Languages, woodworking, architecture and furniture design, snuggling, burping, giving/receiving massages, soft things, good sex, cacti, co-operative living, trying not to get uptight, trying not to go insane, google earth and maps in general, politics and the end of the world.And for all of you who don't know, George W. Bush is NOT from Texas.
A grandmother who loves chocolate donuts and has a paralyzing fear of billboards. And all of the (former) candidates for Texas governer so I could make fun of the each of them in turn. And Vladimir Putin so I could kick him in the nuts. And Rick Perry so I could dump a Sysco economy-sized tub of mayonnaise on him. However I would never, under any circumstances whatsoever, like to meet Dick Cheney, ever. I think it would be interesting to meet myself when I'm 35. Anyone with compassion, wisdom, and courage.
To list them all would be tedious and pretentious, so for now I am obsessed with: Of Montreal Del the Funky Homosapien Beirut Fela Kuti Spoon Lhasa de Sela Crazy mix CD's
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. That is all I have to say. Also, what the hell is The City of Lost Children about?
Cartoons, nature shows, or any show where celebrities humiliate themselves. Cable TV news is pure poison for the soul.
The Tin Drum, Dog Years, Marcovaldo, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Lord of the Rings, Cryptonomicon, Schroedinger's Cat, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hocus Pocus, The Brothers Karamazov, Cosmicomics, The Baron in the Trees, Marcovaldo, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler . . ., Sophie's Choice, Catch-22, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, Invisible Cities, R.W. Southern's History of the Middle Ages, The Age of Religious Wars, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Kalevala, A Field Guide to Sprawl, Chateaubriand's Rene, La citta e la casa, The Alphabetic Labyrinth, The Meeting at Telgte, Language and Thought, L'Etranger, Huis Clos, A Long Day's Journey into Night, Reefer Madness.
Antoni Gaudi, Jakob Grimm, Alvar Aalto, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Bill Watterson, Gary Larson, Cincinnatius, USMC Maj. Gen. Smedly Butler, Richard St. Barbe Baker, and anyone capable of thinking for themselves, speaking their mind, and doing what they know is right. And of course the one and only Dave Tucker.