pumpkin, and all pumpkin derived foods, miso, and all miso derived foods, traveling, communism, worshipping idols and false gods, rock climbing, turbo kickboxing, wandering (in places and in mind), surrealist art and writing, feminist theory (or i was interested, when i was smart), tall black slippers, fruit leather, trail running, doorknob walls at restoration hardware, greeting cards, trader joe's, whole foods, food experiments involving grain, bulgarian street dog psychology, shaking what my mother gave to me, americans and their funny american ways. my favorite liquid substances include: white wine and riesling, chocolate/vanilla/maple syrup soymilk, lychee martinis, mojitos, margaritas, naked juice, mango lassi, banana smoothies, soy chai lattes, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, and warm liquids in general. i'm way into liquids. and i say that without the slightest sexual implications.
flashing jesus.
fruit bats!, ani difranco, sigur ros, tori amos, joni mitchell, yo la tengo, rachel's, jenny lewis, indigo girls, maria mena, broadcast, beth orton, michele branch, lauryn hill, camera obscura, les nubians, tristan prettyman, sarah mclachlan, feist, ida, bjork, portishead, the decemberists, boards of canada, belle and sebastian, nick drake, beck, iron and wine, jimmy eat world, israel kamakawiwo'ole, the shins, smashing pumpkins, the sundays, elliot smith, jack johnson, innocence mission, blur, coldplay, the killers, bright eyes, coldplay, the postal service, death cab for cutie, phoenix, the beatles, ms. jon soda, ben harper, the be good tanyas, regina spektor, jessica sonner, bjork, jolie holland, and justin timberlake.... and more... i'm always listening. currently loving most and listening incessantly/obsessively to: bjork's new album volta, amy winehouse, american idols, old missy elliott, the pussycat dolls, beyonce, kanye west, and other music i can shake my ghetto booty to.
my life without me, lost in translation, amelie, the little mermaid, adaptation, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, me, you, and everyone we know, born into brothels, i heart huckabees, waking life, punch-drunk love, anchorman, pulp fiction, magnolia, run lola run, american beauty, the science of sleep, before sunrise, before sunset, borat, garden state, 49 up, almost famous, napoleon dynamine, memento, annie hall, hotel rwanda, billy elliot, little miss sunshine!!!i also just saw knocked up and laughed my fucking ass off.
heroes, grey's anatomy, lost, the daily show with jon stewart, arrested development. my shamelessly favorite show that kept me sane in bulgaria: alias. and yes, one day i plan on watching the office as i know it would bring me joy. i also heart sarah silverman and zach galifianakis.
all-time: the center of winter (marya hornbacher); the bell jar (sylvia plath); extremely loud & incredibly close (jonathan safran foer); beloved (toni morrison); book of disquietude (fernando pessoa); eiger dreams (jon krakauer); the color purple (alice walker); the alchemist (paulo coelho); tuck everlasting (natalie babbitt); fairy tales; one hundred years of solitude (gabriel garcia marquez); interpreter of maladies and the namesake (jhumpa lahiri); ariel (sylvia plath); the wind-up bird chronicle (haruki murakami); you remind me of me and among the missing (dan chaon); succulent wild woman (SARK); middlesex (jeffrey eugenides); i am charlotte simmons (tom wolfe); you are not a stranger here (adam haslett); all moosewood cookbooks (mollie katzen); all roald dahl; we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families (philip gourevitch); the history of love (nicole krauss); skinny bitch (rory freedman and kim barnouin); and earth from above (yann arthus-bertrand). currently reading: everything that rises: a book of convergences (lawrence weschler); no touch monkey! and other travel lessons learned too late (ayun halliday); cesar's way: the natural, everyday guide to understanding & correcting common dog problems (cesar millan); the children's hospital (chris adrian); how to become a famous writer before you're dead (ariel gore); franny and zooey (j.d. salinger).
this child is my hero. and my fat sister, miranda july, ryan!,
and my really cool ex-boyfriends.