misinterpreting social interactions, boats, spices, being spicy, sinus rhythm (and being in it), knitting (and lately, felting), fruity delight.
you, hot stuff.
john hartford, ted leo/rx, pulp, of montreal, great big sea, verdi, the new pornographers, the hold steady, social distortion, the national.
raiders of the lost ark. wet hot american summer. the philadelphia story, 'til the end.
twin peaks, arrested development.
all of them. in reality, "moby dick," "the mosquito coast," "infinite jest," "the tin drum," "memoir from antproof case," and whatever you've got by italo calvino, raymond chandler, and flannery o'connor. also books with crossword puzzles in them. and finn.
people who are tougher than me. (that is, nobody.)