Collage, my dog Brak, 1940s clothing, running through the hurt and coming out the other side, old leather bags, showing 'em how it's done at Krush Girls, my grandparent's records, trying to understand what the hell you're talking about, mourning jewelry, the art of seduction, pirates, Burt's Beeswax lipbalm, vintage photos, magazines and more magazines, being in the moment, Faygo Redpop, interior design, purses, music, spending time with my boy, skeleton keys, digital skillz, Corona, quoting The Breakfast Club, Victorian photo albums, black and white photos, burlesque, zines, further investigation, Rev. Howard Finster, boys who pay attention, necklaces, sleep, Homies, remembering, antique stores in Madison, the uniqueness of others, Sweet Action magazine, things that go bump in the night, historic preservation, thrift stores, scientific drawings, road trips, a boy who can handle the Jager, "booty roll right! booty roll left!", masterwaiting, Theda Bara, driving far away from here, Sharpies, never the first Flagpole on top, volunteering, yelling at bad drivers, making the world's best tuna pasta salad, sitting on my porch, Converse, costumes, black cats, being in a trance, Golden Grahams, wanting, seeing what can change in one year.
Creatures that: have an idea about who they are, aren't into mindgames, like adventure, understand the importance of today, have some sort of healthy passion, want to live fully and completely: STARTING NOW! And people who want to go and get pancakes.
How to begin? Neutral Milk Hotel, Erykah Badu, Johnny Cash, India.Arie, old Metallica, Tori Amos, Pantera, Drive-By Truckers, Nina Simone, Mos Def, NIN, Type O Negative, Jeff Buckley, Tool, Anthony Hamilton, Nick Cave, Jucifer, Brad (when he doesn't know that I'm listening), Black Star, The Cult, Neal Pattman, Ramones, Don Chambers, Some Animal, Marvin Gaye, GNR, Five Eight, Hank Williams Sr., The Donnas, Billie Holiday, Kathleen Edwards, Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo, Violent Femmes, Bob Seger, and my girl Andrea singing karaoke!
Any Tim Burton, Evil Dead, Amelie, Dream for an Insomniac, All About Eve, Napolean Dynamite, Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, Ghost World, Sabrina, Interview with the Vampire, Frida, Chocolat, Secretary, Before Sunset, Before Sunrise, The Shining, Nightmare Before Christmas, DIY or Die, Reality Bites, Grey Gardens, Harold and Maude, anything with Bruce Campbell!
Carnivale, The Office (British version), Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Gilmore Girls, Lost
Interior design, antiques, Sabrina Ward Harrison, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Anne Rice, Henry Rollins, David Sedaris, books with pin-ups, the Weetzie Bat series, books about weird places to travel, Wendy McClure, Get Fuzzy, Neil Gaimen, Anais Nin
those who dare to try