I love bubblewrap!
Things I love: Cultural literacy, KCRW, my dog, my house, my family -- who are too far away, my friends, pumas, the ocean, walks along the beach, the LACMA, a great film, my super comfortable bed, Jackson Pollack, Steve McQueen, traveling, Grace Kelly, expensive jeans, This American Life, giving gifts, Thailand, mac & cheese, the colors red & orange (but not always together), cupcakes, bubble baths, red wine, Sicily, a warm bath towel, NYC (in small doses), taking photos, the History Channel, A great book, candles, cuddling, a good dinner out with friends, sleeping in, weekends with nothing to do, a roaring fire in a fireplace. Things I dislike: Ignorance, chick flicks, lying, Jerry Bruckheimer, flying (but I love to travel), drama, racism, working too much, stupidity, malls, traffic, cooked green peppers, picking up dog poo, most sitcoms, art in Laguna Beach, Wyland, gossip magazines, Mc Donalds, Abercrombie, my nosey neighbors, Green Day, ultra conservative Christans, lines, the 405.
Neil Young, The Flaming Lips, Roxy Music, The Dandy Warhols, Muse, The Shins, old Morrisey, The Who, Feist, Modest Mouse, Badly Drawn Boy, Coldplay, Elliott Smith, Silver Sun Pickups, Sia, Beck, The smiths, The Cult, Amy Winehouse, Echo and the Bunnymen, Grandaddy, Sloan, The Pretenders, Iron & Wine, My Morning Jacket, The Killers, The Shins, Peter Gabriel, Etta James, The New Pornographers, Calla, Marvin Gaye, Aimee Mann, Aim, Astrud Gilberto, Belle & Sabastian, Ballboy, Madness, Bjork, Motown - I am from Detroit remember?, The Funk Brothers, old Prince, The Flaming Lips, Remy Zero, Simon and Garfunkel, old Elton John, Steve Earle, Sleater-Kinney, Zero Seven, Brian Ferry, The Cowboy Junkies, Tom Waits, Mercury Rev, Quincy Jones, The Old '97's, Mum, Travis, Nick Drake, Pete Yorn, The Push Kings, Lily Allen, Quasi, Frou Frou, Ella & Billie, Granddaddy, Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer - (sometimes), Radiohead when I am feeling melodramatic, Star Sailor, Imogen Heap, The Walkmen, Johnny Cash, Wilco, Aretha Frankin, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, I'm sure there's a lot I am missing . . .
My favorite of ALL time is Rear Window.
Dexter, Weeds, This American Life (showtime is the new HBO) I love Netflix.
Catcher in the Rye, Lullaby, In to Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, Choke, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Fig Eater, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Harold and the Purple Crayon (my favorite), The Lovely Bones, any of the Choose Your Own Adventure Books (even though I always died early on), Lucky, Where the Wild Things Are . . .