MUSIC, movies, family, friends, MSU, animals, Starbucks, the underside of the bridge behind the Kellogg Center, getting shitty while looking pretty, piercings, swimming, diet pepsi, chapstick, vintage belts, hippie lettuce, plaid patterns, reading, playing instruments such as the piano, trombone, and guitar (although feebly), the English language, movie quoting, literature/poetry, being annoyingly pessimistic, being annoyingly optimistic, contradictory statements, not taking myself seriously 94% of the time, Rx, vague obsessions, driving aimlessly, vocabulary, writing, singing, singing some more, displaying multiple personalties in cases of severe boredom/inebriation, being frivolous and indulgent, singing simple melodies from top 40 radio songs and overcomplicating them by adding unnecessary melismas and notes in the whistle register, British accents, ethnic people, crossword puzzles, thought provoking and/or petty conversations, insecurity, narcissism, metropolises, skyscrapers, arguing, over priced sunglasses, complex sentences, Cedar Point, rising to my feet in applause at inappropriate moments, yeah self, desperate pleas for attention, exposing to subtle ridicule and disdain those who don't share the ways of me or my friends, Harry Potter and co., Marlboro Menthol Smooths/ the random pack of Dijarum Blacks, lewd sexual activity, those surreal-ass Jimmy John's commercials, YMCA drama, "slash" signs, looking back scornfully at my past, etc.
Bono, Mick Jagger, Naomi Watts, Jake Gyllenhaal, Britney Spears, Oscar Wilde, Fergie, Keira Knightly, Ernest Hemingway, Janis Joplin, Brandon Flowers, Tina Fey, Tchaikovsky, Mariah Carey, Steven Spielburg-
wait.... you mean in real life????
ohhh....
Anyone who captivates my interest. So basically, I mean anyone. I'm easy going and pretty much get along with everyone.
45 Minutes, The Killers, Coldplay, Dashboard Confessional, Acceptance, Fall Out Boy, Our Lady Peace, My Chemical Romance, Keane, Death Cab for Cutie, Mariah Carey, Umbrellas, Johnny Cash, Black Eyed Peas, Janis Joplin, Fleetwood Mac, Brand New, Harry and the Potters, Fiona Apple, Phaser, Regina Spektor, Damien Rice, The Crystal Method, I've been known to sporadically break it down to the odd Britney Spears/ Ciara/ Pussycat Dolls dance song, Maritime, Earlimart, New Order, Aerosmith, the Gorillaz, Franz Ferdinand, Tears for Fears, Taking Back Sunday, The Who, Enya, Goo Goo Dolls, Air, The Rentals, Prince, Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Garbage, All American Rejects, Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin, Beach Boys, Missy Elliot, Jet, R.E.M., Oasis, Sarah McLachlan, U2, Counting Crows, Skunk Anansie, Cary Brothers, Verve, Bruce Springsteen, The Shins, Shakira, Rolling Stones, Kings of Leon, Bush, Korn, Yellowcard, Gwen Stefani, Dressy Bessy, Iron and Wine, Grandaddy, Rufus Wainwright, Alicia Keys, Panic! at the Disco, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Linkin Park, Radiohead, Journey, Kate Bush, Norah Jones, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Eat World, Alanis Morisette, Paul Oakenfold, Third Eye Blind, Broken Social Scene, Snow Patrol, Michelle Featherstone, +44, Gary Jules, Cartel, Cute Is What We Aim For, Nelly Furtado, The Smiths, Amy Winehouse, Matt Kearney, Timbaland, Fergie, Paramore, John Williams, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Eric Whitacre, just to name a few.
Donnie Darko, Requiem for a Dream, American Beauty, Independence Day, The Ring, The Virgin Suicides, the entire Harry Potter series, Secretary, V for Vendetta, The Exorcist, Boogie Nights, The Day After Tomorrow, Twister, The Nightmare Before Christmas, War of the Worlds (2005), I Heart Huckabees, Kill Bill vol. 1 and 2, Mean Girls, Blow, Monster's Ball, Chicago, Cruel Intentions, Mr. Holland's Opus, Garden State, Mystic River, Finding Nemo, Shrek, Schindler's List, Goodfellas, Mulholland Drive, Silence of the Lambs, Finding Neverland, Closer, We Don't Live Here Anymore, King Kong (2005), Saving Private Ryan, The 40 Year Old Virgin, E.T., Gladiator, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Beautiful Mind, It's A Wonderful Life, Glory, Heathers, Basic Instinct, Girl Interrupted, Unfaithful, A Christmas Story, The Rules of Attraction, A Home At The End of The World, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Monster, Spiderman 2, Elizabethtown, RENT, Crash, 21 Grams, Eyes Wide Shut, Brokeback Mountain, Jurassic Park, X-Men 1-3, The Sixth Sense, The Breakfast Club, The Fox and the Hound, Sleepy Hollow, The Cider House Rules, Jarhead, Mars Attacks!, Edward Scissorhands, St. Elmo's Fire, Prozac Nation, TRANSFORMERS, and many more...
SNL, ER, the OC, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Boston Legal, the Real World, Brothers and Sisters, Invader Zim, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, the Simpsons, South Park, Flavor of Love and any subsequent spin offs, Malcom in the Middle, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Friends, the Office, the Twilight Zone, Best Week Ever, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Jeopardy, the Tonight Show, Conan, Frasier, Boy Meets World, Intervention, My Life on the D-List, the X-Files, terrible VH1 countdown specials. I swear I don't watch/like Sex and the City/Will and Grace.
Rowling's "Harry Potter" series
Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," "A Farewell to Arms," and "The Old Man and the Sea"
Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"
Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" and "East of Eden"
Hughes' "Not Without Laughter"
King's "Carrie" and "Firestarter"
Guest's "Ordinary People"
Golding's "Lord of the Flies"
Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
Orwell's "1984"
Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die"
Ellis' "The Rules of Attraction"
Choderlos de Laclos' "Les Liasions Dangerueses"
McBride's "The Color of Water"
Palahniuk's "Invisible Monsters" and "Choke"
Wells' "War of the Worlds"
O'Connor's "Wise Blood"
Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird"
Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"
Eugenides' "The Virgin Suicides"
Chbosky's "The Perks of Being A Wallflower
Burroughs's "Running With Scissors"
etc...
Amy Winehouse and Keith Richards. Aside from that, I don't know if it's wise to have heroes. Let's dictate our own futures instead of aspiring to mold our lives after someone else's past.