illustration - pen and ink, flash, gummy candy in citrus flavors, knitting - and crocheting, bowling, the piano, classic punk and hardcore music, chubby animals, people who cook - well, invincibility, Jung and the universal body of knowledge, lucid dreams, theology, mixing media, writing fables, temperate weather, thunderstorms, poker, euchre, chess, memoirs, the concept of "afterlife", social commentaries, Mark Ryden paintings, Damien Hirst's formaldehyde work, mockumentaries, shoes, salmon, wasabi, penguins, dock sessions, the Firesign Theatre, metaphysics, vintage pornography, Belgium, T dot! AND BEANTOWN!
I'm actually not really interested in meeting people, but keeping in touch with the unique ones I already know and adore, sorry. I'm a little jaded, but I'll appreciate good conversation at a pleasant distance, thanks. If we're wishing... I would sort of like to meet a few politicians - off the record, naturally, so I could punch Lieberman in the face - and I think Sylvia Plath would've been a hoot. Yeah. OH!! I'd like to get closer than the separation of several rows of lecture hall seating to Chuck Palahniuk (not to punch him, but picking his brain would hopefully be on the table). Thanks, Santa.
Bad Religion, the Germs, Fear, Black Flag, The Misfits, Good Riddance, Blondie, Strung Out, The Promise, politically aggravated music, and some classic rock occasionally. When the mood takes me, I spank my emo moppet to some indie rock. Guilty pleasures: Imogen Heap, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Death Cab For Cutie, the Decemberists, Scissor Sisters, Ghinzu, and Stereolab.
social commentaries, mockumentaries, Disney movies (very much - but in particular the ones from my era), B-movies, Hitchcock - particularly "Frenzy," "The Never Ending Story," "The Labyrinth" (I have a girl-crush on Jennifer Connelly), "The Goonies," "Natural Born Killers (the Director's Cut)," "Sixteen Candles," "Bully," "Full Metal Jacket," "Night of the Living Dead," "Party Monster," "Permanent Midnight," "Identity," "The Usual Suspects" and pretty much anything Kevin Spacey has ever touched (except this latest "Superman" movie. "Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain," "Romper Stomper," "Periah," "Donnie Darko," "Sordid Lives," "Etre et Avoir," "A Life Less Ordinary," "Real Genius," "Death to Smoochy," (anything featuring Edward Norton is great in my book) "Waking Life," "pi," "ZERO DAY," "City of God," "Elephant" (but "Zero Day" was better), "Fun," "Ghost Busters," "Gremlins," "Explorers," "Le Huitieme Jour," "Ma Vie en Rose," "White Oleander," "Unprecidented," "The Karate Kid," "Back to the Future" - the trilogy, the "Indiana Jones" trilogy, "American Splendor", "Kids," "Gummo," "Pretty Woman," and yes, I too like Tarantino movies (especially "Four Rooms" and "Reservoir Dogs"). Loving "Kung Fu Hustle" in a HUGE way, "Pan's Labyrinth" is great, and "Pola X" - it's just so real, but not... "Guest House Paradisio" almost made me wet myself - and I'm not a laugher. I liked "V for Vendetta" right up until the last line. Redundancy pisses me right off.
I don't watch a lot. I enjoy Buffy, a great deal - I find it a smart, funny show, and she could kick Spiderman's radioactive ass.
"Hardcore Zen", "Naked Lunch", "The Foutainhead" (pretty much anything Ayn Rand), "The Belljar", Jorge Borges ("Ficciones"), Palahniuk - any and ALL of his works (it's a one-sitting kind of obsession), Garth Nix, Milan Kundera ("Identity," "Art of the Novel"), Bradbury, Heinlein, JTHM and Squee, "The Listeners," "Sati," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Lolita," "Wicked," "The Wall," "Le mythe de Sisyphe," "Bitch," "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", "Gardens of the Moon" (and all of the Malazon Empire books I have read. I am currently on the third.), "Life of Pi," "Nylon" (the magazine - this should really be a preferred literary media section, because I like "Sandman" and Daniel Clowes too, and random, weird screenplays). I've begun reading a lot of plays lately, but really enjoyed Augusten Burroughs's "Running with Scissors." I have not seen the film, but I imagine it cannot compare - as film, in my opinion, nearly always falls short in evoking the sentiments of the book on which it is based. Right now I'm obsessed with Jack Kerouac - but am really swamped with coursework at the moment... I also really enjoyed "The Red Tent" - one of those musts for the female reader. Right now I finished plowing through "Vanity Fair," which, as I am pleasantly surprised to note, is quite funny! Tricky Thackeray! Having finished "Freakonomics" a while ago, I was excited to share some of the data with friends and family. I like books.
I am currently accepting applications having yet to satisfy my search for a qualified party. Although there are some in the running, do not be intimidated. Though they merit great respect, they are few - and some are fictional (like Buffy - no, not Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy.) so those don't really count, but this is how I like to remember my daddy: ..This has zero to do with my heroes, but the technology is neato - thanks Jenn!