kelli guinn, kids, homies, nils, club fuxxx, club suxxx, biking around athens (and boston), anna's taqueria, books, the grit, brewing beer at home, drinking beer at home, singing along to music with headphones on, the academic world, screaming at kids from cars, general snobbery, screaming at kids from bikes, reading fine literature, knowing every good pop song from 1961 to 2006, showing people pictures of me as a fat kid, attending potluck dinners, hosting potluck dinners, not being from georgia, micro-brewed beers (mainly chimay, duvel, unibroue, etc.).
People who stay in and read books. People with strong accents. People who think Destroyer is the shit. People who like to "talk about the South." People who don't quote Super Bowl commercials. People who drink Belgian beer. People that listen to music that is far from "cool." People that listen to music that is "cool." People who can teach me a language I don't know.
Oh, and the Swedish folks below...they're all heroes.
Jorge Ben, Hank Williams, Animal Collective, Sufjan Stevens, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Gal Costa, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Belle & Sebastian, Sonic Youth, R.E.M., Talking Heads, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Scatman John, The K.L.F., Pink Floyd, The Beatles, etc.
the seventh seal, wild strawberries, through a glass darkly, buffalo '66, amores perros, city of god, mulholland drive, blue velvet, eraserhead, akira, magnolia, happiness, storytelling, style wars, spaceballs, caddyshack, my life as a dog, waking life, fargo, fear and loathing in las vegas, the big lebowski.
Swedes hate TV. Except Ali G. All Swedes agree that Ali G is fucking awesome.
Erskine Caldwell, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Lizabeth Cohen, William Cronon, James C. Cobb, C. Vann Woodward, Dan T. Carter, Barbara Fields, Melani McAlister, W.J. Cash, Steven Hahn, Alan Taylor, Eric Foner, Taylor Branch, William Faulkner, John Hersey, Lillian Smith, Victoria De Grazia, Bernard Bailyn, Gordon S. Wood, Nancy MacLean, Joan Scott, Robert Harms, Jacqueline Dowd Hall, Richard Wright, Michel Foucault, James McPherson, Rhys Isaac, Joel Williamson, etc.
Oh, and I want to write a book called:
From Hero to Zero: The Rise and Fall of Tom Watson