ani difranco, MISS VAN, Fafi, arts & crafts, reading any and everything writing letters (old school postal), traveling, punk, "bust", my awesome kind friends, butterflies, museums, cars, pin ups, Johnny the Homocidal Maniac, Squee, road trips, London, history, feminism, sewing, art exhibits, random acts of kindness, DIY, my sisters, Greek and Roman myths, fairies, Chicago, the divine bettie Page, French Quarter, NYC, Saddle creek records, literary quotes, PURSES, Film brat, decoupage, suicide girls, HELLO KITTY, union jack, fuzzy navels, hope, anne taintor, postcards, photograpy, Suicide Casanova, down town shops, nail varnish, self love,PINK, music other than radio crap, dresses, soul, ceramics, painting, boxes and my cherry dress.
Ani Difranco (to tell her she saves my life everyday)
First and foremost... Ani difranco then... Bright Eyes, Cursive, Dresden Dolls, (All Punk Cabaret makes me happier) The Smiths, The Cure, Violent Femmes, Pearl Jam, The Editors, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Devil Doll, Saul Williams, alkaline Trio, Death Cab for Cutie, Damian Rice, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, The Postal Service, regina spektor, Tori, Fiona, My morning Jacket, Liz Phair, Radiohead, Wednesday 13, slow Danzig songs, Ryan Adams *before he became a press whore*, The Streets, Ella Fitzgerald, Anthony Hamilton, all three Hallelujah versions, Jack Johnson, Blur, Pulp, Modest Mouse, The Arcade Fire, Classical, Me first and the gimme gimmes, Bad Religion, Joseph Arthur, Misfits, Spoken Word Poets are lyrical masters of beauty... Im Sure there is more, just drawing a blank under all of this pressure to produce.
To name a few... House of Yes, Run Lola Run, Amelie, Little Miss Sunshine, Empire Records, Snatch, Love me if you dare, Walk the Line, Lord of War, Shaun of the Dead, both Ocean 11s, all the aliens, AVP, Ghostbusters 1 & 2, all the Godfathers, anything with Audrey!, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation, Elizabeth Town, Serenity, Home for the Holidays, Working Girl, the Kill bills, Secretary, Mureals Wedding,80s teen movies, Kevin Smith films Desperatly Seeking Susan, Sliding Doors, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and sensability, Mansfield Park (See a pattern?) And of course the 2 Ani Documentaries. And Kevin Smith films
Poetry junkie: ee cummings... Anything Jane austen, chinese take out, Arthur Nersesian, dog run, Suicide Casssanova, the fuck up, fight club, lullaby, ANYTHING DOUGLAS COUPLAND!, poetry of dorothy parker, langston hughs, margaret atwood, william carlos williams, Chuck Palahniuk, charles baudelaire, charles burkowski, emily dickinson, a million little pieces (even if it is fake), Wicked, my legendary girlfriend, the great gatsby, bulfichs greek mythology
my mom, my sisters, Ani Difranco, Bettie Page, Feminists who changed the world, JFK, and a few others who have come in and out of my life. True Graffiti Bombers...