Chi-town... Rock music, knitting, learning to sew and cook, Hindi film ("Bollywood") and silent films, NPR, Being Pampered (i.e., at the spa), window shopping, Rock Posters, traveling, Speaking french, literature, writing, reflective surfaces, Indian and Thai food, Vintage furniture, cutesy Japanese stuff, Haute Couture, Rococo and Victorian era social history, etiquette books from the 1930s, architecture, Interior/exterior design magazines/books, pretty flowers, kittens (even though I'm allergic to them), Hello Kitty, things that sparkle or make cool noises, eastern philosophy, ancient history/mythology, Psychology, Sociology and Human Sexuality, nature, driving at dusk, watching the stars under a night sky, taking naps during the day while sunshine pours through the window, coffee & green tea, drinking a quality glass of wine with interesting dinner companions, skinny pretty guys with dark eyes and hair, weird people, cemetaries and creepy old houses
I'd like to meet:
Someone who is worth my time (which I will ultimately be the judge of that).
Prerequisites: Above average intelligence, enjoys stimulating conversation, classy. No morons please :)
Music:
I love music so this list is long - Antony & The Johnsons, Arcade Fire, Architecture in Helsinki, Badly Drawn Boy, B.R.M.C., Bob Dylan, Blonde Redhead, Bright Eyes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Clash, The Comas, The Cure, The Dears, Deathcab for Cutie, Electrelane, Fine China, Flaming Lips, The Good Life, Gorillaz, The Go! Team, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, Her Space Holiday, Husky Rescue, Isobel Campbell, Ivy, Jenny Lewis/Rilo Kiley, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Jose Gonzalez, Kings of Convenience, Leonard Cohen, Loretta Lynn, Louis XIV, Magnetic Fields, Margot & The Nuclear So and Sos, Metric, M. Ward, Neko Case, Nick Cave, Of Montreal, Pink Martini, The Pixies, Psapp, Pulp, Radiohead, Saint Etienne, Siouxsie Sioux, The Smiths, Sondre Lerche, Spiritualized, Spoon, Starlight Mints, Stars, Tegan & Sara, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits, Travis, The Velvet Underground, Violent Femmes, Weezer, White Stripes, Yo La Tengo...Also Classical music, Hindi film music and Blues/Jazz. Currently listening to Charlotte Gainsbourg's new album.
Movies:
Amelie, Being John Malkovich, Brazil, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Children of Heaven, Cinema Paradiso, A Clockwork Orange, The Crow, Donnie Darko, Edward Scissorhands, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ghost World, Good Bye Lenin, The Graduate, Harold and Maude, Heathers, Kamikaze Girls, Like Water for Chocolate, Little Miss Sunshine, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Mary Poppins, Ma Vie En Rose, Motorcycle Diaries, My Fair Lady, My Life As A Dog, Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, Pi, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Royal Tenenbaums, Run Lola Run, Rushmore, Saved!, Secretary, The Science of Sleep, Some Like it Hot, Strictly Ballroom, This is Spinal Tap, Valentin, Veer Zaara, The Virgin Suicides, Volver....I also love Hindi films, silent films and classic Horror/Sci-Fi.
Television:
Absolutely Fabulous, Arrested Development (before it was cancelled), Azumanga Daioh, Family Guy, Freaks & Geeks (before it was cancelled), Heroes, Kids in the Hall, My Name is Earl, The Office, South Park, Strangers with Candy, Korean Soap Operas, Japanese Game Shows, VH1 Classic, History Channel, Independent Film Channel, PBS, Wonder Showzen, Wonderfalls: The Complete Season on DVD.
Books:
The Kama Sutra - The Complete Translated Text, The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through The Looking Glass, The Bell Jar, Brave New World, Catcher in the Rye, Dandelion Wine, Go Ask Alice, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Handmaid's Tale, Jane Eyre, Like Water for Chocolate, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Slaughterhouse Five, The Tao of Pooh...Anything by Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Chuck Palahniuk or David Sedaris...I also enjoy reading a lot of social/political satire. Recently started reading a book by Tom Robbins...I am open to recommendations :)
Heroes:
Peter Petrelli (get it?)
