-------LIKES------settling fights through dancing. dried mangoes. bedtime stories. slow, passionate kisses. 24-hour anything. questions that have no answers. fancy handwriting. all-you-can-eat indian food buffets. the musty smell of old books and records. flowershops. watching women leisurely getting their nails and feet done in nail shops. shy animals. shakespearean insults. finding cool stuff on the ground after big public events. unpopping my ears. waking up/falling asleep to the sounds of rain. snoring cats. inspiring people. explaining the art of making s'mores to the unitiated. spooning. dapper old cuban men. waitresses with tattoos. dipping sugar cubes in coffee. spinning around in circles till i get dizzy and fall down. watching telemundo t.v while stoned. drive-in movie theaters. getting wisdom from unlikely sources (drunk people, children). shoes tied over powerlines. bacon. women that store objects in their bras. train whistles. pet owners that look like their pets. getting my blood pressure taken. goose-pimply skin. pinstripe pants. groups of people beatboxing/rapping on street corners. standing underneath a twinkling, star-filled sky at night. those flat airport escalators that make me feel like i'm powerwalking. rosemary. motorists who pick their noses when stopped at red lights. animals grooming each other. conecpt of infinity. people who remember my name. people who sing to themselves. really expressive deaf interpreters. wearing warm clothes hot out the dryer. uesd book shops with lazy cats. helping old ladies across the street. vintage mexican vampire films. toy stores after midnight. -----DISLIKES-----oozing pustules. real estate agents. backwards baseball caps. bands that "reunite" that shouldn't. liver spots. bathrooms without mirrors or stall doors. scat singing. guys that refer to themselves as "Big Dog". fake fruit. old sinks with one extremely hot faucet and one extremely cold faucet. chain stores. preachy people. flight attendants' voices. uncurious people. boring old people. trying to get the bartender's attention at a busy bar. people who purposefully spell words wrong to be cute. telemarketers. christian rock. getting honked at. bathroom attendants. motivational speakers. getting the middle seat on an airplane. weak handshakes. frat boys. sorority girls. golf. corporations that co-opt phrases or good songs to sell products. people who litter. lack of eye-contact. those little papers that fall out of magazines. aggressive niceness. pointless tv news anchor banter in between stories. "lol". armpit sweat stains on shirts. hallmark. bellies that spill way over belts. old men with beards stained yellow around the mouth from tobacco. feeling obligated to be somewhere i don't want to be.
nice people.people with obsessive compulsive qualities.down to earth people.pack rats.people that like avocados.people who inspire me.anyone that knows any old slang words.a prison pen pal.
yann tierson, indian film music and bhangra, manu chao, bjork, klezmer, jolie holland, natacha atlas, outkast, 60's French pop, missy elliot, turkish and persian hip-hop, jazz and blues, anything with an accordian, pakistani qawwali music, the negro problem, regina spektor, nina simone, tom waits, bulgarian wedding music, lauryn hill, romanian gypsy music, andrew bird, cocorosie, devendra banhart, blind willie johnson, john zorn's avant garde jewish music, gogol bordello, astor piazzolla, willie nelson, leonard cohen, balkan beat box, morrocan gnawa music, rabbinical school dropouts, blackalicious, dark carnival music, prison work songs, friends of dean martinez, taraf de haidouks, brazilian girls, ennio morricone, tuvan throat singing, tin hat trio, boswell sisters, gypsy jazz, ditty bops, louis jordan, ALL THE AMAZING LOCAL MUSICIANS THAT MAKE THIS CITY BEAUTIFUL : iron and the albatross, sean hayes, toshio hirano (japanese jimmy rodgers), blue roots, marcus shelby, brass menagerie, dr. abacus, tin cup serenade, cotton candy cabaret, the toids, trio garufa, tango #9, gaucho, mark growden, el radio fantastique, the toids,
the labyrinth, princess bride, harold and maude, amelie, like water for chocolate, zoolander, the producers (original version!), i heart huckabees
golden girls
the giving tree, unbearable lightness of being, everyone poops, the little prince, people's history of the u.s, catcher in the rye, the wind up bird chronicle, anything by sherman alexie, shel silverstein, milan kundera or joseph cambell
joe frank, tom waits, alan watts, richard pryor, lord buckley, billy higgins, dr. hal