betty & scout. boys, for the purposes of liking & hating. karaoke. the mind/brain. language but not necessarily languages. coats. highways curving overhead where they intersect. word games. canasta. duckpin bowling. atlanta braves baseball. coca-cola in the can. mourning the death of kudzu, luving my dog and cat, trying to make them luv me back, talking long-distance, never missing my tv shows, worrying about what happens when my tv shows end, worrying in general, sitting in a room by myself reading scholarly journals. playing games with the word brain in them on my nintendo ds. wishing i were playing games with the word brain in them on my nintendo ds. growing old gracelessly. buying expensive & beautiful clothes i'll never wear but feel better for having in my closet. feeling conflicted about the South. staying in when i should be going out.
people who wont bore me after a month. hmm...or maybe people who will entertain me for a month until they bore me. skinny pretty boys with dark hair who will make fun of me but then take it back if i get sad. people who are good at word games. people who think i'm weird and charming at the same time. people who have bad dogs or cats and want to complain with me about them. people who dont eat ice cream all the time. people who sound like they're from california but are really from north carolina. people who have been beaten up (especially if there are black eyes involved). people who bring cokes instead of flowers to a date. people who think about what they're going to say before they say it. people who only talk during the commericals. people who will pray over my stomach when i eat too much. people who drive well but dont back into parking spaces. people who will help me try to keep my goat of a dog from eating things that will kill her. people who are reminded of salinger's glass family when they meet mine. people who recognize the limitations of the u of c. but that's it.
my first cd was mchammer. the one with u cant touch that. morbid folk songs about love and murder sung (off key according to some) on long car trips with my whole family. mixed tapes from high school. top 40 songs pounded into my head by karaoke revolution (vols 1-3).
i dont like donny darko.
russian novels and tabloids. books where the hero drinks too much & the heroine grows older and we get to watch it all fall apart. books that dont end before the end.
donny d. simon doonan. tim gunn. chuck norris. but most of all dolly parton.