reading, writing, poetry, blogs, music, photography, cities, driving, bike riding, making lists of things i like.
any person who's open-minded. notably: david bazan, sufjan stevens, neil gaiman, tom waits, douglas coupland, bob dylan, george orwell, stephen colbert, jon stewart, kurt vonnegut, & others various influential people.otherwise, right now i'd really just like to meet up w/ some of my friends. i miss them.
pedro the lion, sufjan stevens, bob dylan, tom waits, iron and wine, over the rhine, nick drake, elliott smith, modest mouse, johnny cash, dj shadow, the juan maclean, jeff buckley, gorillaz, frou frou, the shins, elbow, the decemberists, deathcab for cutie, coldplay, ben folds, the arcade fire, the band, the beta band, laura veirs, the libertines, rjd2, the white stripes, black rebel motorcycle club, bloc party, beck, cake, the flaming lips, my morning jacket, regina spektor, the velvet underground, et al.
wes anderson and gus van sant movies, high fidelity, lotr, garden state, mirrormask, et al
i am of the opinion that animated shows are far better written than anything else on tv, but also appreciate the Daily Show, Rome, and Extras. oh, and scrubs and arrested development when they aren't--ya know, cancelled.
the brothers karamazov, notes from the underground, slaughterhouse five, breakfast of champions, ts eliot, ee cummings, the picture of dorian gray, microserfs, life after god, generation x, a man without a country, chronicles: volume one, the lotr, fight club, choke, 1984, ovid's metamorphoses, home land (sam lipsyte), reefer madness(schlosser), fast food nation, lincoln's melancholy, the storm, american gods, the sandman series, et al.
pedro the lion, eric schlosser, neil gaiman, bob dylan, james fallows, martin luther, adbusters, the ampersand--that most illustrious of grammatical-type symbols, & those who follow their heart and beliefs unapologetically and to whatever end.