painting, movies, AIM, miranda july, thai iced tea, dali restaurant with ana ma, honest teas, mai tais by josh, keema mutar, peking raviolis, photography, painting, parmesan goldfish crackers (now with no trans fats!), learning how to nap, scallion cream cheese, rachel griffiths, marilyn monroe, my mum's tacos, shopping for anything vintage, my purse collection (40 and counting), red lipstick, the food network, dali, vintage cowboy boots (are seven pairs toooo many?), sean penn, jaoquin phoenix, kate winslet, maggie gyllenhaal, daniel craig, jonathan rhys myers, my AIM account (starvedplace), denis leary, lucas black, gazpacho, vintage clothes, balenciaga motorcycle bags which cost more than i make in two weeks (sigh), mangoes, toast and jam, christian bale, russell crowe's toes and other parts, sleeping, making out for days, valley-girling long into the night with j, peter sarsgaard, russell crowe, russell crowe, gael garcia bernal, tom brady, jason varitek, mark s. and our mutual poetry obssession, all things roddy, myspace freaks, eating sushi/biscuits w/ sausage gravy/purpleberry pans, brooklyn cowgirl boots and views of manhattan from the fourth floor, central park=delightful, cuchi cuchi, cuchi cuchi's brie and blood orange martinis, my bestest friend ever: sara who lives too far away (this woman totally GETS me), H&M, shopping, ERICA JONG, books in piles everywhere, moments of quietness in movies, in books, in my life, whipped garlic, my new glasses, mike ness, boys with string instruments, my boot collection, pink wine with ice, dairy, anything french, earl grey tea from 1369, frozen cool whip, sestinas, SEX & THE CITY, wearing lipstick in the dark, roses, loft apartments, falafel at the mid east, tacos with meat, marilyn monroe, white trash cheese dip, stoli razz and gingerale with 4 lemons, matt damon, mark ruffalo, anne sexton, erica jong, regina spektor, sylvia plath, brad pitt, chloe sevigny, li-young lee, phillip levine, amy's pesto pizza drowned in chili-garlic hot sauce, sara's whiskey sours, texting sara all night long, pink fuzzy bedspreads, the 80's, bon jovi memorabilia, hot pink everything, big tacky earrings, kitten heels, the word kitten, going poo (WHAT an invention!) garden burgers, james dean, sara's white musk, phil's music, audra's ass, reading everything in sight, nylon magazine, martha stewart living (show and mag), lucky magazine, angela adams handbags, my awesome gays, my best friends, rainshowers, naughtiness in broad daylight, sleeping in, cooking, salt suds, anything that smells like mint, skinheads, boys in camo shorts, hating roommates, converse all-stars, brooches, chiropractic, greens, sylvia plath, vintage everything, blondes, dark and handsome types, the style channel, queer eye, donna hay cookbooks, cooking shows (i love you nigella, naked chef, iron chef america), falling in love, writing about everyone i know, tea not coffee, hard cider, denim, sex as exercise, sleeping in, my two cats, mirrors, my hair, SEX & THE CITY, redheads, korean bbq, sushi, oi, eating, musicians, skateboarders, artists, talented people, passionate people, any guy who resembles the fonz, music playing in the background so i always feel like i'm in a movie, orange cheese products, high heels, frye boots, big hair, black lacy underthings, sambas, marc jacobs, handbags i can't afford, plastic shoes, combat boots, denim jackets, boys in horn-rimmed glasses, elvis, mike ness, peter krause, six feet under, SEX & THE CITY, chris' army hat, crushes on my old-man professors, kissing on side streets in the dark while drunk and flushed with fire and possibilities...i love early bird specials, steak frites, anything deep-fried, delicious lovemaking followed by that familiar lot of aches the morning after...
