Music, art, travel, DIY fashion, community, film, vegetarian food, feminism, post-modernism as a general map, rough guides, myth-making, surreality and absurdism, seriousness that leads to silliness (and vice versa), camping, hiking, biking, trying to surf, Ashtanga yoga, plants, animals, collecting records, and books, and books, and lots of books.
Come to me my darling. I will take you in my army.
.. ...... .. ...... ....Old friends. Thrift store records. The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. Nautical rock. Old Country. Jazz. Something dark and twangy. Political or obtuse. Concerning Time Machines. And/or, possibly French. Terri Binion. Nico. Francoise Hardy. The Flaming Lips. Victory at Sea. The Velvets. June of '44. Three Mile Pilot. Slint. Songs: Ohia. Sonic Youth. Jens. And of course, Will Oldham, forever and ever. And lots else.
Goya in Bordeaux, Amelie, To Kill a Mockingbird, Princess Mononoke, The Legend of Rita, Set Me Free, The City of God, The City of Lost Children, Old Joy.
Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Project Runway, Daily Show, Cobert Report, Masterpiece Theater.
For storytelling: Jeanette Winterson, Lorrie Moore, Julia Alvarez, Truman Capote, Gloria Anzaldua, Luce Irigaray. For poetry: Adrienne Rich, Don Paterson, George Szirtes, Sean MacInnes, Ted Hughes, Anne Sexton. For columnists: Frank Rich. And lot's else.
Maggie the Dog, Mary Hansen, people who do what they want with their lives.