editing for grammar and cohesion, dancing, drinking whiskey, all things black, cooking mass quantities of food, loudly cursing in foreign languages, using big words and periphrasis, slapping the solipsistic, exercising exegesis and examining exigence, pretending to be a foreigner by appropriating foreign accents, kai gwa, and harassing mormon elders, faux skinheads, hipsters, and plastic girls with oversized chihuahuas. oh yeah, and flirting with english professors and checking up on their dangling modifiers. and of course, big booty fat bacon-eating hos.
people who like to dance; clean, anti-cockteasing hos who like to put out without all the drama; people who like to hang out at the bar to shoot the shit and drink hard liquor (particularly whiskeys) as opposed to simply seeing and being scene, the critically analytical, other homophobic homosexuals, the people who came up with html (so i can thank them and then kill them), people who think book clubs are a good thing, those who humorously and thus effectively self-efface, and people who know the difference between a gerund and the progressive tense. and matt gonzalez, so i can tell him to get a haircut. oh yeah -- and people who go along with the "thanks-for-the-add
all those bands that no one's ever heard of and also old bay area rap shits like r.b.l. posse and e-40, frou frou, le tigre, panic! at the disco, fannypack, purcell, that george michael song (damn you, my le!!!), peaches, matisyahu, fat freddie, animal, old jtb, pulp, shirley q. liquor, interpol, gravy train!!!!, 50-cent, gospel, mozart, casio beat scene, peaches, prince, beyonce, radiohead, mos def, vst & co., earth wind and fire, brahms, postal service, no condom whatever (r.i.p.), manu chao, J5, promise ring, outkast, fischerspooner, otis redding, pinback, phantom planet, gorillaz, pilita corrales, cazwell, bjork, houstonbernard, debussy, mickey avalon, death cab for cutie, old-school girl rap, and etta james, among others
pillow book, city of god, one night on earth, bend it like beckham, i heart huckabees, oral exams, powers of ten, power of one, gattaca, bowling for columbine, amelie, edge of 17, mean girls, the forgotten, vanilla, 12 o'clock high, maltese falcon, rent (i know...), napoleon dynamite, seventh sign, city of lost children, boondock saints, the lion in winter, imitation of life, blow dry, kill bill, goonies, john waters films, harold and maude, 25th hour, house of mirth, y tu mama tambien, neverending story, anything with parker posey, the stepford wives, christopher guest films, dune, the forsyte saga, super troopers, eternal sunshine, pornpornporn...whatever i can steal from the rental shack
lehrer, weeds, nova, family guy, queer as folk, history channel, food network, project runway, pbs, bbc, vh-1's 40 least hip-hop moments, jeopardy, gray's anatomy -- i don't watch a lot of tv, so don't get mad if i'm not on top of pop culture.
map of love, the maillard reaction, etiquette, red tent, maupin, d.h. lawrence, blink, glamorama, name of the rose, murakami, like the red panda, eiko on stage, prodigal summer, the secret life of bees, gore vidal, where the wild things are, catcher in the rye, robert lanham, strunk & white's elements of style; funk: the people, the music, and the rhythm of the one; the joy of cooking, jared diamond, earth in the balance, the anatomy of swearing, alexis de tocqueville, the unbearable lightness of being, the tipping point, joan didion, 100 years of solitude, pop-ups, c.s. lewis, the picture of dorian gray, aucoin's making faces, the bedford handbook, the poky little puppy, caligula, the razor's edge, gray's anatomy, wild swans, poisonwood bible, pornpornporn, st martin's sourcebook, where the sidewalk ends, hunter s, the lorax, baudrillard, great expectations, the golden notebook; guns, germs, and steel; eats, shoots, and leaves; still life with woodpecker...to name a few
my mom n' pop for always doing a good job, rebecka for always having been there in capacities unheard of in normal mortals, molly for her arguments and eternal love, angelo for being hawt and for never giving a fuck, houston for his tenacity in the face of adversity and constant references to 'elvis' and cawk-in-mouth in general, my brother ken for his progress, sandy and my le for extraordinary party planning and unparalled cute-desu, yolie for finely balancing concern, generosity, and bitchiness; moira et les femmes de sanchitation pour ses tendresses (truuuuuuuuu), stephan for knowing his way around a toolbox and for reminding me of the need for constant vigilance against ignorami; kimila for being a rad rad black girl (who's hella fine, you sucka-ducks) and for preserving the sanity, cohesion, and cleanliness of the haight street house; alex and alisa for discussing toulmin, rauch, didion, and gorgias with a sense of humor and for drinks and dancing; rae rae for her insight, humor, affection, understanding, and child-bearin' hips; john male for being so much more than just a nice thing to look at, gavin newsom for doing what he wanted, liza thorn for being such a fabulous whore; rose, sarah, and betty for running the best damn office around and being so supportive; kim, jay, heather, the dans, jesse toodles, and tim for being such good partners-in-crime; mama jee for all her support and loving; amber for being misschiffous and making me realize that absence may make the heart grow fonder but it truly SUX, coco for just being...well, coco; the Writing Lab gangstaz for being so good and so lexical, and my professors (Hu, Killer-K, Sanelli, Vincent, Batty-Sylvan and Schubes) for being dope...and this guy Jeremy Lory for plain good-old unadulterated narcissism, conceit, and exhibitionist tendencies...oh so charming... width="425" height="350" ....