song writing, music and musical instruments, film, audio recording, fiction/screen writing, sleep, failure, choices, comedy, dogs, la luna, road trips, behavior, nostalgia, root beer, bizarre road-side attractions, aimlessly driving around Los Angeles, long walks on short piers, Largo, potential and kinetic energy (mostly as a metaphor)
I'd like to meet:
Everyone and no one. Meeting people is so overrated. 99% of the people you are dying to meet will disappoint you. Admire from afar. You'll be a happier person.
Music:
Jon Brion, Michael Penn, Wilco, Beatles, Aimee Mann, Elliott Smith, Buffalo Tom, The Shins, Candy Butchers, Guster, Fountains of Wayne, Pernice Brothers, Cardigans, Emitt Rhodes, Weezer, Joseph Arthur, Grant Lee Phillips, Hem, Neil Finn, Neko Case, Postal Service, Flaming Lips, Al Green, Ben Lee, Sondre Lerche, Josh Rouse, Ron Sexsmith, Madder Rose, Sam Cooke, Mates of State, Mike Andrews, The Elected, Jenny Lewis, Death Cab for Cutie
Movies:
Once, Kicking and Screaming (Baumbach), Me and You and Everyone We Know, Juno, Half Nelson, Rushmore, Ghostbusters, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Junebug, Ghostworld, Knocked Up, You Can Count on Me, Raising Arizona, Hard 8, Author! Author!, Shortbus, Miami Blues, Little Miss Sunshine, Grosse Pointe Blank, Heathers, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, This is Spinal Tap, Big Fish, Bandwagon, Repo Man, Living in Oblivion, Highball, All the Real Girls, And Justice For All, Dog Day Afternoon, Noises Off, Casablanca, The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Better Off Dead, Ed Wood, Major League, Shawshank Redemption, Philadelphia Story, Midnight Run, Tremors, Royal Tennenbaums, Amelie, Three Kings, Being John Malkovich, Lost in Translation, The Incredibles
Television:
Northern Exposure, Curb Your Enthusiasm, LOST, The Office (pick a country), Veronica Mars, Medium, Venture Brothers, Flight of the Conchords, The Simpsons, Angel, Seinfeld, Mission Hill, Adult Swim, Freaks and Geeks, Larry Sanders, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, My So Called Life, Conan O'Brien, Grosse Pointe, Arrested Development, The Wonder Years
Books:
The Wishbones, Bad Haircut, Joe College, Pop. 1280, So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star, the dictionary, Italian Without Words, anything by Peter Roget except the thesaurus
Heroes:
Joe Pernice, Stephen Colbert, Joe Pernice, Noah Baumbach, Joe Pernice, Larry David, Joe Pernice, Tom Perrotta, Joe Pernice, Mary Lorson, Joe Pernice, Miranda July, Joe Pernice, Zach Galifianakis, Joe Pernice, my parents
