compassion, language barriers, feminism, doo wop, unrequited love, education, ray liotta's eyes, inspiration, monmartre, acceptance, cobblestone streets, arabic, creating, steve madden boots, writing, activism, alleys, wondering, fam, a good meal, good drinks, coexistence, beautiful things, making out with gay guys, benazir bhutto, the spoken and written word, humanity, paul rudd, surrealism, postcolonialism, turn-around jump shots, quoting anchorman, live music, anything that constitutes as a potential muse, salvador dali, dark humor, the pacific ocean, downtowns, learning, sarcasm, suheir hammad, freedom, drifting, alfred hitchcock, resistence, chelsea handler, jager bombs, the outrageous.
"The one thing in which the world will never have enough is the outrageous." -Salvador Dali
smashing pumpkins, the beatles, billie holiday, muse, nas, shakira, mana, the cure, the smiths, jane's addiction, slug, bebel gilberto, journey, the white stripes, beirut, sigur ros, mos def, jefferson airplane, common, the psychedelic furs, aesop rock, lauryn hill, sublime, modest mouse, franz ferdinand, etta james, random doo wop.
the breakfast club, goodfellas, american beauty, zeitgeist, anchorman, superbad, reality bites, the departed, wait until dark, breakfast at tiffany's, sabrina, roman holiday, and every single film directed by alfred hitchcock.
grey's anatomy, cnn siu, top chef, project runway, sex and the city, six feet under, def poetry, anderson cooper
franz kafka, kurt vonnegut, suheir hammad, bell hooks, gustavo arellano, chuck klosterman, sor juana ines de la cruz, padmanaban, moliere. oh, the places you'll go, by dr. seuss.
those who speak up, challenge, and resist. all of those brave men and women who refuse to fight in this pointless war.