"He had a simplicity that must have come from living a great deal and mastering a great deal. If you brushed against his life ever so lightly it was like tapping on a bell; you felt all that you could not hear."
~ Willa Cather, Lucy Gayheart
hanging out with friends. bowling (have my own shoes). people watching. talking. not talking (and still finding things not to talk about). reading. writing. finding used bookstores. labeling things subversive. finding beauty in the ordinary. running. partying. having fun. exaggerating.
The man who, after being asked why he was stomping on a peacock's neck, yelled, "I'm killing a vampire!"
Amy Winehouse, The Killers, Jude, Snow Patrol, Travis, Nightmare of You, Interpol, Lily Allen, Tina Arena, Kelly Clarkson, Elton John, Billy Joel, George Michael, Ani, Alanis, Keane, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Mandy Moore, Beach Boys, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), Tracy Chapman, Robyn, Journey, Dolly Parton, Pink, Keane, Mary J, Fefe Dobson, David Gray, Joni Mitchell (more as a writer than a singer)
Wet Hot American Summer, Series 7: The Contenders, Moulin Rouge, Pan's Labyrinth, Once, Sleepaway Camp, Love Actually, Donnie Darko, Life as a House, Happiness, Best In Show, Mighty Wind, Saved!, Office Space, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Teen Witch, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Freaky Friday (Jamie Lee Curtis version), The Little Mermaid (basically any pre-1994 Disney film), Halloween (Original Version), Wedding Singer Session 9, The Brink of Summer's End, This Boy's Life
Simpsons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Freaks and Geeks, Ugly Betty, Strangers With Candy, The State, Sifl and Olly, The Cosby Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, I Love Lucy, Sex and The City, Dead Like Me, Golden Girls, Mystery Science Theater, My So-Called Life, Popular
Let's just go with authors: Atwood, Carver, Cather, James, Hesse, Bronte (Charlotte and Emily), Austen, Morrison, Monette, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and many, many more.
Too many to list.