My amazing nephew , who is more brilliant than all of us combined. (Guess I'll mention the new niece while I'm at it), Maxim Magazine , sarcasm , Budweiser's Real American Heroes / Real Men of Genius , Excellent Grammar , Chocolate Soda , useless information , Netflix , lying on the beach (which rarely ever happens anymore, as my phobia of germs, used syringes, and dead sea animals is growing worse by the hour), Craigslist , great movie quotes , the I-net , Moody Music , Scrabble , Volleyball , Concerts , Brie Cheese Sammiches , Darts , Art Shows , Film Festivals , Spiral Staircases , Palindromes , Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis , my green Schwinn Beach Cruiser (with its pathetic flat tire .... sigh ), milk tea with boba , traveling , NOT having a broken fibula ...Newest obsession: Vanity Fair
Joe Morgenstern, Bob Winter, and Pierre Capretz. If you see your name on this list, send me an email (but only through MySpace, of course).
The Shins, Flake Music, Interpol, Blur, Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Simon and Garfunkle, Daft Punk, Royksopp Music, Air, Travis, Camera Obscura, The Clash, The Rentals, Grand Daddy, Band of Horses, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Coldplay, Alan Braxe, Zoot Woman, Pixies, Basement Jaxx, Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, Visage, Star Sailor, No Doubt, Weezer, Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Placebo, The Sundays, Hooverphonics, The Cardigans, Yves Duteil, Frou Frou, Edith Piaf, Astrud Gilberto, The Police, 10cc, Modest Mouse, Queen, Tom Jones, The Beach Boys, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Cure, Underworld, Self, Wired All Wrong, Roger Sanchez, Bjork, Aaliyah, Sneak, Bright Eyes, Silver Sun Pickups, Azure Ray, Guster, Mew, David Byrne, Feist, Phoenix, Fischerspooner, The Avalanches, Shakira, Gomez, Built to Spill, Coconut Records, Band of Horses
Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Usual Suspects, The Graduate, Amelie, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Time Bandits, Fight Club, Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Professional, L'Auberge Espagnol, Raising Arizona, Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring, My Father's Glory, What About Bob, Garden State, Run Lola Run, A Pure Formality, Catch Me If You Can, Groundhog Day, La Femme Nikita, Closer, Wallace & Grommit, The Last Kiss, The Up Series, To Be and to Have, Wilbur Wants to Kill Kimself, Beyond the Gates of Splendor, Born Into Brothels, Afterlife...
Scrubs, Jeopardy (I'm sorry, "What is Jeopardy?", The Surreal Life, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Office (UK), Wheel of Fortune, Lost, Strangers With Candy, Extras, Flight of the Conchords, Home Movies, Project Runway, ANTM, Surreal Life...(I'm a whore for those trashy reality shows)
David Sedaris, Dave Eggers, David Bezmozgis... I pretty much only read literature by authors named "Dave" or "David."
*Update* Steve Deeds, my mechanic, is my one and only hero. I'm going to name my first born son after him, Steve Deeds Marzioli.