I'd like to meet:
I enjoy randomness as much as I enjoy consistency. I obsessively make lists. I love when people have nearly impeccable spelling and grammar. Not perfection, but an overall sense of caring for language. If you're riding in a car with me, you may have to tolerate some singing. I enjoy crosswords; at times, I won't stop until I'm finished. I like writing and would love to be a published author. I relish hours of solitude, just as I thrive in a crowd. At times I feel lonely hungry, and just want people to laugh eat with. I love animals more than like I love people; a trait for which I've been both criticized and praised. I wear my heart on my sleeve, however in a tank top I can be quite private. I exude confidence, while maintaining a quirky clumsiness. I'm passionate in so many senses of the word, yet stifled by ambiguity. I am organized chaos.About You? People who beat to their own sets of drums; sort of clown-like, (not literally clowns - they scare me). People who I feel could influence my life in some way. People who acknowledge that maybe they don't fit in and are totally weird, but are ok with that and have come to use abnormality as an asset. People who understand what I'm talking about, no matter how crazy it might sound. Cerebral people who believe in learning new things, trying new things, or breaking new things. Beautiful people with steep intellects and wicked good senses of humor. People who secretly know their worth, but are chock full of self-deprecating humor . Hip people who possess unconcealed nerd attributes. A funny boy who wants a funny girl; and when things aren't so funny, he wants someone he can make out with talk to. One who instantly awes me with a big heart and analytical mind. People who become an integral part of my future, or at least become a happy memory. "I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me." -Woody Allen "A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are the portal of discovery." - James Joyce "Owl flew past a day or two ago and noticed me. He didn't actually say anything mind you, but he knew it was me. Very friendly of him, I thought. Encouraging." - Eeyore..
Music:
For starters....Coldplay | Tori Amos | The Shins | The Flaming Lips | Aimee Mann | Aqualung | Future Bible Heroes | The Sundays | A Fine Frenzy | Mazzy Star | Thievery Corporation | Sarah McLachlan | Amy Winehouse | The Cranberries | Iron and Wine | Nina Simone | Regina Spektor | Yo La Tengo | The Devlins | Dresden Dolls | Radiohead | The New Pornographers | No Doubt | The Doors | Elliott Smith | Moby | Porcupine Tree/Blackfield | Travis | Beach Boys | Psychedelic Furs | Remy Zero | Nada Surf | Faith No More | James | Muse | White Stripes | Bree Sharp | Ray Charles | Cowboy Junkies | 311 | The Pixies | Toad the Wet Sprocket | Elvis Costello | Van Morrison | Death Cab for Cutie | Frou Frou | Concrete Blond | Janis Joplin | Depeche Mode | Grateful Dead | Tracy Chapman | Delerium | Magnetic Fields/Stephin Merritt | Neil Diamond | Tears for Fears | The Cure | The Killers | Pinback | Stereolab | The Verve | Heart | Violent Femmes | Morrissey/The Smiths | R.E.M. | Kate Bush | Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry | Zero 7 | Massive Attack | Stevie Wonder | Portishead | Peter, Paul & Mary | They Might Be Giants | The Postal Service | Air | Simon & Garfunkel | Broken Social Scene | The Beatles | Oingo Boingo | Sneakerpimps.....
Movies:
The Graduate | The Station Agent | The Neverending Story | Last Stop Wonderland | The Motorcycle Diaries | Particles of Truth | Amelie | Taxi Driver | The Girl in the Cafe | Virgin Suicides | A Day Without a Mexican | Happy Endings | Stranger Than Fiction | The Notebook | In the Name of the Father | Maria Full of Grace | Last of the Mohicans | True Romance | Trois Couleurs | Chocolat | Me and You and Everyone We Know | Moulin Rouge | Life is Beautiful | Adaptation. | Easy | Crossing Delancy | Ricordati Di Me | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Big Fish | Closer | Pulp Fiction | Girls' Town | Swingers | Felicia's Journey | Reality Bites | Leaving Las Vegas | The Ref | Where the Heart Is | Bowling for Columbine | Better Off Dead | Back to the Future | Napoleon Dynamite | Raising Arizona | Garden State | Opposite of Sex | American Graffiti | Sophie's Choice | Boxing Helena | Go | Kicking and Screaming (1995) | Before Sunrise/Before Sunset | Grand Canyon | PCU | Moonstruck | Igby Goes Down | The Good Girl | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Punch Drunk Love | Defending Your Life | About a Boy | Blow Dry | Goonies | Happenstance | Slums of Beverly Hills | Magnolia | James Dean films | Box of Moonlight | Stand By Me | Billy Elliot | Donnie Darko | Pieces of April | Truly Madly Deeply | Woody Allen stuff | Swimming with Sharks | Once Were Warriors | The Way We Were | After Hours | Royal Tenenbaums | The Doors...
Television:
West Wing (if you haven't seen it, you're missing out on something great...get the DVDs). Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Ab Fab, and Firefly. My eye, after watching the final episode of Six Feet Under:
Books:
The Thorn Birds | 1984 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Jane Eyre | Naked/Me Talk Pretty One Day(Sedaris) | Little Women | Stardust | Skinny Legs and All | Quirkyalone | Anna Karenina | Brave New World | Geek Love | The Little Prince | Man's Search for Meaning (Frankl) | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Maus | Joy Luck Club | The Women of Brewster Place | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Tuesdays with Morrie | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Alicia: My Story | The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | Catcher in the Rye | A Little Princess | Prince of Tides | The Color Purple | On the Road | Chronicles of Narnia | Brave New World | Death of James Dean/James Dean: Little Boy Lost/etc. | childhood books like Curious George/Maurice Sendak/Chronicles of Narnia/Judy Blume/Hans Christian Anderson/The Giving Tree, etc.... img src="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/ISI/TC1022.jpg "
Heroes:
The altruistic ones. People who introduce me to new ways of thinking. Papa: before he died, he was such an original that he could stand out in a crowd of thousands; partly because of his outstanding personality, and partly due to the hot pink bandana he sometimes wore around his head. Mom: for constantly throwing her in her two cents, while understanding that I do things my own way, (which ironically, often ends up being a behavior that mirrors hers). My brother: who makes me feel privileged to be his sister and friend, and all who meet him understand why. My friends of past and present, who have given me countless wonderful memories. My cats, who I've loved for eleven years. Anonymous you, for setting the bar so high, and making me believe that it's at eye level.