Like I said, I have an open mind, but I'm especially intrigured by the following: google. photo booths. brita pitchers. post-it notes. firefox. glittens. white russians. bubble wrap. lockets. heart-to-hearts. prismacolor pencils. rice steamers. sharpie markers. photography. jimmy john's veggie subs. people watching. hopeless romanticism. the smell of a new box of crayolas. root beer stands. paisley prints. board games. swiffering. peace. folding laundry. astronomy. picnics. ice skating. skirts. stadium blankets. giving gifts for no reason. sewing. postcards. ellipses. making mix tapes. sangria. hammocks. wine. nyc pizza. laughing. scarves. journaling. macs. nightswimming. independent films. making lists. snowstorms. craisins. long underwear. jones soda. world religions. coffee. napping. honesty. the color green. coloring. jesuits. museums. thinking-of-you phone calls. recycling. vinyl records. greeting cards. musicals. boating. assembling furniture. ice cream. inchworms. pencil cases. hummus. drawing. a good cry. spooning. thrift stores. falling asleep after the sun has come up. j-pop. soft pretzels. lightning. swing sets. making earrings. owls. reading. weddings. optical illusions. my total 7-ism. jazz clubs. sending snail mail. ebay. carrots. bowling. baking banana bread. gmail. discovering new music. asian culture. protests. dear friendships. calligraphy. inside jokes.
You...as long as you're not a creepster or from the Church of Scientology. Or both, since they seem to go hand-in-hand.
Quite...err...varied: Guster. Rilo Kiley. The Beatles. Ben Lee. Ani DiFranco. Eric Clapton. Bright Eyes. The Rolling Stones. Oasis. Modest Mouse. Jamie Cullum. Billy Joel. Ben Harper. Elliot 'Sad Bastard' Smith. The Who. Stevie Wonder. Tom Petty. Jump Little Children. Wyclef Jean. Radiohead. Diana Ross. Modest Mouse. The Vines. Ella Fitzgerald. Regina Spektor. The Jackson 5. Gnarls Barkley. Death Cab for Cutie. Jethro Tull. Bjork. Jack Johnson. Kanye West. The Golden Birds. Beck. The Arcade Fire. M Ward. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Coldplay. Ben Folds. The Temptations. Fiona Apple. Matt Nathanson. Howie Day. The Decemberists. Elton John. The Fray. Bob Marley. Colin Hay. Dave Matthews Band. Sufjan Stevens. John Legend. Mirah. Joni Mitchell. Flogging Molly. Nickel Creek. Feist. Steve Miller. Louis Armstrong. Matt Wertz. Peter Frampton. Incubus. The Postal Service. Jimi Hendrix. Belle & Sebastian. Ben Kweller. Talib Kweli. Queen. Creedence Clearwater Revival. Usher. The White Stripes. Led Zeppelin. Frank Sinatra. Neutral Milk Hotel. The Shins. Iron & Wine. Ray Charles. The Kinks. Pearl Jam. Anything with orchestral accompaniment. Anything to which I can shake my ass.
I dig 'em, especially these: Amélie. Almost Famous. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Shawshank Redemption. Forrest Gump. Best in Show. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Goonies. The Royal Tenenbaums. Sleepless in Seattle. Little Miss Sunshine. Love Story. A League of Their Own. The Lord of the Rings. Rushmore. Snatch. Wallace and Gromit. The Truman Show. Mad Hot Ballroom. Castaway. Dazed and Confused. The Breakfast Club. Life is Beautiful. And anything else that makes me think...
I don't watch it much, but when I do, it's usually something on the National Geographic Channel or the Discovery Channel. I love 'Miami Ink' and have already decided that if I were to ever get a tattoo, it would have to be by one of those dudes.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Everything is Illuminated. Catherine Called Birdy. Wicked. The Book of Mev. Friday Night Lights. Naked. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Requiem for a Dream. Learning True Love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. Le Petit Prince. The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster. Me Talk Pretty One Day. Democracy Matters.
My parents. Richard Brautigan. Georgia O'Keefe. Jim Henson. Chuck Close. Kat Von D. Shel Silverstein. And the fine folks who invented the following: Google, photo booths, Post-it notes, Mozilla Firefox, gloves that turn into mittens (for the record, I prefer to call them 'glittens' rather than 'smoker gloves' or 'homeless gloves'), White Russians, Prismacolor pencils, Photoshop, and Sharpie markers.