sudoku, gardenias, Patron Cafe, dive bars, text messaging, music, Netflix, autumn, the hot stone massage at Ona, lip gloss, vodka/soda, Spin/GQ/Nylon magazines, road trips, suntans, mini-bars/room service, coffee at Cafe Tropical, sushi, foreign accents, long naps, tattoos, hot showers, first class air travel, mischevious smiles, onion rings, headbands, singing, being completely unreachable, late nights out, carnies, gold jewelry, shoes, making out, 5 o'clock shadows, jukeboxes, pedicures, Coachella, the 'f' word, French stuff, hotel sheets, live music (esp. at the Troubadour), red wine, touch-screen video games at bars (Tai-Play!), brunch, reading a great book, weekend getaways
Portishead, Fiona Apple, Radiohead, The Decemberists, Regina Spektor, Beirut, Sam Cooke, Francoise Hardy, Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis, Stars, The Dears, Cat Power, Rufus Wainwright, Otis Redding, Jeff Buckley, Air, Nina Simone, Prince, Bang Gang, TV on the Radio, Aretha, Blonde Redhead, X, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Shins, The Roots, Queens of the Stone Age, Queen, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Arcade Fire, Jackie Wilson, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Beta Band, Sigur Ros, PJ Harvey, Pixies, Jon Brion, My Morning Jacket, Keren Ann, Etta James, Elvis Costello, Elliott Smith, Concrete Blonde, David Bowie, Elton John, The Clash, Bloc Party, The White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nouvelle Vague, Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, Edith Piaf, The Black Keys, Damien Rice, The English Beat, Billie Holiday, Rogue Wave, Sublime, 22-20s, Wolf Parade, Feist, Jolie Holland, Margot & the Nuclear So and Sos, Mates of State, Massive Attack, We Are Scientists, Man Man, Cold War Kids, Hot Chip, Spoon, Neko Case, The Duke Spirit
Anchorman, Say Anything, Heathers, Beautiful Girls, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Anniversary Party, Swingers, Grosse Point Blank, Out of Sight, The Sound of Music, The Shawshank Redemption, Dazed & Confused, Sixteen Candles, Party Girl, From Here to Eternity, Funny Face, Rushmore, Election, About Schmidt, Punch Drunk Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, Pulp Fiction, Delirious, You Can Count On Me, XX/XY, Laurel Canyon, High Fidelity, About a Boy, Singin' in the Rain, Rear Window, The Princess Bride, Pump Up the Volume, Clueless, School of Rock, The Royal Tenenbaums, Office Space, Edward Scissorhands, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Garden State, Mean Girls, My Summer of Love, The Squid and the Whale
Project Runway, Conan, The Daily Show, Strangers with Candy and Arrested Development on DVD, L&O: SVU, Nip/Tuck, America's Next Top Model (Tyra is sooooo bad - and I don't mean that in a Michael Jackson sort of way), The Office, Entourage. I'm also loving a couple new shows this season: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Friday Night Lights but that's about it.
Extremely Loud & Incedibly Close, The Time Traveler's Wife, She's Come Undone, Shop Girl, A Million Little Pieces, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, American Psycho, Running With Scissors, Dry, The Virgin Suicides, pretty much anything by David Sedaris, To Kill A Mockingbird
My mom. My step-dad. Dylan Patrick Gray (my little brother). Jon Stewart. Fiona Apple. The Andersons (PT and Wes). Augusten Burroughs. Diane Sawyer. And, of course, the trifecta: Lloyd Dobler, Samantha Baker and Cindy Mancini.