small interesting experiences.
Anyone interesting, entertaining, and not too evil. Friends. Cohorts. Storytellers. People who write poetry but won't make me read it. People who are eligible to vote.
People who send messages.
The New Pornographers, The Frames, Radiohead, Bjork, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary, Sigur Ros, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Doria Roberts, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Paul Simon, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Nina Simone, The Decemberists, Flaming Lips, Dr. John, John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, Solomon Burke, Jamie Cullum, and many many more.
Steel Magnolias, American Beauty, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Auntie Mame, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Muppets Take Manhattan, Annie Hall, Wonder Boys, Finding Nemo, Desk Set, Trouble in Paradise, McLintock (John Wayne reminds me of my grandfather), Stepmom, Random Hearts, Something to Talk about, Beaches, All About Eve, Casablanca, Field of Dreams, The Lion King, Citizen Kane, Christmas Vacation, Shawshank Redemption, Lord of the Rings, Being Julia, Camp, The Royal Tenenbaums, Something's Gotta Give, Blues Brothers, Guarding Tess. A Prairie Home Companion.
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Wonderfalls, Gilmore Girls, West Wing, The Victory Garden
Franny and Zooey, Nine Stories, Wonder Boys, Kavlier and Clay, Harry the Dirty Dog, life of Pi, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Eva Luna, the stories of Eva Luna, anything by David Sedaris, Nero Wolfe books, Make it Bigger, the Type Director's Club Annual, Atticus, Other Voices Other Rooms, anything by Flannery O'Connor, The Cheese Monkeys, Most anything by Anne Rice, Everything is Illuminated. Like Water for Chocolate.
Jan Tschichold, Richard Wilde, and Eleanor of Aquitaine