Photography
Journalism, NGOs that work for human rights and international development (Oxfam, Red Cross, CARE Canada), Japanese culture, the intricacies of the cultural differences between the US and Canada, American politics, Canadian art, unpretentious art, newspapers, CBC, sustainability, political economy, photography, journalism, people
Because we're rediculous... ly awesome.
Akin to my breakdowns
Cat Power, The Dudes, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins, Metric, Neko Case, Poe, Regina Spektor, Rilo Kiley, Spoon, Sufjan Stevens, The Go! Team, The New Pornographers, The Poppy Family, Portishead, Massive Attack, Ok Go, The Western Investors, Laura Barrett
Advent Children, Iron Jawed Angels, V For Vendetta, The Stepford Wives, Chicago, The Life Aquatic, Amelie, Moulin Rouge, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, Nausicaa: of the Valley of the Wind, Laputa, Luther, Batman Begins, Constantine, The Brothers Grimm, Pan's Labrynth,
Sex in the City, Heroes, America's Next Top Model, Doctor Who
Victorian scientific romances ... but not where romance = love story. Where romance = "A long fictitious tale of heroes and extraordinary or mysterious events, usually set in a distant time or place."
And Cyberpunk. If you don't like/understand cyberpunk we can be friends, but don't bother trying to date me.
And American classics. Specifically The Grapes of Wrath, The Jungle, and Catcher in the Rye (me and everyone else..)
Everything by Madaline L'Engle and James Clavell
Alice Paul, Susan B. Anthony, Emma Goldman, Ada Lovelace, Molly Pitcher, Richard Avedon, Marshall McLuhan, my MOM!
"A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth." -- Richard Avedon