Even amidst fierce flames the golden lotus can be planted.
currently: nfl '08. anything that smells like vanilla. candles. music. art history. really good art and really bad art. the 40s. babies. reading. writing. seeing new places. camping. tattoos. fresh mojitos and the Keys. lilies. beach days. godiva coffee. dive bars. good wine. and the constant pursuit of a higher state of Chi.
Jane's Addiction, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jack Johnson, Mike Ness/Social Distortion, The Stones, Sonic Youth, Rancid and Op Ivy, Dropkick Murphys, Slightly Stoopid, The Legendary Shack Shakers, Nico, Hot Water Music, NOFX, Fishbone, The New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders, Lou Reed, Screeching Weasel, Descendents, Reverend Horton Heat, Mephiskapheles, Van Morrison, The Cramps, Motorhead, Johnny Cash, Arlo Guthrie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Distillers, Nirvana, Bad Brains, Bouncing Souls, The Pixies, Blind Melon, Hank Williams Sr. and Jr, Weezer, The Violent Femmes, The Clash, The Bloodhound Gang, Radiohead, Southern Culture On The Skids, The Misfits, None More Black, Pete Yorn, G Love And Special Sauce, Hepcat, Jawbreaker, Paul Simon, Led Zeppelin, The Vibrators, Mudhoney, The Velvet Underground, Stiff Little Fingers, The Specials, Primus, Pennywise, White Zombie....I can keep going and going and going, you know..
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Notebook, True Romance, Donnie Darko, Gummo, The Jerk, Finding Neverland, Blow, Happiness, House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, My Cousin Vinny, The Big Lebowski, The Boondock Saints, The Warriors, Spaceballs, Harry Potter I, II, III, & IV, Trainspotting, Easy Rider, The Virgin Suicides, Requiem For A Dream, Natural Born Killers, Casino, Man On Fire, American Beauty, Old School, Joe Dirt...there's tons more that I know I'm forgetting...
The Sopranos, Band of Brothers, Jeopardy, The Dog Whisperer, pretty much anything on Animal Planet, National Geographic, Discovery Times, or the History Channel, CNN and MSNBC, Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Boondocks, South Park, Chappelle Show, That 70s Show, The Daily Show, Girls Next Door, and I must admit that I will occasionally tune into an E! True Hollywood Story every now and then.
Still Life with Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, Another Roadside Attraction, Skinny Legs and All, The Naked Lunch, Prozac Nation, The Bell Jar, Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, How To Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale, The Harry Potter series.
Tom Robbins, Jack Kerouac, Sylvia Plath, Frida Kahlo, Dylan Thomas, Bob Dylan, and my sister.....