I am really into the whole 'be here now' thing because I think that life is so short and it is really important to do what you want to do and take responsiblity for your own happiness. In short - follow your bliss. It is one of the reasons I like yoga so much. It helps you to learn to be in the present moment.
Other crafty people, designers, small business owners, people who like to laugh and play board games.
Bob Dylan
Ben Kweller
The Cure
Belle and Sebastian
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Charlie Parker
Beatles
Ben Folds
Beck
Elliott Smith
Sundays
Death Cab for Cutie
Neil Young
Brad Mehldau
Ryan Adams
Wilco
Favorite Directors:
Woody Allen
Martin Scorcese
Cohen Bros
John Schlesinger
Richard Linklater
Other favorite movies:
Out of Africa
Big Chill
Pieces of April
Koch
Withnail and I
Amelie
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Greetings
Life if Beautiful
Lost in Translation
School of Rock
400 Blows
Sunset Boulevard
Layer Cake
Okay, I watch a lot of television:
Flight of the Conchords
The Office
Project Runway
Lost
24
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Wire
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
I also watch smart stuff like To The Contrary, McLaughlin Report, 60 Minutes, NOW, Meet the Press.
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Translator of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers by Larry McMurtry
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Revolution From Within by Gloria Steinem.
Other favorite writers:
Sarah Vowell
David Sedaris
Woody Allen
ee cummings
Dorothy Parker
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Margaret Sanger Gloria Steinem