i like: being pleasantly surprised. cemetaries. cello music. irish dancing. drinking tea. observing my kitties. etymology. moving paint around. scribbling imagery. finding out the meaning and origin of people's names. the fog. the rain. sitting in the bathroom all day. irish dancing.
bill nye the science guy. eddie izzard. conan o'brien.
avoiding obnoxious excess, the essentials: bossanova. accordions. cellos. bagpipes. dulcimers. mandolins. full orchestras. motown. gypsy jazz. dixieland jazz. old jazz. new jazz. GOOD jazz. HIP HOP. django reinhart. thomas newman. danny elfman. arcade fire. rjd2. interpol. nat king cole. the smiths. the cure. fiona. bonobo. bjork. pj. cat power. the beatles. pinback. black heart procession. sigur ros. mogwai. beck.
the triplets of belleville. the nightmare before christmas. eternal sunshine. amelie. the royal tenenbaums. wallace and gromit shorts. lady in the water. braveheart. donnie darko. citizen kane. guys and dolls. little miss sunshine. the english patient. moonlight mile. movies that i can't stop thinking about. movies that i can watch over and over again. movies that change me. movies that haunt me.
LOST. house. that 70's show. x files. my so-called life. seinfeld. the discovery channel. the joy of painting with bob ross. the simpsons. the family guy. bug shows. real-life medical examiners. animal precinct. wild kingdom. the bbc. carnivale.
eecummings. jd salinger. harry potter. the aeneid. douglas coupland. tess of the d'urbevilles. the secret life of bees. stiff. the philosophy of andy worhol by andy worhol. the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay. siddhartha. the alchemist. heartbreaking work of staggering genius. you shall know our velocity. the time traveler's wife. roald dahl. shel silverstein. where the wild things are. the secret life of plants.
eddie izzard. bob ross. robert parke-harrison. kim deal. bill nye. egon schiele. edvard munch. gustav klimt. eric fischl. alice neel.