reading and writing poetry, supporting artistic endeavors, people watching (whether they know i am or not), laughing loud enough to be considered rude or insane, making eyes ;),talking to strangers until they are no longer strangers, tattoos, literary or cinematic magical-realism, strapless tank tops, refashioning perfectly good clothes, dancing to almost everything (preferably with my eyes closed), daydreaming, being verbally inarticulate, soy chai lattes on ice, chuck taylors, exposing myself to the brilliance of others, learning from my students, new music or old music that's new to me, hearts (whether sweet and pulpy or barbed and dangerous)...
the mad cow...
Penguin, My Graveyard Jaw, Hurray For the Riff Raff, Zigmat!, She Wants Revenge, Tiger Army, The Alkaline Trio, Billie Holiday, Joni Mitchell, the Cure, the Distillers, My Chemical Romance, Elvis, Motion City Soundtrack, Firescape, 80s Monster Ballards, Metric, Incubus, The Lovely Feathers, Peaches, Billy Idol, face, Stellastarr, Disturbed (i know, i know, don't judge me), Norah Jones, Insane Clown Posse, Scorpions, The Used, Junius, Susie Suh, Mandy Kane, Elefant, The Zydepunks, Rose's Pawn Shop, Forever and a Day ...
Whale Rider, Friday Night Lights (apparantly i've unwittingly seen every football movie ever), Boondock Saints, True Romance, Secretary, City of God, Elizabeth, Dangerous Beauty, V for Vendetta, Legend, Max, The Great Escape, Bend It Like Beckham, Say Anything, Unbreakable, Quills, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Monsoon Wedding, Lock,Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Fire, Kama Sutra: A Love Story, The Weather Underground, Crash, House of Flying Daggers, The Pillow Book, A Scanner Darkly, The Namesake, 300...
I don't watch T.V. anymore, though i'm wicked proud of owning all FIVE seasons of Alias thanks to Melisa and Fatty. Now if Grace could get her hands on Season 3 of QAF, we'd be back in business. AND, The Justice League Unlimited!
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison), Dread (Ai), talking dirty to the gods (Yusef Komunyakaa), The City In Which I Love You (Li-Young Lee), The Woman With Two Vaginas (Denise Duhamel), The Mystic Masseur (V.S. Naipaul), Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison), Given Sugar, Given Salt (Jane Hirshfield), Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden), Collected Poems 1948-1984 (Derek Walcott)...
The holy trinity: my mom and dad, and my brother. The muses: Mary, Melisa, Grace, Amberly, and Amanda. And let me not forget the already Chuck Taylor wearin', soon-to-be guitar/drum playin', kung fu fightin', masterpiece paintin', poetry spoutin', most likely freckled-to-my-heart's-delight angel who gifted this world with her presense - Kiley Roslyn Kevin Rezende.