travel, photography, eyes, film, writing, coffee, spain, reading, music, crossword puzzles, skydiving, flamenco, observation, wine, singing, accents, scotland, art, bookstores, history, exploration, language, curiosity, a good brogue, thunderstorms, indian food, fall, journeys by train
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Santiago Calatrava, Jonathan Safran Foer . . . Mitch Hedberg. Marguerite Duras. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Pablo Neruda.
Lots and lots. Jeff Buckley, Kings of Leon, Azure Ray, Aqualung, The Black Keys, Teitur, Massive Attack, Damien Rice, Citizen Cope, The Album Leaf, Sigur Ros, Tribalistas, Devotchka, Cold War Kids, Mafikizolo, Ray LaMontagne, Beirut, Lior, Robi Draco Rosa, Amelie and Tsotsi soundtracks, Ojos de Brujo, Jose Gonzalez, The Gipsy Kings, Susan Tedeschi, Azam Ali, Girl Talk, Flight of the Conchords, flamenco, boys choirs, world music, classic rock, blues, folk, and anthing involving the violin or bagpipes
Motorcycle Diaries, Hero, Dear Frankie, Before Sunset, Yes, Les Choristes, Dead Poets Society, Boondock Saints, Sex and Lucia, The Lives of Others, The Goonies, Monsieur Ibrahim, Little Miss Sunshine, Paradise Now, The Graduate, Shopgirl, Eternal Sunshine, What About Bob?, Love Actually, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Fight Club, Igby Goes Down, the Bourne Series, Bend it Like Beckham, Good Will Hunting, Cold Mountain, The Science of Sleep, Lost in Translation
I don't have a TV. But, I do love Globe Trekker, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, and The Office. Channels in which I revel: Travel, History, National Geographic, and Discovery.
Everything is Illuminated, The Alchemist, Lord of the Flies, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Lover, Life of Pi, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dharma Bums, Franny and Zooey, Into the Wild, Lolita, any Kurt Vonnegut, Grendel, The Giver, Griffin and Sabine, The Tao Te Ching