you might like some of the stuff i like:long walks in loud cities, good vodka drinks with lemons, medium rare steak with real frites, thrift store shopping for vintage footwear, lazy weekends, music, shows, arty stuff, snuggling with my cats, nakedness under the homemade quilt my mum made, books in piles everywhere, the humming my vintage fan makes, my excessive quoting of lines from sex & the city, poetry, lots of pillows in the bed, great restaurants, adventurous eating, reading the dictionary/thesaurus, desserts, french everything, sylvia plath, erica jong, holding hands, long talks about nothing, pin-up girls, taking photos, water without ice, bon jovi, accoustic bruce springsteen, reading, writing, old photographs, subway noises, queer eye marathons, writing long letters, reading magazines for hours…SOMEONE UP FOR BUNNY MASSAGE!
neko case, thom thumb, sia, once soundtrack, mark ronson, sharon jones and the dap kings, she andd him, amy winehouse, the national, handsome furs, salsa, the slits, the noisettes, nina simone, patti smith, antony and the johnsons, jolie holland, shout out louds, daniel johnson, velvet underground, nico, jolie holland, lisa germano, cocksparrer, the business, songs: ohia, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, RYAN ADAMS, g n r, poison, whitesnake, BON JOVI, warrant, marvels, spoon, BRUISERS (i live for that shit), street dogs, idaho, dents, marvels, anti heroes, wretched ones, patriot, the business, johnny cash, english beat, elvis, shout out louds, whiskeytown, regina spektor, M.I.A., billy bragg, journey, alicia keys, U2, modest mouse, marvin gaye, kills, red house painters, rhcp, brazilian girls, john cougar, specials, elefant, bad religion, stills, kings of leon, karen o., billy idol, raveonettes, the sounds, garden state soundtrack, moving units, ben kweller, postal service, blood for blood, bruisers, h2o, prince, jacko, madonna, pj harvey, cat power, the darkness, joan jett, yeah yeah yeahs, tom petty, ryan adams, liz phair, lost city angels, neil young, dirty water, hank williams, riot squad, the maytals, tori amos, richard thompson, killers, bowie, cure, ryan adams, johnny cash, lowlife, prince, the stills, bon jovi, the envy, toots, springsteen, springsteen, springsteen, van halen, duran duran, depeche mode, winger, blondie, death cab, carl perkins, social d, rachel yamagata, otis redding, motley crue, christina aguilera, ludacris, pat benatar, distillers, ccr, men at work, cyndi lauper, n' sync (jt), lamb, shins, metric, aretha franklin, the police, cher, morrissey, mike ness, smiths, desmond decker, clash, tramps like us, kill takers, strokes, white stripes, BON JOVI, sinners and saints, hi-fi and the roadburners, reverend horton heat, cocorosie, iron and wine, the stones, devendra banhart, faint, sufjan stevens, constantines, the streets, prince, any cheezy repetitive hip hop, jem, elvis costello, warrant, OI OI OI fucking OI...the list goes on...
there will be blood, sylvia, 2 days in paris, once, no country for old men, lars and the real girl, THE BOURNE MOVIES(j'adore matty damon), 3:10 to yuma (j'adore russell crowe), darjeeling limited, friends with money, splendor in the grass, breakfast at tiffany's, breaking and entering, grindhouse, casino royale (daniel craig... sigh...), the constant gardener, marie antoinette, the squid and the whale, match point, next stop greenwich village, layer , a merry war, quills, say anything, rebecca, jarhead, shopgirl, thumbsucker, capote, walk the line, heights, the aristocrats, little manhattan, waking life, rushmore, me you and everyone we know, the lover, crash, batman begins (sans cuntface katie holmes), mr. and mrs. smith (can i be the next mrs. smith, pretty please?!), lila says, the outsiders, point break (best line: "you're young, dumb, and full of cum"), kinsey, les triplets de belleville, the dreamers, donnie darko, the incredibles, lost book found, motorcycle diaries, garden state, american beauty, anything by hitchcock (all of 'em are fucking genius), before sunrise, before sunset, supersize me, city of god, 84 charring cross road, virgin suicides, adaptation, to kill a mockingbird, in the bedroom, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, shawshank redemption, monster's ball, dead calm, pump up the volume, gone with the wind, the hours, unfaithful, the lover, kill bill 1 & 2, monster, sid and nancy, kids, thelma and louise, boys don't cry, rebecca, gaslight, reservoir dogs, back to the future, weird science, annie, truth or dare, valley girl, lost boys, fast times at ridgemont high, rock n' roll high school, heathers, la confidential, romper stomper, amelie, great expectations, hedwig and the angry inch, mystic river, sixteen candles, desperately seeking susan, girls just want to have fun, ghost, dirty dancing, bon jovi videos, garden state, reality bites, raise the red lantern, we don't live here anymore, bourne identity, flashdance, footloose, fame, royal tennenbaums, grease, legend of billie jean, adaptation, basketball diaries, ghost world, blue velvet, true romance, pulp fiction, all 80's movies...
