COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING, speaking and singing voices, old pretty hankercheifs, handsome boys, different kinds of music, cutting through the bullshit, sexiness, non-fiction books about culture, puppies, expression through clothing, context, logic, water, nothing, synethesia, hexaflouride, culture, your hair, your shoes, empathy, movies, listening to music, smiles, good feelings, LAUGHING, finding good places to swim, affection, falsetto, compression, rarefaction.
people who have to wait till certain songs are over to get out of the car, Angelina Jolie
in no particular order (except for radiohead and bjork): RADIOHEAD, BJORK, beck, rock and roll, muse, doves, magnet, U2, The Cardigans, Lucious Jackson, Depeche Mode, the presidents of the united states of america, jamiroquai, blur, A Tribe Called Quest, basement jaxx, portishead, badly drawn boy, ben folds, addison, rufus wainwright, fiona apple, foo fighters, queen, moby, de la soul, phantom planet, coldplay, aimee mann, common, Elliott Smith, Sloan, jurassic 5, outkast, rilo kiley, phoenix, blackalicious, the mars volta, mirah, other styles of music in general: hip hop, jazz, classical, romantic, opera, electronic styles, bluegrass and any combination or flirtation thereof.
M. Night Shyamalan films, The Fifth Element, Leon (aka The Professional), Amelie, 12 Monkeys, The Secret Lives of Dentists, The Impostors, Four Rooms, Kill Bill, The Anniversary Party, Bill & Ted (both), Back to the Future, Idiana Jones, and Labrynth, The Dark Crystal, Legend, also lots of films I can't remember right now, anything that had some effort and talent and care put into it. But I don't like westerns so much.
friends, dinner and a movie on tbs, the law & orders, the daily show, ifc, sundance channel, the colbert report, The Soup
currently: The Age of Abundance, Brink Lindsey; The Fragrance of the Lotus, Great Dharma Master Ji Kwang
bjork