eric idle and john cleese.andy pipkin.