drop off laundry. continuing education. tv and takeout. random acts of kindness. surprise parties. old couples holding hands. dangling my fancies. a certain italian-bulgarian-french-canadian midwestern new yorker. ginger and cayenne tea. old habits and new resolutions. letters and long distance phone calls. postcards and photographs. weimeraners and weiner dogs. green tea and gas station cappucino. giving haircuts and giving advice. guilty pleasures and schoolgirl crushes. laughter and whispering. rockin and hushin babies. hard knox and durty sox. the PFTZ and the rankin street hindudes. mara's cooking and brooke's spontaneity. fiberoptics and the vibrasonic knob on my record player. clavicles and innominates. hazel eyes and a cleft chin. chapstick and nose spray. electric blankets and tshirt sheets. excellent spellers and sexy dorks. milkshakes and cupcakes. faded jeans and jellybeans. fancy hotels and cheap motels. banana seats and breakheart beats. the smell of the pavement after it rains, the smell of the sky before it snows, and the smell of leaves after they have fallen from the trees.
I'd like to meet:
a melodica teacher. saturday afternoon. me and you and everyone we know. a long walk. a breath of fresh air. a snow angel. a half nelson. someone i'd kick my dog out of bed for..oh wait, i've already met him. carefree but not careless. a massage. and
Music:
dead leaves crunching beneath your feet, rain falling on the skylight, breaking glass, breaking waves, breathing patterns of a sleeping lover, electronic cooling devices, crackling vinyl, theramins, accordions, leslies, harmonicas, maracas, and tambourines. debbie, nico, lou, leonard, serge and jane, george, paul, john, ringo, syd, marc, mick, ric, bruce, stevie, emmylou, johnny, willie, otis, sam, aretha. jolie holland, devendra banhart, m ward, nina simone, silver jews, lou barlow, neutral milk hotel, yo la tengo, explosions in the sky. die slaughterhaus/douchemaster records, the sub pop catalogue, exile on main street, here come the warm jets. mermaid avenue vol. 2. astral weeks. orchestral manoeuvers in the dark. heart. nuggets. wolf parade. white magic. black mountain. electrelane. the concretes. el perro del mar. pb&j. man man. gogol borello. andrew bird, neko case, smog, beach house, deerhunter, white williams, girl talk, hearts of darknesses, grizzly bear, oxford collapse, no age, thee oh sees, the black lips (are the best thing to happen to rock and roll in the past decade), pleasure forever (and ever). anything nostalgic, anything strong enough to break my heart.
Movies:
scary ones (but only if i'm watching them with someone who will let me dig my nails into their arm), double features at the starlight six drive-in, la vie en rose, no country for old men, into the wild, kill bill vols I and II, death proof, grey gardens, harold and maude, march of the penguins, everything is illuminated, the adventures of sebastian cole, amelie, l'auberge espagnole, y tu mama tambien, the motorcycle diaries, raising victor vargas, 28 days later, donnie darko, lovely and amazing, garden state, lost in translation, the virgin suicides, the dangerous lives of altar boys, tadpole, igby goes down, about a boy, love actually, ghost world, welcome to the dollhouse, buffalo '66, jesus' son, beautiful girls, the outsiders, stand by me, american graffiti, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, a christmas story, the princess bride, the goonies, footloose, lost boys, anything with the coreys, anything by john hughes
Television:
lately it's all about supernanny and wife swap.
Books:
extremely loud and incredibly close. the history of love. ask the dust, on the road, moon, the stranger, shutterbabe, the fuck up, dog run, the idiot girls action adventure club, catcher in the rye, me talk pretty one day, naked, sweet action magazine, webster's ninth new collegiate dictionary, the new american roget's college thesaurus in dictionary form, the new comparative world atlas
Heroes:
marc bolan, mo rocca, debbie harry, johnny cash, anita pallenburg & patti palladin, my nana
