Conversation, reading, drawing, dancing around, learning new things, knitting, satire, vocabulary, design, graphic novels, independent comics, cartoons, libraries, writing, thrift stores, history, cooking, art, people, the outdoors, culture (high and low), bars, language, critical thinking, illustration, food, parties, knick-knacks, camping, cheap wine, Baltimore, spelling, observation, words, Achewood, juxtaposition, flamingos, museums, sushi, photos, social commentary, Indian food, corny jokes, grocery shopping, poems, American Elf, psychology, trivia, the incredible edible internet, documentaries, getting out of the house.
I'd like to meet:
People. Interesting people. Particularly those who have a sense of humor, good taste, and the ability to string together a complete sentence. (The ability to string together an intelligent, enlightening, and entertaining conversation is even better.)
Music:
First and foremost: Beck and They Might Be Giants. The rest, somewhat alphabetically: Badly Drawn Boy, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds Five, Bjork, Cake, Dandy Warhols, Deathcab for Cutie, Deathray Davies, The Donnas, Eels, Elliott Smith, Elytra, Fiona Apple, Flaming Lips, Flogging Molly, Fountains of Wayne, Franz Ferdinand, Gillian Welch, The Hives, old Hole, Imperial Teen, Laura Cantrell, Le Tigre, Murder by Death, Nirvana, Old 97s, old Liz Phair, PJ Harvey, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Primus, Radiohead, Rasputina, Simon & Garfunkel, Sleater-Kinney, old Smashing Pumpkins, Tori Amos, TV on the Radio, old Weezer, White Stripes, Wilco.
Movies:
The Royal Tenenbaums, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Clerks, Pulp Fiction, Rushmore, Ghost World, Lost in Translation, Amelie, Pink Flamingos, Mallrats, Waking Life, Lord of the Rings, 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Pi, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Pecker, Cold Mountain, This is Spinal Tap, Buffalo '66, CQ, Bowling for Columbine, Waiting for Guffman, Slums of Beverly Hills, Dazed and Confused, Dogma, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Harold and Maude, Being John Malkovich, Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail, Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2, Best in Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Life of Brian, Star Wars, Office Space, The Opposite of Sex, The Virgin Suicides, Trainspotting, Triplets of Belleville, Donnie Darko, etc., etc.
Television:
The Simpsons, Futurama, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy, Home Movies, Sealab 2021, Harvey Birdman, Mission Hill, Samurai Champloo, MST3K (oh where did you go,) Kids in the Hall, PBS, etc. etc.
Books:
Authors in general: Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, Chuck Palahniuk, Jeffrey Eugenides, Sylvia Plath, J.R.R. Tolkien, Douglas Adams, some Tom Robbins, Dave Eggers, bunch of others. Books in general: Fiction (20th century classics, dystopic-future, whatever seems unique - some of the books I've enjoyed most are debut novels by new authors) and non-fiction (cultural, anthropological, sociological, historical, political, biographical, etc.) Independent comics/graphic novels: James Kochalka, Chris Onstad, Will Eisner, Craig Thompson, Harvey Pekar, Daniel Clowes, Lynda Barry, Jeffrey Brown, R. Crumb.
Heroes:
Debbie Smith, Beck Hansen, and Grandma.
