speculative fiction, screwball comedies, circus freaks, Karen Joy Fowler, dinosaurs, champagne, imaginary islands, secret histories, pretty yet comfy shoes
The young Don Ameche.
Cat Power, Lipkandy, PJ Harvey, Neko Case, Catherine Wheel, Emily Haines, Johnny Cash, Kristin Hersh
Midnight, It Happened One Night, Gas Food Lodging, Run Lola Run, Rushmore, Barton Fink
Veronica Mars, old-school Gilmore Girls, Project Runway, Bones, Rome, Heroes (sometimes), The Office (both), The Avengers, Buffy
Corrupting Dr. Nice by John Kessel, Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler, Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link, Mockingbird by Sean Stewart, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, Boy Proof by Cecil Castellucci, Valiant by Holly Black, etc. etc.
Karen Joy Fowler, Sacco & Vanzetti, Billy Wilder, Louise Brooks, Judy Blume, Molly Ivins