I'm taking illegal trap-set drum lessons. I haven't had this much fun since I dreamt about helping christopher walken and billy crystal steal food from wal-mart.Also: Trains, trees, trivia, harmonicas, horseback riding, the moon, collecting recipes, etymology, coffee, road trips, diet vanilla pepsi, puppetry, psychology, antiques, surrealism [in film and art], expressionism [in literature and art], snow skiing, water skiing, globe trotting, archery, whistling, rock climbing, opera, dialects, ultimate frisbee, fencing, forensics, ghost stories, school supplies, autumn, the travel channel, creating t-shirt slogans and band names, slapstick, shark week, sherlock holmes, cheesey horror movies, peanut butter, the blues, blueberries and bugs that look like plants.
Jack Black.And this guy:But I saw his VH1 Storytellers, so it feels like we're friends.
patty griffin, nina simone, joanna newsom, rufus wainwright, lucinda williams, jeff buckley, tenacious D, ray charles, jimi hendrix, percy sledge, billy bragg, louis armstrong, etta james, the temptations, cat stevens, damien rice, the platters, billy joel, the clash, otis redding, sam cooke, james taylor, martha and the vandellas, the kingsmen, tom waits, b.b. king, patti smith, the beach boys, james brown, the monkees, queen, the rolling stones, ryan adams, sigur ros, the beastie boys, led zeppelin, loudon wainwright, david bowie, the handsome family, robert johnson, U2, nat "king" cole, cyndi lauper, the pretenders, pat benatar, p.j. harvey, abigail washburn, amos lee, gillian welch
rarely disappointed by these folks: almodovar, brakhage, antonioni, david lynch, both andersons, coen bros., todd solondz, todd haynes, scorsese, coppola, nicole holefcener [two outta three ain't bad, anyway] also: Jibeuro, the station agent, northfork, in the bedroom, central do brasil, fannie och alexander and jaws
six feet under, family guy, get smart, grey's anatomy, mr. show, MYTHBUSTERS!!, alias, quantum leap [especially the cross-dressing episodes], the muppet show, band of brothers, alfred hitchcock presents, the dick van dyke show [especially the cross-dressing episodes], mystery science theater 3000 [preferably episodes with joel], looney tunes, red dwarf, cash cab, nick at night, L O S T [although not so hot on it lately]
100 years of solitude, gravity's rainbow, of mice and men, a streetcar named desire, cruel shoes, jane eyre, the hiding place, frankenstein, pure drivel, the sun also rises, watership down, crazy in alabama, harry potter, norton anthology [4th or 6th edition], a separate peace, pride and prejudice, a confederacy of dunces, tuck everlasting...to be continued...
the guy that works at morningside shop-ezy who's always cheerful [may he rest in peace]. matt and sam. paul lynde. the women in my grandmother's apartment complex. joy and kathy. mom. and gus. he's my little hero.