Painting and drinking coffee, environmental sciences, working for the man, ornothology, eating chocolate, astronomy, contemplating the dirge that is my existence, and sodding. Erin and I are also budding horologists.
Nina Hagen, Elvis' racist ass, Gumby, Black Jesus, Lydia Lunch, HH the Dalai Lama, Schiaparelli, The Little Prince, Virginia Wolfe, Patti Smith, D.H. Lawrence, David Bowie, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Carl Sagan, Lady Godiva, Einstein, Jim Henson, ChocoKitty, and my great great Grandfather C.H. Doty
The Walkmen, Witch, Dengue Fever, Arcade Fire, Colour Box, Billie Holliday, Explosions In The Sky, Joy Division, Sonic Youth, Cambodian folk and pop, Echo and the Bunnymen, Air, Bethlehem, Doves, Pelican, Devotchka, Del, Sleep, Gangstarr, Russian Circles, and I suppose, while I'm at it, Manslaughterer...
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Empire of the Sun, The Little Prince, the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Photographing Fairies, May, To Sir With Love, Letter to Brezhnev, Kung Fu joints, The Tin Drum, Freaks, Two Thousand Maniacs, and other crap I can't remember...
The episode of Untold Stories of the ER, where a psych patient keeps repeating "I have worms in me," and she really does; earthworms and dirt had been deliberately implanted under her skin and in her orifices. She came to love them, giving them names and insisting the doctors save each one in plastic boxes until she could find them a suitable home. Public Television (WGBH Boston!), Twin Peaks (takin ya back), the Sci-Fi Channel, TCM, AMC, some Comedy Central, and although it's counterintuitive, CNN and a few soul-rotting reality shows. But, TV generally licks my rim; I prefer NPR.
I really like books with dystopian themes, like 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale. Reading stories like Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow that showcase a doomed and twisted future really relaxes me. Authors I like: Vonnegut (imagining him in his heaven makes me smile), D H Lawrence , Tom Robbins, Nick Bantock, and David Sedaris......Right now I'm re-reading Song of Solomon.
Kim Gordon, Chomsky, Black Elk, Karl Marx, Patti Smith, Hawking, and many others, but I don't focus on good things like heroes, due to my refreshingly pessimistic nature.