My Wolf Buddy. Punk rock. Vegan cooking. Thrifting. Conservation. Homemade pizza. Vinyl toys/lowbrow art. Sociopolitics. Blowing shit up. Hot tea (preferably Yerba Mate or Peppermint). Disgusting jokes. Kitschy vacations. Stop-motion animation. Sushi. Mexican art. Riding my beautiful pink Schwinn. Sewing/embroidery. Plastic animal masks. Grammar. Illustrations of birds, skulls, and aquatic life. Cupcakes. Anatomical models. Despising teenagers and middle-aged SUV drivers. Weird owl figurines. Cold weather. Sleeping in and/or taking naps. Avocados. Things that smell like mint or cocoa butter. Public libraries. Whimsy.
These guys, in human and feline form:
People with convictions.
Also...
Currently: The new Pedestrians LP, Nas Hip Hop is Dead, Moondog, the new Beirut EP, Godflesh, and OOIOO. Always in rotation: RFTC and all related John Reis bands, Misfits and all related Glenn Danzig bands, Fugazi, Archers of Loaf, Superchunk, Bad Brains, Coliseum, Replacements, Can, Johnny Cash, Stooges, Blur, Angels of Light, Stones, Black Flag, James Brown, Seaweed, Gang of Four, Ornette Coleman, Naked Raygun, Public Enemy, Wire, Mission of Burma, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, His Hero is Gone, Serge Gainsbourg, Motorhead, John Zorn (esp. Masada), Marty Robbins, Bjork, Joy Division, The Clash, GVSB, Elvis Costello, Jesus Lizard, The Damned, Jawbox, MBV, Killing Joke, JAMC, Poison Idea, Billy Bragg, Wipers, NOU, Psychedelic Furs, Ramones, Stereolab, Fela Kuti, Rites of Spring, Minor Threat, Wrangler Brutes, all the Numero Group and Ethiopiques comps and most of the Soul Jazz ones, plus lots of ridiculous mid-'80s to early-'90s hip hop and R&B.
Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Truffaut, Bergman, and Miyazaki; pretty much anything starring Tim Roth, Peter Sellers, Warren Oates, Vincent Price, or Bruce Campbell; pre-bastardized-by-Lucas Star Wars trilogy; anything featuring zombies, monsters, possessed children, satanic cult car chases, ghosts, Lo-Pan, or wolf nards; '60s exploitation; '80s comedies; most stuff released by 5 Minutes to Live; and documentaries (especially music-related).
Currently: Spook by Mary Roach. Recently finished: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester and Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell (Both amazing and highly recommended!). Some favorites include Please Kill Me, Cat's Cradle, The Stranger, Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers, Fast Food Nation, Things Fall Apart, Our Band Could Be Your Life, 1984, The Future of an Illusion, Feast of Snakes, Shoot the Women First, Diet for a New America, Confederacy of Dunces, People's History of the United States, any short stories by Ambrose Bierce, Graham Greene, or Dorothy Parker... and about a million more.