Food. music. art. museums. photography. literature. people. life in itself. the raw beauty of people doing ordinary things in inordinately ways. going to the zoo. architecture. the smell of autumn. sweater weather. falling asleep listening to the rain. open windows. shopping for food. politics, religion and education. the exileration of free will. cooking. sleeping in late. not getting dressed unless I have to. cooking in heels and wearing sexy aprons. good coffee and toast. great wine. breakfast at 3 in the afternoon. city sky scapes. anything not having to do with work. traveling just to take photos. photos of anything not within the norm. things that are not brightly colored. black and white shots. filters on cameras. leg warmers and heels. chocolate martinis. fiji mums. eating out. getting ready to go out. pumpkins and tequila. moon river. sweet compliments.
people who wear bear hats.
New Order, there's nothing it can't cure. Jackson's Off the Wall. french house. italo. house in general, it really doesn't matter to be specific. Alice In Chains. old Motown disco stuff. front 242. b-sides. music i can dance around and sing to. Social D. Misfits. Danzig. AC/DC. G n R. Bowie. Portishead. Concrete Blonde. Joy Divison. The Smiths, Morrisey stuff as well. 80s New Wave. The Kinks. The Clash. The Pixies. Bauhaus but not so much Peter Murphy stuff. Deltron. Tribe. Quest. de la soul. Bouncing Souls. Mustard Plug. Avail. Sinatra. the soundtrack to Grosse Point Blank. Duran Duran. the Go-Gos [my first 45] and Blondie. chill dub. a bit of realization music now and then. Sex Pistols. Henri Mancini.
Amelie. anything w/ Audrey Tautou. Almost Famous. old Sinatra movies. anything with Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Steal This Movie (Abby Hoffman). Disney classics. Requiem For A Dream. Breakfast At Tiffany's (the book is nothing like the movie, they don't fall in love in the rain in New York with a kitty in her coat..it's a sham, she leaves for South America, he doesn't go after her but then regrets it..it's rather sad, the movie is much happier and romantic). foreign films. Life is Beautiful. The Monster. Johnny Stecchino. Less Than Zero. most movies with Robert Downey Jr. Sid and Nancy. The Dreamers. Jean Luc Godard movies. old Bill Murray movies. Casino. High Art. independent films. Grosse Point Blank. Secretary. Boogie Nights. movies w/ girls in bunny costumes in rollerskates w/ disco balls. movies that happen on a Saturday night. Doris Day and Rock Hudson movies. Old movies.
TV that's out of the ordinary.
art photography books. cookbooks. philosophical books. books about politics. books that have nothing to do anything of importance. magazine junkie. the Anarchist Cookbook. Catcher In The Rye. 100 years of Solitude. anything by Brett Easton Ellis. Anne Rice. Stephen King, The Eyes of The Dragon is really the only one. anything by Burroughs, Cassidy, etc. Koontz. anything by Truman Capote. Hemingway. serious books. books about new york. books about europe. The Little Prince. The Velveteen Rabbit. Tasha Tudor. The Corrections. Mark Haddon. A Million Little Pieces and the sequel. memoirs. non-fiction books about people living life in inordinately ways.
I am my own personal hero.