classics, the beat poets, old movies, playing outside, going to music festivals, listening to npr, conquering crossword puzzles, playing & watching soccer, going to shows and buying used books.
"BE KIND, FOR EVERYONE YOU MEET IS FIGHTING A GREAT BATTLE." - Philo of Alexandria
I'd like to meet:
my maker, martin heidegger, t.s. eliot, the fitzgeralds, noam chomsky, c.s. lewis, amelia earhart, anthony de mello and sylvia plath.
Music:
...the velvet underground, the faint, radiohead, u2, glen miller, ben folds, weezer, elliott smith, the roots, the pixies, goldenboy, the beatles, starflyer 59, mewithoutyou, john butler trio, ryan adams, two gallants, matisyahu, the zombies, coco rosie, ani difranco, dave crowder band, clap your hands and say yeah, explosions in the sky, ac/dc, simon and garfunkel, the magnetic fields, the mamas and the papas, black heart procession, bob dylan, the shins, magnolia electric co., ladybug transistor, thievery corp., jennifer knapp, frou frou, rocky votolato, belle and sebastian, the smashing pumpkins, david bowie, bread, rage against the machine, elf power, modest mouse, louis armstrong, old blue eyes, blood on the wall, the yeah yeah yeahs, dean martin, bob marley, the who, the starlight mints, rachel yamagata, the beach boys, ben harper, minus the bear, the doves, travis, nico, spiritualized, grandaddy, bright eyes, blue states, gang of four, this was the year to lose friends (that's my little head nod to you colin), omd, the cure, joy division, rosie thomas, the rolling stones, al green, imogen heap, of montreal, mr. shaw & his orch., feist, sigur ros, belle reve, the flaming lips (i AM an oklahoma girl), wilco, cat power, aimee mann, calexico, nina simone, neutral milk hotel, tapes n' tapes, wolf parade, regina spektor, damien rice, sunny day real estate, jeff buckley, beirut, prufrock, billie holiday, death cab, cake...i'll just spare you the rest.
My favorite artist next to the prominent Adam Reaves
(hint: it's Matisse)
Movies:
sylvia, magnolia, the human stain, WES ANDERSON "FILMS", eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, wonder boys, invisible children, some like it hot, the odd couple, fearless freaks, hot fuzz, an unreasonable man, garden state, AI, amelie, in the bedroom, ALMOST everything woody allen touches,the big lebowski, waiting for guffman, punch drunk love, the departed, the wizard of oz, buffalo 66, sleeping beauty, i (heart) huckabees, scotland pa, american beauty, sunset boulevard, hamlet - the kenneth braunaugh one, lost in translation, breakfast at tiffanys, mr. smith goes to washington, north by northwest, arsenic and old lace (Cary Grant is my boyfriend), cool hand luke, field of dreams, the thin man movies, spanglish, city of god, the constant gardener, the squid and the whale, fargo, about a boy, singin' in the rain, the baxter, cat on a hot tin roof, an american in paris, sound of music, junebug, shopgirl, life is beautiful, the notebook, and pride and prejudice (i am a sucker for a good romance)...
Television:
pbs - oeta, that 70s show, this old house, gilmore girls, cash cab, scrubs, seinfeld, arrested development, any Bravo reality show, curb your enthusiasm and jeopardy. i really love anything the history channel airs. one time, while writing a paper for finals in college, i watched the same vietnam war documentary four times. it was just so good.
Books:
What I'm reading right now:
www.librarything.com/profile/hemingwayok
(IF YOU WANT TO KNOW)
Heroes:
Anyone who bites their tongue when they want to say something hateful.
