Animal welfare, birds, dogs, gaining and appreciating grace, music, philosophy, classic (really old) movies, flea markets, running, swing dancing, playing the accordion, learning French, eating French toast, and decorating my awesome apartment.
My birth mother, or any other blood relatives. Jesus, and Marcus Aurelius. And Jean Harlow.
You KNOW you're not reading this long ass list. Anyway I love Eleni Mandell. And my baby daddy, Dwight Yoakam. Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Tom Waits, Sufjan Stevens, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins, Crowded House, Bobby Darin, Brian Setzer and his Orchestra, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Elvis Costello, Maxine Sullivan, Barenaked Ladies, Bing Crosby, Fiona Apple, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, The Flying Neutrinos.
Notorious, Amelie, His Girl Friday, The Shop Around the Corner, Cat People, Curse of the Cat People, Face in the Crowd, Midnight, It Happened One Night, The Lady Eve, Midnight, Rushmore, The Sweet Smell of Success, Badlands, The Women, Charlie Chan movies with Warner Oland, Ghost World, Portrait of Jennie, Desperately Seeking Susan, Badlands.
Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars, oh, and Veronica Mars. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons, Perry Mason, Blackadder, Kids in the Hall, Futurama, House, The Soup on E!. And The N, best TV network ever. :)
Too many to name. My head hurts just thinking about it. But a random few: Pride & Prejudice, Runyon on Broadway, The Technique of the Love Affair, End of the Affair, The Painted Veil, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Meditations (Marcus Aurelius), The Game of Life and How to Play It, Return to Love, Bad Kitty, The French Lt's Woman, Wacky Women (Simon Doonan), Pad, The Unmistakable Touch of Grace, Love in a Cold Climate, anything by P.G. Woodhouse.
Fran McDonald, Jesus, St. Francis, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Veronica Mars, Buffy the V.S., Jane Goodall, Gypsy Rose Lee, E Jackie Robinson, Priscilla Helvy, Nora Charles, Pearl Smith, Abraham and the Hicks, Carole Lombard, my precious hero-boyfriend Jeff.