succulents, comedy, fisher price toys, haruki murakami, the sedaris siblings, the donner party and the rest of the pioneers, neurology case studies, theater, orchids, archeology, i like the fortean times, taco trucks, stories, ufo's, cults, anthropology, geography, paleontology, geolgy, botany, gemology, celebrity downfalls.
old and new friendsies. rich patrons of art. Pool-owner friends. Funny smartie-pantsies.
I decided today the Mountain Goats are my favorite band. I also love: Belle & Sebastian, the Beatles, Indigo Girls, Bishop Allen, Flaming Lips, Neutral Milk Hotel,Deathcab for Cutie, Architecture in Helsinki, