Being "wowed" is the meaning of life, caring, experience(s), expression, humans, *contextual* honesty, waking up next to someone, relearning my old vocabulary/proper spelling, people who really know what they are doing, in/outside, trying to act better than I am, transition, enjoying culture with other people, think/feeling, tennis, professional advancement, politics, electioneering, law, thinking about tomorrow, giving the benefit of the doubt, my ipod, drunk and flirty social situations, scenic driving (walking, nowadays), eye contact, faith, lists, being moved, dichotomy, saying "and" and/or "or"...
People who are not made of plastic.
The kind that goes "boom boom" or "boo hoo".
fellini, allen, anderson, goddard, aronofski, bergman, nichols, kaufman, bunuel, truffaut - films that can be likened to works of art or extraordinary satire rather than just "movies"
family guy, office (the original), basketball, arrested development, northern exposure, twin peaks, curb...
This Side of Paradise is manifesto-esque for me (for better or for worse), Bret Easton Ellis is a heavy-hitter - almost as consistent as Fitzgerald. The Little Prince and the Winter of Our Discontent are great. Vonnegut is cool; Salinger is sweet; Hofstadter is a poet as far as historical analysis is concerned;Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972 made me yearn for politics again; books that dissect law, society, or the individual in cool and unique ways - fiction/nonfiction - are always at the top of my list (on top of anything, really)....
Amory Blaine in seven years. Abe Lincoln.