making stuff with my hands. being a professional child wrangler. saying i will get a car. sleeping on the bus in comfort. saying inappropriate things. tangling yarn with my fingers. thinking of places to go. making rings that i can't part with.
RATATAT. wilco. NIN. dvorak. damien rice. nick drake. nicolo paganini. califone. buena vista social club. aphex twin. tv on the radio. pinback. air. yo la tengo. yeah yeah yeahs. the frames. the stills. the walkmen. wilco. OK Go. the rapture. muse. the coral. sufjan stevens. brahms. longwave. ben kweller. death cab for cutie. pedro the lion. stellastarr. etta james. smokey & miho. sigur ros. poe. otis redding. leonard cohen. nina simone. nada surf. mogwai. longwave. james. idlewild. flaming lips. fiona apple. dispatch. david gray. cowboy junkies. postal service. snow patrol. interpol. ella fitzgerald. yeah yeah yeahs. diana krall. bob marley. mouse on mars. the national. mic christopher. mark geary. the cinematics. suburban kids with biblical names. de novo dahl. tegan and sara. the strokes. neko case. stars of track and field. sons and daughters. rilo kiley. the rakes. pixies. peter bjorn and john. of montreal. my morning jacket. the magnetic fields. the magic numbers. iron and wine. king wilkie. the delays.
willow. city of god. 21 grams. y tu mama tambien. philadelphia. when harry met sally. goodbye lenin!. matrix (first one). the royal tenenbaums. lost in translation. monsters inc. devils advocate. frida. reservior dogs. back to the future. willy wonka and the chocolate factory. thin red line. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. raise the red latern. shrek. that thing you do. les miserables. quills.
gray's. discovery channel. my name is earl. anything with crafts invovled.
lolita. memoirs of a geisha. catcher in the rye. up in the old hotel. mohammed ghandi. a wrinkle in time. world according to garp and everything else john irving. everything is illuminated. my side of the moutain. and many others.
parents (their whole deal with escaping communism always seems to take the cake)