creative outlets in myriad forms (especially paper arts and floral design); great music (devotchka, stellastarr*, massive attack, martha wainwright...and the list goes on and on); playing around - like in the woods and stuff or flying a kite, perhaps; i am a big sucker for an intense conversation...but love to laugh; pablo neruda; e.e.cummings; coffee & an occasional cigarette are rather nice...
people who live out loud...
built to spill, my morning jacket,rocky votolato, band of horses, arcade fire, devotchka, sigur ros, stellastarr*, massive attack, joseph arthur, death cab + postal service(can't help it), peter gabriel on a good day, rufus wainwright & his sister, martha, clap your hands say yeah, chicago (omg, i know! but, the reminiscence factor gets me every time)...classical, jazz, most everything has its place...
bull durham, the piano, wes anderson rules, love philip seymore hoffman movies (with the exception of that one where he plays a canadian and maybe a bank robber), 2046, brokeback mountain (in spite of all the hype), happy endings, lost in translation, big fan of indie, but you can twist my arm for a more mainstream movie fairly often, too...
six feet under (R.I.P.), grey's anatomy, men in trees, studio 60 on the sunset strip, project runway, so you think you can dance, sex and the city (again, R.I.P.)...not a big channel surfer...
the red tent, memoirs of a geisha, memoirs in general, PopCo, anything by jonathan safran foer or diane ackerman, the time traveler's wife
e.e. cummings, rosa parks, ani difranco, oprah