writing. singing. dancing. making stuff. absinthe. whiskey. wine. gin. guinness. music. the ocean. fire. fireplaces. four leaf clovers. orange. books. getting lost. makeup. playing dress up. traveling. exploring. rumi. love and all that goes with it. monkey business. a good cuddle buddy. knitting. painting. puppets. drawing. art, in general. chinese/western astrology. reading tarot. gardens. little things. being outside. acting like a kid. bamboo and birch fabrics. housewifey shit (cooking, baking, cleaning, the like). my loved ones. adrenaline. coffee. chocolate. mental exercise. challenge. depth. math problems. dreams. being alive, changing, improving, and feeling real, and really *human.*
ALL the meat.
um... you mean my life?
to name a mere few? the comsat angels, black 47, amy winehouse, grinderman, the mission, hot water music, angel of the odd, mindless self indulgence, dropkick murphys, tool, shiny toy guns, nine inch nails, white nois stasis, white stripes, einsturzende neubauten, old school michael jackson, fiona apple, johnny cash, jeff buckley, chris cornell, siouxie and the banshees, nick cave, annie lennox, the plank boys, special unit 2, u2, ramones, meatloaf, sex pistols, the clash, david bowie, beck, the bangles, depeche mode, rufus wainwright, magnetic fields, ravonettes, mo-dettes, jellyroll morton, the cure, bon jovi, guns & roses, white nois stasis, the pixies, blondie, front line assembly, peaches, virgos merlot, syd barrett, vast, self, barry adamson, radiohead, madonna, louis armstrong, joy division, frank sinatra, nancy sinatra, elvis, shonen knife, ella fitzgerald, billy idol, joan jett, xtc, the adicts, tom waits, muse, the faint, negativeland, fun punk, glam, good movie soundtracks, and mostly any 80s pop, COCK rock, and shit that's fun to sing and dance to...
i live for them. i'm obsessed. and the list keeps growing. cocktail, pillow talk, a philadelphia story, a scanner darkly, in the mouth of madness, city of lost children, pan's labyrinth, lost in translation, legend, the dark crystal, labyrinth, the last unicorn, tank girl, saw, being there, harvey, eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, mickey one, kafka, neverending story, drop dead gorgeous, best in show, waiting for guffman, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, charley and the chocolate factory, edward scissorhands, beetlejuice, nightmare before christmas, hedwig and the angry inch, meaning of life, holy grail and life of brian, velvet goldmine, fantastic planet, buffy the vampire slayer, buckaroo bonzai, se7en, gia, napolean dynamite, metropolis, psycho horror or thinker-flicks that fuck one's shop up, 80s awwww movies that are good to watch when you're sick and drinking chicken soup (like pee wee's big adventure, the breakfast club...), slap-around movies that make you truly appreciate what you have, and most audrey, marilyn, bette, frankie, and movies from the 30s & 40s.
family guy. jem. punky brewster. dexter. lost. myth busters. CSI vegas and NY. pretty much any cooking show will do when in doubt. and the discovery channel, or animal planet. i do love me some manimals!
um... you mean my other life?
the gunslinger series, the fountainhead, hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world, strange life of ivan osokin, alice in wonderland, through the looking glass, american gods, angels and demons, good omens, neverwhere, jitterbug perfume, last unicorn, little mermaid, the neverending story, preacher, the watchmen. anything ligotti, lovecraft, poe. thinker books, random humor & good poetry, philosophy, religion, fantasy, sci-fi that force my brain outside of my realm of to-date understanding and fuck it like it's going to die tomorrow.
whomever came up with the recipe for newman's own lemonade.