shimmer, crescendo, whimsy, punctuation, punctuality, pizza, the brooklyn bridge, scrabble, beards, forgiveness, hyperbole, idioms, roller coasters, snorefest 2008 and beyond, tolerance, wikipedia, surprise parties, hedonism, haunted houses, puddle jumping, jumping the gun, making mountains out of mole hills, altruism, deep sighs, furrowed brows, slouching, unconditional love, getting the better even of my blunders, blowing town, joie de vivre, bringing my 'c' game, dancing all night, dirty looks, shit-eating grins, singing you to sleep, redeeming myself, thrift, hunger pangs, pangs of any sort, illusions of grandeur, ex-cons...
those in need of haircuts and real jobs, a good therapist.
the smiths, jeff buckley, the sea and cake, the shins, badly drawn boy, joseph arthur, neutral milk hotel, the verve, doves, the roots, blind melon, wolf parade, richard buckner, neko case, hayden, all things lou barlow, m.i.a., bad religion, elliott smith, iron and wine, the four tops, tahiti 80, spoon, band of horses, the the, guided by voices, smokey robinson, interpol, red house painters, modest mouse, sam cooke, sloan, diana ross and the supremes, dismemberment plan, my bloody valentine, afghan whigs, belle and sebastian, minus the bear, the arcade fire, kings of convenience, pavement, bonnie 'prince' billy, built to spill, pulp, the catherine wheel, lamb, pinback, sufjan stevens, new order, stevie wonder, mogwai, rufus wainwright, ben folds (5), pj harvey, broken social scene, the pixies, air, citizen cope, mazzy star, depeche mode...
jesus' son, bottle rocket, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, almost famous, say anything, dazed and confused, waking life, slacker, dig, 2 days in paris, children of men, the prestige, the royal tenenbaums, kids in the hall: brain candy, junebug, clifford, edward scissorhands, return to oz, dr. strangelove, before sunrise, triplets of belleville, wet hot american summer, a bronx tale, human nature, singles, high fidelity, girls just want to have fun, big lebowski, lost in translation, me and you and everyone we know, amelie, the ten, control...
strangers with candy, mystery science theater 3000, extras, six feet under, the state, d-troit basketball, curb your enthusiasm, arrested development, entourage, the office (bbc), columbo.
jonathan safran foer should put out another book RIGHT NOW. also, i'm still down with douglas coupland, as it turns out.
dr. pepper.