Political rallies and causes. Northern European Renaissance Painting. Abstract Expressionism. ukiyo-e. Self-Portraiture. playing my old guitar. knitting scarves because I don't have the patience to knit anything else. swinging on old school swing sets. annoying THE MAN. southern breakfasts. those huge trees in the Pacific Northwest. really good gyoza. Archibald Sisters in Olympia, WA.
I'd like to meet:
Artists, art lovers, collectors, and historians, feminists, survivors, political activists, or *almost* anyone who just thinks "Hey, I'd like to have her as a friend." This doesn't include you silly spammers though...
Music:
PJ Harvey. Ella Fitzgerald. Chopin. Miles Davis. Arab Strap. The Married Monk. Fiona Apple. Soundgarden. Nirvana. Beth Orton. Massive Attack.
Movies:
Harold and Maude. The Scent of Green Papaya. The Motorcycle Diaries. Steve Martin films. Tampopo. Raise the Red Lantern. Y Tu Mama Tambien. The Vertical Ray of the Sun. Solaris. Sid and Nancy. Zoolander. Spring Summer Fall Winter...and Spring. Donnie Darko. 28 days later. Layer Cake. Arsenic and Old Lace. Holiday (also with Cary Grant). Journey to the Center of the Earth (one with James Mason, not the stupid remake)
Television:
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. Family Guy. South Park. My Name is Earl. Miami Ink. Mama's Family...yes, I said Mama's Family.
Books:
L'Amant de la Chine du Nord and Les Yeux bleus, cheveux noirs by Marguerite Duras. Adam Davies' The Frog King. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. Farewell my Concubine by Lilian Lee. Rimbaud's Une saison en enfer. Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle.
Heroes:
relief workers. women's rights activists. Stella Marrs - one of her postcards:
