Music:
aimee mann. alanis. alicia keys. andrew bird. ani difranco. animal collective. antony & the johnsons. beck. belle & sebastian. ben folds. beth orton. blossom dearie. chick corea. clap your hands say yeah. coldplay. decemberists. devendra. dusty springfield. elliott smith. feist. frank sinatra. gomez. hanson. jeff buckly. joanna newsom. john frusciante. jon brion. JTims. magic numbers. mazzy star. midlake. my brightest diamond. my morning jacket. neko case. nick drake. nico. nina simone. norah jones. of montreal. pandaB. patty griffin. paul simon. the raconteurs. radiohead. RHCP. rilo kiley. rufus. ryan adams. sam philips. sarah vaughan. shins. smashing pumpkins. stvincent. sufjan stevens. tegan&sara. thom yorke. wallflowers. ween. wilco. word.
Movies:
empire records. rushmore. the royal tenanbaums. life aquatic. pulp fiction. so i married an axe murderer. before sunrise. kill bill. alice in wonderland. jawbreaker. almost famous. edward scissorhands. whats eating gilbert grape. me, you, & everyone we know. little miss sunshine. follow that bird. funny girl. dead poets society. i heart huckabees. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. rules of attraction. reality bites. mary poppins. the graduate.
Television:
my so-called life, gilmore girls, the food network, project runway, and every reality tv show on bravo.
Books:
the unbearable lightness of being. catcher in the rye. franny & zooey. letters to a young poet. slaughterhouse-five. extremely loud & incredibly close. the missing piece meets the big o. running with scissors. magical thinking. lolita. three incestuous sisters. there's a monster at the end of this book.