T here are very few things that do not interest me, but if I were to make a short list, this is what it'd look like:
I really enjoy listening to music, especially live jazz or blues, painting and drawing, reading, playing dominoes, fixing the little things, finding new places and new food, watching movies, staying up till absurd hours talking, quiet evenings and party nights, coffee or tea with friends, midday naps, smart remarks, anything that displays care and creativity.
I also am a big fan of cigars and pipes (tobacco only, kids) and I do enjoy a good drink, especially wines or scotches. That being said, I still wouldn't call myself a drinker or a smoker. I love the tastes and the experience of these things. I am never compelled to smoke and I don't drink to get buzzed or drunk. It's a waste of time and a disservice to the craftsmanship and energy invested in creating enjoyable pasttimes.
I'd like to meet:
Geoff, the god of biscuits.
Music:
Current Sounds:
The Deadly Syndrome: The Ortolan
Canada: This Cursed House
Menomena: Friend and Foe
Beirut: Gulag Orkestar, Lon Gisland EP
Jazz: Cal Tjader, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaraldi, Bill Evans, Shelly Berg, Charles Mingus, Art Pepper, Stan Getz, Hugh Masekela, João Gilberto, Tito Puente, Charlie Hunter, Roy Hargrove, Coleman Hawkins, Cannonball Adderly, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Ella Fitzgerald, Dianne Reeves, Diana Krall, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Joshua Redman, Harry Connick Jr., Thelonius Monk- many others that I can't think of at the moment.
More You Should Hear: Van Morrison, The Beatles, Nick Drake, Marvin Gaye, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Simon and Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, American Splendor Soundtrack, CQ Soundtrack, Radiohead, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bloc Party, Björk, José Gonazales, Josh Rouse, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Guster, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, The Shins, The Killers, Boston, U2, Pink Martini, A Band of Bees, De Phazz, Coldplay, Endochine, The Mars Volta, Jack Johnson, Blindside, Demon Hunter, Noise Ratchet, Lovedrug, Thrice, Further Seems Forever, Modest Mouse, Ben Folds, Kieth Green, Jennifer Knapp, Nichole Nordeman, The Rocket Summer, All Together Seperate, Gorillaz, Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Common, Die Fantastischen Vier
Movies:
Off the top of my head: Dick Tracy, Disney's Robin Hood, Disney's The Jungle Book, Charade, CQ, American Spendor, Pulp Fiction, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove, 8 1/2, La Dolce vita, A Band Apart, Amelie, The City of Lost Children, So I Married an Axe Murder, Get Shorty, The Brotherhood of the Wolf, Star Wars Trilogy (There's only three films people), Indiana Jones Trilogy, From Russia With Love, The Great Race, Some Like it Hot, The Apartment, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Nausica of the Valley of the Winds, The Big Lebewski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy, Rounders, Scent of a Woman, The Godfather Trilogy, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brazil, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, Fight Club, Gosford Park, Trainspotting, Buffalo 66, Steamboat Bill Jr., Seven Chances, Modern Times, The Kid
Television:
I tend to run screaming from television as though it were a rabid squirrel carrying bubonic hairball grenades, which, you've got to admit, is at least moderately unpleasant. But I have seen a couple shows which gave me hope for the world of TV...
The Simpsons, even still, after 10 years
Arrested Development- possibly the funniest and most skillfully orchestrated sitcom in recent years.
And naturally I love watching Trojan Football but that's about it.
Books:
All Timers: C.S. Lewis, Hemingway, Dumas, Dickens, Doyle, Asimov, Dr. Seuss
The Bible in a year!
Current Reads:
"A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
"The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell
"A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed" by Jon Atack
Just Finished:
"Perelandra" by C.S. Lewis
"My Life In Heavy Metal" by Steve Almond
"The Red String Book: The Power of Protection, Technology for the Soulâ„¢" by Yehuda Berg
