listening to music, going to shows/concerts, being introduced to new music, introducing people to new music, endurance running, the smell of matches, drawing and painting, laughing, making others laugh, guys named jairy, learning new things, meeting new people, cartwheels, receiving inappropriate text messages from joanna, sleeping, dancing 'til the break of dawn, the strategically placed f-bomb, honing my problem solving skills, using the word honing or hone, scented lotion, plaid pants and the people who wear them, analyzing people's hairstyles, ironman watches, salads with dressing having fat content of 25% or greater, experiencing deja vu, people watching, chapstick, rollerskating, not taking life too seriously
"You're put on this earth to do your thing, and I'm put on this earth to do my thing, and if our two things happen to meet, well then groovy baby!" --- Dudley Moore as Stanley Tibbets in Foul Play (1978)
mates of state, broken social scene, the new pornographers, the shins, death cab for cutie, camera obscura, kings of leon, gomez, the strokes, band of horses, the secret machines, the flaming lips, phoenix, the wrens, built to spill, rogue wave, the mendoza line, the long winters, the decemberists, oranger, the jim yoshii pile-up, mew, stars, the killers, feist, yeah yeah yeahs, the rentals, rachael yamagata, the postal service, maria taylor, azure ray, ambulance ltd, the deathray davies, frou frou, interpol, grandaddy, okkervil river, the magic numbers, tegan & sara, the pixies, 50 cent, beck, the sundays, the cars, the police, van morrison, the jesus & mary chain, camper van beethoven, the cure, the toadies, veruca salt, weezer, comet, the smiths, new order, the dandy warhols, REM, midlake, they might be giants, ben kweller, damien rice, the queers, slobberbone
kung fu hustle ("wow, that's a big fist"), the big lebowski ("jackie treehorn treats objects like women"), eternal sunshine of the spotless mind ("sand is overrated. it's just tiny little rocks"), american beauty ("i RULE!"), this is spinal tap ("this one goes to eleven"), almost famous ("please don't give him any more acid"), garden state ("it says balls on your face"), lost in translation ("is that everything? it seemed like he said quite a bit more than that"), old school ("you're my boy, blue"), amelie, sideways ("no going to the dark side"), real genius ("was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid, with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?"), the royal tenenbaums ("i don't think you're an asshole, royal. i just think you're kind of a son of a bitch."), napoleon dynamite ("i caught you a delicious bass"), there's something about mary ("no, i said buttplug. she's heinous"), rushmore ("i was punched in the face. what's your excuse?"), wedding crashers ("soft mattress? yeah, it could have been the soft mattress... or the midnight rape. or the nude gay art show that took place in my room last night. one of those three probably contributed to the lack of sleep"), raising arizona ("gimme that baby, you wart-hog from hell!"), meatballs ("wun you wascal wabbit"), vanilla sky, a night at the opera, mean girls, city of god, big fish, fast times at ridgemont high ("what are you, people? on dope?"), foul play ("take these. without them, you are a walking light-bulb... waiting to be screwed"), the shawshank redemption, spirited away, being john malkovich, the big chill, dazed and confused, donnie darko, pulp fiction, it's a wonderful life
Oh, the Places You'll Go! Hop on Pop. Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? The Sneeches. Green Eggs and Ham. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can you?