art, music and literature.
pandas
carbonation
bowling
the pittsburgh steelers
harmonies
sharpie markers
...and anything permanent
spontaneity
john cusack
guinness
"free" pint glasses
philosophy
catharsis
home
ellipsis (...)
alphabetizing
irony
adopt your own virtual pet!
I'd like to meet:
"oh, i'm not going back to the assholes that made me
the perfect display of random acts of hoplelessness"
~rilo kiley
Music:
ac/dc, the anniversary, aqualung
beastie boys, beck, belle and sebastian, david bowie, the breeders, brendan benson, bright eyes
clem snide, john coltrane
the dandy warhols, deathcab for cutie
eels, danny elfman, eux autres
foo fighters, from monument to masses, frou frou
gorillaz, guns N' roses
imogen heap, heart, hockey night, hot rod circuit
imperial teen, iron & wine
jimmy eat world, j5, the justin riner project
ben kweller
led zeppelin, ben lee, life for the better, loverlee
mates of state, modest mouse
neon blonde, no doubt
the octopus project, okkervil river, old 97's, ozomatli
pavement, pedro the lion, pink floyd, pixies, popband alice, the postal service,
reggie and the full effect, rent the musical, the rentals, damien rice, rilo kiley
save ferris, smashing pumpkins, elliot smith, sonic youth, stars
that dog
urinetown
veruca salt
rufus wainwright, wilco
x
rachel yamagata, yeah yeah yeahs
zero 7
Movies:
alice in wonderland and alice through the looking glass (live action)
batman, billy elliot, the breakfast club
can't hardly wait, chasing amy, closer
dazed and confused, death to smoochy, dogma, donnie darko
empire records, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
fight club, frida
garden state, ghost world, the goonies, gross point blank
hook
i josie and the pussycats, juno
labrynth, little miss sunshine, lost in translation
mean girls, monsters inc.,
the neverending story
playing by heart, the princess bride
the red violin, rent
the sandlot, say anything, singin' in the rain, spaceballs, style wars
west side story
x-men
oh, and...you're face!!!!
Television:
steelers football
the office, cavemen, scrubs, the big bang theory
heroes, veronica mars
hannah montana
psych, monk
mythbusters, endurance
good eats, iron chef america, top chef
Books:
read in 2008:
--the amber spyglass by philip pullman
--you don't love me yet by jonathan lethem
--rant by chuck palahniuk
currently reading:
--fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury
--human, all too human: a book for free spirits by friedrich nietzsche
--the brothers karamazov by theodoro dostoevsky
awaiting to be read (of the books i already own/borrowed):
--the fortune cookie chronicles by jennifer 8 lee
--the sirens of titan by kurt vonnegut
--obey the giant: life in the image world by rick poynor
--the autobiography of alice b. toklas by gertrude stein
--31 songs by nick hornby
--diary: a novel by chuck palahniuk
--the zombie survival guide: complete protection from the living dead by max brooks
--the best guide to eastern philosophy & religion by diane morgan
--the divine comedy by dante alighieri
--existentialism and human emotions by jean-paul sarte
--the bhagavad gita translated by eknath easwaran
Heroes:
batman
danny elfman
myself (but not for any narcissistic reasons)