daydreaming, trying to appreciate life's small pleasures, making people laugh, playing guitar and singing, burning man, animals, love & hate (not necessarily in that order), the idea of a fragmented self, the duality of human nature, drinking, not doing homework, and being freakin' awesome (not to mention modest)
people that honestly care;
also;;
abba, amanda palmer , ani difranco, architecture in helsinki, aretha franklin, the beach boys, the beatles, ben folds (five), bikini kill, bitch and animal, chris whitley, circus contraption, cocorosie, counting crows, cowboy junkies, csn&(y), the cure, david bowie, devotchka, the distillers, the ditty bops, the dresden dolls, elliott smith, fiona apple, fleetwood mac, flogging molly, gorillaz, heart, hole, the hot rollers , iron and wine, jamiroquai, janis ian, jason webley , jim croce, jimi hendrix, joni mitchell, led zeppelin, leonard cohen, lords of acid, lynn anderson, madonna, mark lanegan, melanie safka, the monkees, nada surf, nick cave & the bad seeds, nin, nirvana, pearl jam, peter paul & mary, pink floyd, pj harvey, the pogues, the presidents of the united states of america, primus, radiohead, the ramones, rantmusic (formerly mcgnarley's rant), rasputina, regina spektor, the rolling stones, rufus wainwright, sarah king , siouxsie & the banshees, the smashing pumpkins, the snakebites , sonny & cher, steppenwolf, tom waits, two gallants, vermillion lies , the violent femmes, the white stripes, willie nelson, wyclef jean, yard dogs road show...
the 10th kingdom (shut up), 28 days later, the adventures of baron munchausen, amelie, the ballad of jack and rose, bearskin: an urban fairytale, beetlejuice, before sunrise, before sunset the big lebowski, boondock saints, bram stoker's dracula (minus keanu reeves' horrendous acting), brotherhood of the wolf, casablanca, the caveman's valentine, clerks, cry baby, dead man, dog soldiers, donnie darko, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, everything is illuminated, hedwig and the angry inch, hook, the hours, i heart huckabees, kill bill 2, labyrinth, the last unicorn, little miss sunshine, the lost boys, mirrormask, monty python and the holy grail (minus the ending), neco z alenky (alice), the others, pee-wee's big adventure, the princess bride, the professional, pulp fiction, reservoir dogs, the royal tenenbaums, the secret of roan inish, the silence of the lambs, shaun of the dead, the shining, something wicked this way comes, time bandits, tipping the velvet, v for vendetta, waking life, wristcutters: a love story, yellow submarine, everything by hayao miyazaki...
the hitchhiker's guide series by douglas adams; the last unicorn by peter s. beagle; ecstasia, primavera, & fairy tales retold by francesca lia block; the dark is rising series by susan cooper; the hours by michael cunningham; white oleander & paint it black by janet finch; spilling open & brave on the rocks by sabrina ward harrison; the subterraneans by jack kerouac; twenty love poems and a song of despair by pablo neruda; his dark materials series by philip pullman; the harry potter series by j.k. rowling.
the sandman series (et al) by neil gaiman (not so much preludes and nocturnes or death: the time of your life), cages by dave mckean, the extraordinary league of gentlemen by alan moore, the elfquest series by wendy and richard pini.
currently reading: the alchemist by paulo coelho and stl lucy's home for girls raised by wolves by karen russel.
my family and friends and