writing. reading. listening to music at every/any given moment. cities. people watching. road trips. secret identities. horror movie monsters. ghost stories. ninjas. sideways glances in forward facing situations. cable car rides. drum machines. the search for mythical dairy queens that still carry frozen yogurt.
low key. low maintenance. low drama.kick ass and worthwhile.
tori amos. charlotte martin. kate bush. aimee mann. ani difranco. frou frou. imogen heap. rilo kiley. tegan&sara. m.i.a. sigur ros. ebtg. garbage. daft punk. lisa germano. emily j. wood. kylie minogue. antony & the johnsons. postal service. the yeah yeah yeahs. mum. depeche mode. liz phair. emm gryner. fiona apple. peaches. pj harvey. texas. cat power. air. regina spektor. phoenix. mirah. marianne faithfull. magnetic fields. lamb. courtney love. hole. erasure. deb talan. david usher. chicane. the cardigans. jonatha brooke. le tigre. arcade fire. poe. nine inch nails. the cure. the smiths. ladytron. the futureheads.
muriels wedding. dancer in the dark. donnie darko. the peanut butter solution. legend of billie jean. clock watchers. drop dead gorgeous. party girl. clueless. clue. romey & michelles highschool reunion. teen witch. storytelling (all solondz). truth or dare. don't tell mom the babysitters dead. dogville. welcome to dollhouse. spirited away. show girls. irreversible.
my so-called life. golden girls. eighties cartoons (jem. thundercats. g.i. joe. transformers.) boiling points. project runway. top model and other seemingly one dimensional trash (i'm always up for some critical analysis of television ... i don't think theres enough of it going on.)
angels in america. grimm's fairy tales. glory goes and gets some. the house of mirth. salinger's nine stories. the tipping point. to the light house. shirley jackson's stuff. a home at the end of the world. the perks of being a wallflower. the man who ate everything. a complicated kindness. susan minot. sarah kane. wuthering heights. american psycho (all ellis). story of o. handmaids tale. middlesex. poets: sharon olds. adrienne rich. marie howe. margaret atwood. dean young. daphne gottlieb. nick flynn. mark doty. allen ginsberg. nin andrews. sylvia plath. catullus. heather mchugh. david trinidad. barbara kas. robert lowell. charles simic.