photography, journalism, books, talking to people (i do it for a living), art, music, sewing, cooking greek and indian food, hot coffee on a cold day and cold coffee on a hot day, vintage jewelry and dresses,sleep, travel, interesting and rare people, old photographs found at flea markets and garage sales (how can people get rid of those?)
I'd like to meet:
Garrison Keillor so I could hug him and thank him for making me love driving in my car and thinking so much.
Photographers and journalists....we are crazy, brave folks but mostly just crazy.
Music:
all sorts but my top five (a.k.a. nick hornby) would be elvis costello, lucinda williams, tom waits, johnny cash and maybe a tie between sam cook, otis redding and etta james.if i had to add a few more i would say martin sexton, ben harper, ben lee, ben folds, joel kraft (check him out on my friends list), madeliene peyroux, beth orton, massive attack, nina simone, marvin gaye,elliott smith, radiohead, the pixies, flaming lips, the ditty bops, old aretha franklin, beck, david byrne and talking heads, astor piazzola, all things morrissey, jim croce, nancy griffith, joni mitchell,...okay, you get the picture?
Movies:
anything john cusack (with the exception of that foul movie with kate beckinsale), peewee's big adventure, steve martin's L.A. Story, home for the holidays (directed by jodi foster, it is not the one of the disney variety with the boy from home improvement), anything alfred hitchcock, lost in translation, amelie, my life without me, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, pride and prejudice (the BBC version), bridget jones' diary, the tripletts of belleville (I LOVE this movie), raising arizona was a staple movie growing up alongside the national lampoons vacation movies (which i also still love to watch), french films in general...there are way too many and my favorite movies change each time i see a great one
Television:
i don't really watch television but when i do it would ideally be the shows house, the office, my name is earl or anything on bbc america (if i had that channel ;(), six feet under, golden girls reruns and strangers with candy cracks my shit up. usually what happens is i come home from shooting an assignment and get my giggles to some conan o'brien and go to bed fulfilled once again. he rocks my world, i am just disappointed he could not have been my date to the senior prom because i had the biggest infatuation in high school.
Books:
The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, various Dave Eggers works, Jane Austen, the aforementioned Nick Hornby, I really loved Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer and im jealous that he is my age and so accomplished. I am in complete awe of Raymond Carver and Dorothy Parker and Andre Dubus. I love Melissa Banks and Louise Erdrich as well. And of course, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Lorrie Moore, Garrison Keillor and Margaret Atwood. Also graphic novelist craig thompson (http://www.dootdootgarden.com)Photography books galore, over and over again.I religiously read National Geographic.
Heroes:
oh, do many people really deserve this title?
