i can climb trees faster than you.
.....sulking, pretending to be a mermaid in the bathtub. believing in fairy tales, giving roadkill a proper memorial service, grotesque caricature taxidermy from the ninteenth century, people who notice absurdities, being left the hell alone,victorian post-mortem photography, sewing, home taxidermy, making fun of jocks. dollies, elves, full moons, ghosts, glueing stuff to other stuff, dead things. old things. torn things. spooky things. and appreciating otherwise discarded, ignored, unloved things that repulse most people my age.
a talking owl who knows where to find the elves,
...or morrissey. like minded fledgeling astrologers, paranormal enthusiasts, and taco-bell employees so i can get sweet hook-ups.
People who are as big of elitist bastards about their music as i am. people who believe in ghosts...thats all...no one else.
elliott smith, The cure, death in june, the cars, the brian jonestown massacre, the creatures, echo and the bunnymen, jeff buckley, belle and sebastian, morphine, the damned, bach, roky erikson, wire, the cocteau twins, dead can dance, morrissey, witchcraft, ladytron, my bloody valentine, the psychadelic furs, iron and wine, crisis, the birthday party, the decemberists, the cramps, azure ray, the pixies, nick cave and the bad seeds, depeche mode, siouxsie and the banshees, the murder city devils, the velvet undergound, neko case, the faint, bauhaus, the red house painters, the glee club, motorhead, the smiths, portishead, the black heart procession, rasputina, your shitty local band, christian death...
grizzly man, twice a week.
.. harold and maude, city of lost children, the royal tennenbaums, suspiria, ghost world, buffalo 66,pan's labyrinth, mad max, the piano, the dead zone, any john hughes movie, any christopher guest movie, amelie, garden state, lord of the rings, the dark crystal, labyrinth, star wars, legend, the cabinet of dr. caligari, the nightmare before christmas, the original silent phantom of the opera, hellraiser, edward scissorhands, the secret garden.
dark shadows. the simpsons. southpark. carnivale. rome. the daily show. america's next top model. anything with or about paris hilton. the munsters. the addams family. the hills. (lc.)
The Bell Jar, 16th and 17th century biographies about english and french monarchs. Crime and Punishment, Valley of the Dolls, Jane Eyre,Till we have Faces. Fight Club, Invisible Monsters. (any chuck palanuik actually.) any Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft. Lord of the rings trilogy, the Secret Garden, Wuthering Heights, Jane Austen (all of em), Great Expectations, any Anne Rice, Monatague summers History of Witchcraft and Demonology. Like water for Chocolate, Dracula, Keats poetry, Catcher in the Rye, the Bible, any dorky fantasy book, specifically R.A Salvatore's Dark Elf trilogy (DRIZZT!!!!),Katherine Kerr, Kate Elliot, Robin Hobb, and Stephen Donaldson.and of course C.S. Elliot. anything about ghosts, angels, poets, scholars, artists, freemasons, egypt, magic, faeries, elves, religions, Gods, Myths, legends, cults, demons, monsters, alchemists, victorians, catholics, sorcery, occult, satanists, and just all around spooky stuff.
My cat, jesus, the Ents, your cat, and robert smith.