Introspective. Human-shaped. Able to construct impenetrable forts out of basic household furniture. Nursery school graduate. Blindingly self-aware. Deceptively proficient at walking.
philosophical fiction, running around, human behavior, the meaning of meaning, destabilizing situations, lessening the burdens of others, living without purpose, poker, soccer, carrying on heated discussions with ants, trying to impress street signs by looking all tough, looking for love in all the right places (back alleys, libraries, funeral homes).
You enjoy thinking, reading, doing, fornicating or making sand castles. You feel naturally compelled to defy cultural norms.
Classical, Radiohead, The Magnetic Fields, Yo La Tengo, Aphex Twin, Rachels, Modest Mouse, The Dismemberment Plan, They Might Be Giants, Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Weakerthans, Bjork, Weezer, Elliot Smith, Belle and Sebastian, The Smiths, Pedro the Lion, Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine, DJ Shadow, Ani DiFranco, The Last Emperor, Cafe Tacuba, Built to Spill, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, The Microphones, The Mountain Goats, Regina Spektor, Sebadoh, Sunny Day Real Estate, Weezer, dogs barking at inanimate objects, the noise apples make when they fall off of trees, silence.
American History X, The Thin Red Line, Lost in Translation, Schindler's List, Bladerunner, Requiem for a Dream, The Neverending Story, Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure, Shine, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, To Be and to Have.
Commercials, infomercials, emergency broadcast tests, hurricane warnings, probably others.
Steppenwolf. Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The Invisible Man. Walden. Tao Te Ching. Ender's Game. Catch-22. The Courage to Be. One Hundred Years of Solitude. The Stranger. A Clockwork Orange. The Things They Carried. Darkness at Noon. Jitterbug Perfume. Grendel. The Birth and Death of Meaning. A Philosophy of Boredom. Irrational Man. The Wisdom of Insecurity. Man's Search for Meaning. The Republic. On The Road. A wide assortment of pop-up books.
People who embody the teachings of Christ. Those who fornicate in moderation. Anyone who can give me a signed copy of their book. Anyone who can give me a signed copy of their third grade report card. Anyone who can jump really high, or who can eat rocks without even blinking.