mid-century modern housewares and design, writing, food, bicycles, poverty, politics, learning to be succinct, passion.
Someone to write my "about me" section, preferably in what could be described as glowing terms.
led zeppelin meets mos def meets fela kuti meets sufjan stevens. old vinyl from michigan garage sales for my future career as a hipster dj.
crooklyn, the red shoes, george washington, the warriors, over the edge.
barbara kingsolver when i'm not ashamed of my hippie leanings; joan didion when i'm not hating her for being so upper-crust; jason deParle, jennifer gonnerman and william finnegan when i'm trying to find someone to emulate. lots of magazines: new yorker, seed, next american city, readymade, harpers, american prospect, businessweek, newsweek, plenty, washington monthly, city limits, nyt magazine.
stand up people (as in, people with integrity, not to be confused with ludacris' version of same phrase--though i do like luda).