When I have time to watch TV, which is rarely cuz I don't own a TV anymore... I love to watch Dirt, SIX FEET UNDER, Sex and the City, Sopranos, Big Love, Queer Eye, Rescue Me, Little Britain, Barefoot Contessa, Martha, Nigella Feasts, Molto Mario, Iron Chef America, Henry Rollins, Fashion File, Coupling (UK), Dress My Nest, Project Runway, Weeds (okay maybe I do like TV, fuck!)
japanese death poems, no one belongs here more than you, the glass castle, waiting, eat/pray/love, stones of summer, notarikon, do what you are, BE, DO, "he's just not that into you" (girls, read this and suddenly understand everything about men-- trust me), "some ether" by nick flynn, "million little pieces," "viper rum" by mary karr, the mole people by jennifer toth, dorianne laux, larry levis, robert wrigley, stephen dobyns, donald revell, david lehman, andrew hudgins "babylon in a jar," nick flynn poetry, c.k. williams, memoirs, marie howe, james wright, franz wright, the memoir "another bullshit night in suck city" by poet nick flynn, erica jong esp. "FEAR OF FLYING, " check it out and also check out her poetry: "fruits and vegetables," or "loverroot." "nectar" by david c. fickett, everthing by richard brautigan, the fab play "anna in the tropics" by nilo cruz, "method and madness," everything by jt leroy, "silent woman" by janet malcom, to kill a a mockingbird, cat's eye, she's come undone, sybil, anything about plath or hughes: i have a palth & hughes obssession and huge piles of books about them, what is wrong with me: winter pollen, her husband, letters home, bitter fame, wintering, closer look at ariel. my bruce books: thunder road, born to run, my super lame book about jon bon jovi, those cheesy v.c. andrews books (ahhhh sneaking them behind closed doors in 7th grade), "come to me," and "love invents us" by amy bloom, "little nightmares, little dreams" by rachel simon, "cowboys are my weakness" by pam houston, memoirs of a geisha, virgin suicides (jeffrey you're a genius!), literary criticism esp. about poetry, "proofs and theories" by gluck, my 3000 poetry books i trip over on my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. any poetry by louise gluck, li-young lee, sylvia plath, anne sexton, sharon olds, donald hall, jane kenyon, charles simic,ellen bryan voigt, charlie smith, mary karr, david daniel, robert creely, seamus heaney, billy collins, thom gunn, ted hughes, robert bly, robert creely, scott wenthe, richard hoffman, edna st. vincent millay, marina tsvetaeva, mark doty, mary oliver, john berryman, robert pinsky, stanley kunitz, ted hughes......and on and on and on... always have my nose in a book, or a vodka drink, or a plate of red meat
PEOPLE I actually know: my mum, dawn, mark, abby, dana, sara, sarita, kari, colleen, audra... PEOPLE I wish I knew: miranda july, jon bon bon, THE BOSS, PJ, Liz, Tori... FASHIONY people I wish I could buy from or collaborate with/befriend: Carrie Bradshaw/SJP, Debbie Harry, Brody Dahle, Proenza Schouler, Erin Fetherston, Zac Posen, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rachel Bilson,Juliette Lewis, Sonia Rykiel, Anna Sui, Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Drew Barrymore, Morrissey, Chloe Sevigny, Sophia Coppola, Grace Kelly, Jackie Kennedy, Milla Jovovich, Dita Von Teese, Jenny Lewis... oh, and i hate to sound trite but i gotta: Kate Moss, Sienna Miller, Selma Blair, and Kirsten Dunst, they just GET it (at least fashion-wise)