mostly:
black & white photography.
documentaries. darkrooms . music. snail mail. phonographs (vinyl just sounds better). inspiration. motivation. wine. making mixed tapes. green tea. trees, lots and lots of trees. animal rights. sitting quietly and observing. sewing. rooftops. sarcasm. polaroids. random conversations with "strangers". art of any form. chain smoking. being weirdly obsessed with director's commentaries. spontaneity. thrift store bargains. uninhabited locations. the view down hwy 101. never returning phone calls. simplicity. antique stores. making things. road trips. yard sales. runes. holgas. and, more importantly ...
A tan on this pasty white skin.
just a few:
the beatles, sufjan stevens, radiohead, elliott smith, feist, the swords project, mates of state, the books, mirah, the american analog set, minus the bear, architecture in helsinki, cat power, vincent gallo, mum, jeff buckley, the frames, the album leaf, iron & wine, of montreal, sigur ros, clap your hands say yeah, rilo kiley,
damien rice, ben kweller, andrew bird, section amour,
kings of convenience, rocky votolato, circulatory system, tegan and sara, boards of canada, cursive, the appleseed cast, interpol, black heart procession, doves, led zepplin, le tigre, blonde redhead, rufus wainwright, modest mouse, the shins, black moth super rainbow, neutral milk hotel, belle & sebastian, regina spektor, honery title, placebo, the velvet teen, tom waits, mogwai, broken social scene, the velvet underground, do make say think, the postal service, animal collective, cap n' jazz, exposions in the sky, deerhoof, death cab for cutie, air
The Royal Tenenbaums, The Virgin Suicides, Wings of Desire,
The Life Aquatic, Broken Flowers, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Everything Is Illuminated, All the Real Girls, Thumbsucker, Donnie Darko, Rushmore, Stand By Me, Empire Records, Fight Club, I Know I'm Not Alone, Garden State, Bottle Rocket, The Squid and Whale, Amelie, Igby Goes Down,
I Heart Huckabees, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Mewithoutyou, Basketball Diaries, Best In Show, Vanilla Sky, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Requiem for a Dream, White Oleander, Rumble Fish
too many to list...
Currently: The Heartbreaking Work of a Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (I love $1 finds at yard sales).