thrift shopping, good wine, human rights
mail that actually comes in a mailbox. you know, like the one outside your house.
singing a capella, traveling as frequently as my meager paycheck will allow, butterflies in my stomach, looking back on not-so-perfect moments with utter sentimentality, reading bukowski out loud while intoxicated, dancing to indie rock in dark spaces, cooking
I'd like to meet:
fast music to move me out of innertia. someone who can stun me senseless with their dancing skills. or eloquence. or witty offhanded conversation.
cute boys in fast cars ... people who appreciate sarcasm.
those who don't let their fear control them and call it philosophy
robots whose hearts glow with inner robot love.
those with grand gestures that never quite materialize.
hold up a boombox outside my window and we'll talk.
Music:
death cab for cutie, al green, the shins, joni mitchell, john coltrane, the white stripes, ben folds, elliott smith, the magnetic fields, fiona apple, modest mouse, jon brion, franz ferdinand, bloc party, iron and wine, the postal service, the futureheads, the decemberists, arcade fire, belle and sebastian, shout out louds, the new pornographers, devendra banhart, of montreal, ted leo and the pharmacists
lately: the blow, sia, regina specktor, the new interpol (well, new to me. god knows when it came out), spoon, flight of the conchords, sam cooke
and lots of pop music because romania has warped my musical tastes. yeah, that's right. i love rihanna now.
Movies:
a bout de souffle (godard), buffalo '66, my life without me, the sweet hereafter, the opposite of sex, secretary, waking life, garden state, wet hot american summer, next stop wonderland, wit, high fidelity, closer, say anything, heathers, bowling for columbine, donnie darko, the virgin suicides, you can count on me, before sunrise, before sunset, reality bites, the kill bill movies, sideways, city of god, maria full of grace, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (everytime i watch this movie i'm reminded of how amazing it is...), hotel rwanda, you and me and everyone we know.
Television:
dexter, grey's anatomy, 30 rock, desperate housewives, lost, entouragei treat my internet connection like a television. right now i'm watching a lot of studio 60 on the sunset trip
Books:
i miss the library.
any and all bukowski, especially love is a dog from hell, ee cummings, tennessee williams, the history of love ,the lottery and other stories (shirley jackson), the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime, the unbearable lightness of being, house of leaves, the hottest state (ethan hawke. yes - that ethan hawke. check it out.), camus, vonnegut, flannery o'connor, graham greene. i'm really into historically-based non-fiction. me against my brother = amazing book about the wars in somalia, rwanda and sudan.
i'm also into children's books -- alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day and cloudy with a chance of meatballs = excellent.right now i'm trying to finish the bill clinton book.
Heroes:
Paul Rusesabagina. Nelson Mandela. Richard Linklater.
and basically anyone else who turns their sense of helplessness into something productive.
