Writing, cooking, gardening, shopping, fine dining, fashion, philosophy, reading, drawing, tv (my parent growing up), volunteering, sociology, psychology, music.
Style icons: Nikita, Brigitte Bardot, Twiggy, Francoise Hardy.
I'd like to meet:
Someone who gets my jokes and will help me build a zeppelin in my backyard.
"Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?" -- Nemerov
Music:
I have decided to expand this section for the sake of accuracy: Cowboy Junkies, Dave's True Story, Mandalay, Portishead, Massive Attack, Sloan, Lamb, Gus Gus, Goldfrapp, Suzanne Vega, Crash Vegas, Depeche Mode, Francoise Hardy, Curve, Neil Young, Hooverphonic, Morcheeba, Saint Etienne, Stereolab, bossa nova (Getz and Gilberto, Nat King Cole), jazz (Carmen McRae and Julie London), real country (Patsy Cline), Motown (Marvin Gaye, Supremes, Stevie Wonder), blues (Johnny Lee Hooker), classic rock (Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix), metal/rock/etc. (AC/DC; Guns 'N' Roses; Hole; Nirvana), funk/soul (Kool and the Gang; Shuggie Otis; Otis Redding).
"Ma jeunesse fout le camp"
Movies:
In the Mood for Love, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, James Bond, The Insider, Memento, The Big Lebowski, The King and I, black-and-white films, Happy Texas, Broken Flowers, North by Northwest, American Movie, Psycho Beach Party, Army of Darkness, Shaun of the Dead, FUBAR.
Television:
American Gothic, Oz, Daily Planet, Profiler, Dr. Katz, Home Movies, Daria, Nikita, Law & Order, Futurama, The Office (British, of course!), Gilmore Girls, Medium, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons, 100 Center Street, Sisters, Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, Late Night with Conan O'Brien (when Andy was on), Fashion File, FashionTelevision, Sherlock Holmes (Granada), Eerie Indiana, Travelers, VR.5, Designing Women, Murphy Brown, Corner Gas, The Red Green Show.
Books:
Nancy Garden's "Prisoner of Vampires" and "Monster Hunters" series, Jostein Gaarder's "Sophie's World" and "Solitaire Mystery, " Lilian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who ..." mysteries, Lee Martin's police procedurals, L.J. Smith's "The Night of the Solstice" and "Heart of Valor, " P.G. Wodehouse, Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series, Lynn Hightower, Margaret Moseley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Carole Nelson Douglas's Irene Adler series, Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass, " Funk and Wagnall's dictionary!
Heroes:
People who take the time to look at themselves and others.
