information, feeling the power of the xcelorator hand dryer, saying things like "i didn't tell you to stop and talk to your friend, i asked you to leave", playing with my toes in the morning, owning the beautiful dexter sofa by todd oldham (or the cheaper version, as it were), ms. pac-man, target, a good bag that can put up with what i put bags through, asian print, cake (or more so, frosting), throwing away things i no longer need, brightly patterned bedding, cool stencils, crab legs, freddie mercury, driving, singing karaoke (namely the live band variety), false eyelashes and other burlesque accoutrements (even if my career is over), lip gloss and lip balm, the color red, .99 pecan pies from gas stations, and star-gazer lilies. for the record, i am not interested in doing laundry. *addendum to this* i'm much more interested in doing laundry now that it is 2 steps out my back door.
the person who invents the calf muscle transplant or otherwise devises a way for mine to work properly.also:
britpop, glam, mod, power pop, rock'n'roll. bands include blur, the jam, david bowie, suede, pulp, supergrass, the wonder stuff, roxy music, sweet, t. rex, duran duran, the cure, bauhaus, the damned, the sonnets, sisters of mercy, the purple hearts, beat happening, pavement, the kinks, the knack, xtc, let's active, the cars, happy mondays, stone roses, graham coxon, that dog, the posies, venom lords, le tigre, sleater-kinney, rick james, prince, teenage frames, april march, adam and the ants, the clash, lush, and so on.
"did i listen to pop music because i was miserable or was i miserable because i listened to pop music?"
wicked by gregory maguire, middlesex and virgin suicides by jeffrey eugenides, time traveller's wife by audrey niffenegger, persepolis by marjane satrapi, walking across egypt by clyde edgerton, the widows adventure by charles dickinson, go ask alice, buddha of suburbia by hanif kureishi, white teeth by zadie smith, and don't look and it won't hurt by richard peck
paul weller, graham coxon, and carrie brownstein are my guitar heroes.