Contemplating the universe.
Sweet boys, salty waiters, bitter socialites, sour academics
jazz (vocal, piano, sax), 80s pop (Madonna, Rick Astley, Bangles), Romantic/Impressionist piano (Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Debussy), whatever is playing in your car (Random NYC garage band, faded Pavement tape, Britney?)
Brat Pack flicks
F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, John Irving, Robinson Davies, Emily Bronte, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Philip Larkin