Writing, correct and efficient adverbial usage, journalism, live music, reading, tennis, photography, NYC, Converse, Walt Disney World, coffee, the blogosphere, England, Japan, Impressionist art, video games, smoking hookah, scrapbooking, cooking, obscure pop culture references, tweezing my eyebrows, collecting miniature snowglobes, theater, board games, bocce, Rivers Cuomo, creativity, storytelling, nostalgia, argyle, politics, the Oregon Trail, the color green, getting my thrift on, deep conversation, music magazines, tuna salad.
I'd like to meet:
Rivers Cuomo,
John Lennon, Rob Sheffield,
Jann Wenner, Woody Allen,
Wes Anderson,
J.D. Salinger,
Chuck Klosterman, Morrissey,
Jason Schwartzman,
Gloria Steinem, people who can appreciate a fabulous album.
Music:
Top 6: The Beatles, Weezer, Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie, The Smiths, Arcade Fire. Additionally: Rilo Kiley, Electric Light Orchestra, Daft Punk, Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, John Lennon, Margot & The Nuclear So and So's, David Bowie, Deerhoof, Jamiroquai, Jenny Lewis, Thom Yorke, The Magnetic Fields, Nostra Nova, St. Vincent, Badly Drawn Boy, The Wrens, Beulah, Cursive, Elvis Costello, Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, John Vanderslice, LCD Soundsystem, Fiona Apple, Pixies, Ben Kweller, The Apples in Stereo, We Are Scientists, The National, The Postal Service, Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd, Phantom Planet, The Decemberists, The Flaming Lips, One Forth Awesome, The Good Life, Animal Collective, Carina Round, Andrew Bird, Roxy Music, Silver Jews, Spoon, Sybris, Southeast Engine, Simon and Garfunkel, The Raconteurs, Pixies, The White Stripes, R.E.M., Elefant, Polaris, Sean Lennon, The Thrills, Ben Folds, Modest Mouse, Motion City Soundtrack, Artic Monkeys, Morrissey, Bob Dylan, Joy Division, Elton John, Ted Leo, Hot Hot Heat, Clinic, Georgie James, Talking Heads, Cold War Kids, Al Green, CCR, Iron & Wine, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Franz Ferdinand, The Cars, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The New Pornographers, Saves the Day, Maritime, The New Amsterdams, Built to Spill, The Get Up Kids, The Doors, The Like, Oasis, The Killers, Barenaked Ladies, Nirvana, Johnny Cash, Air, No Doubt (early stuff only), Brand New, Foo Fighters, The Strokes, OKGO, Frank Sinatra. Lots more. Music is my boyfriend.
Movies:
Directors: Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, John Hughes, Quentin Tarrentino.
Films: Rushmore,
Annie Hall, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Empire Records, The Graduate,
Orange County, Shopgirl, The Squid & the Whale,
High Fidelity, Kill Bill, Grindhouse, Office Space,
American Beauty, Zoolander, Shattered Glass,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Almost Famous, Matchpoint, Royal Tenenbaums.
Television:
Arrested Development, Gilmore Girls, Six Feet Under, Survivor, Sex and the City, What Not to Wear, Boy Meets World, Top Chef, Salute Your Shorts, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Daria, America's Next Top Model, Food Network.
Books:
Catcher in the Rye (Holden Caulfield = loverly), Franny & Zooey, Nine Stories, Love is a Mix Tape, The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Flowers for Algernon, Beatles Anthology, Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs, The Great Gatsby, Pygmalion, The Importance of Being Earnest.
Heroes:
My father, John Lennon, Cheryl Oyler, J.D. Salinger.
