Road trips, photographing with crappy cameras, sewing without a pattern, feeding my goldfish (yeah). Listening to the birds in the morning and the train at night. Walking to the store and hitting the farmers market on Sundays. Falling asleep in a blanket of kittens.
Airports. Taking off in a plane. Roller coasters. Driving fast over wavy hills. Just driving fast. Bumming a ride on the back of a friend's motorcycle.
Taking mini-vacations. Meeting my family for dinner. Surprise visitors. Surprise parties. Umm, surprises.
Spending all day outdoors. Being genuinely romantic and just barely avoiding "cheesy." Taking the train. Swimming in the Potomac.
Volunteering. Making a stranger smile. Giving people the benefit of the doubt. Turning off the TV. Listening. Loving.
People who read Girls With Slingshots . Other artists. Musicians. Designers. Old classmates and neighbors. People I haven't talked to in years. Sophia Coppola, Zach Braff and Craig Thompson , so I can thank them for inspiring me to death. Andrew Wyeth (I hope he's still alive). Diablo Cody. Paul Taylor one of these days, I'm sure.
I do NOT want to "friend" or chat with you if your MO is to date and/or "hump" me, so don't waste your keystrokes. I'm not combing the Internet for a boyfriend. Fair warning, "SINGLE" in my mind means "NOT MARRIED." I'm likely to have a boyfriend. In fact, just assume I'm taken.
Oh, one more warning: I WILL IMMEDIATELY REMOVE any comments larger than, say, 300x375, or any videos/music. You are very sweet to want to share your wallpaper-sized advertisement for your own benefit, or your hilarious video of someone eating poo, but really, I just couldn't accept something that extravagant.
Anything that's got soul.
My radio's preset is 89.7 WSHC, Shepherd's student-run station. It's on all the time.
A short list of faves: Mates of State, Journey (hush!), Zero 7, Iron & Wine, Led Zeppelin, Beck, Cat Power, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, Spacehog, Elliot Smith, Jeff Buckley, Ani DiFranco, B52's, Aimee Mann, The Shins, DJ Shadow, Sloan, Luna, Nick Drake, Ella Fitzgerald, Death Cab for Cutie, Imogen Heap. And everything else.
Ghostbusters, Lost in Translation, Garden State, Children of Men, Little Chilren, The Fifth Element, Pumpkin, Broken Flowers, Shop Girl, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Trading Places, just about anything by Focus, Kev Smith flicks, comedies in general. I love my 80's comedies!
I haven't had cable in 8 years. When I'm within reach of a TV, I'm addicted to Myth Busters. I love Cartoon Network, History & Discovery Channels. I'm amazed by Avatar and Kim Possible. Adam's gotten me hooked on Top Chef and Project Runway, god dammit.
I just read a "real book" for the first time since I was a kid. Embarrassing, but I'm the slowest reader you've ever met. The book was Jaws and it was AWESOME.
I later read Youth in Revolt and Breakfast at Tiffanies, both of which were also AWESOME.
Comics & graphic novels:
I'm by no means religious, but I try to live my life according to "What Would Jesus/Buddha Do," so... Jesus and Buddha.
Also my mom, who will accept and follow through with every single volunteer job she's offered. She was practically born to be a mom. She's a rather amazing woman.