big cities; small towns; desolate stretches of land; what you're thinking about; winning without competing; everything associated with really good fried chicken; well-designed bathrooms; herb gardens; entertainment weekly; dirty martinis; the perfect bacon egg and cheese sandwich; the apparently hidden truth that lies at the intersection of the world's religions; being a better skiier; the inherent beauty of a clean kitchen; cutting the bullshit
j.d. salinger.
the beatles; nirvana; dolly parton; miles davis; blur; george gershwin; clap your hands say yeah; modest mouse; postal service; johnny cash; ed harcourt; built to spill; bright eyes; the clash; de la soul; willie nelson; orange park; death cab; teddy thompson; the weepies; guided by voices; regina spektor; stevie wonder; elliott smith; sufjan stevens; the killers; the beach boys; pencilgrass; bloc party; dixie chicks; flaming lips; iron and wine; nina simone; pavement; scissor sisters; wilco
it's a wonderful life; full metal jacket; the godfather (parts one and two only); dr. strangelove; the princess bride; the french connection; safe men; dave chappelle's block party; psycho; annie hall; the graduate; groundhog day; harold and maude; kill bill; the muppet movie; casablanca; once upon a time in the west; queen margot; lord of the rings (all three parts); mallrats; manhattan; the great escape; the dark crystal; the shining; the muppets take manhattan; breakfast at tiffany's; the pink panther; sixteen cnadles; roman holiday; dazed and confused; the odd couple; pulp fiction; the descent.
the simpsons; the oc; arrested development; deadwood; the sopranos; good eats; iron chef; project runway; scrubs; my name is earl; chappelle's show; south park; reno 911; spongebob squarepants; hey arnold; the office; absolutely fabulous and seinfeld even now, after all these years.
so many. most everything by: j.d. salinger; vladimir nabokov; william faulkner; stephen graham jones; jonathan lethem; david goodwillie; henry james (shut up, he's good); stephanie lessing; virginia woolf; a.j. liebling; thomas pynchon; jen lancaster; raymond carver; grace paley; jhumpa lahiri; joan didion; camille deangelis; zadie smith; calvin trillin. stand-out books: franny and zooey; lolita; pale fire; absalom, absalom; sound and the fury; demon theory; brightness falls; motherless brooklyn; seemed like a good idea at the time; between meals; the thin man; the crying of lot 49; the turn of the screw; down and out in paris and london; the corrections; bitter is the new black; the namesake; consider the lobster; mrs. dalloway; the big sleep; where i'm calling from; american pastoral; portrait of the artist as a young man; paris to the moon; white noise; jernigan; she's got issues; white teeth; the year of magical thinking.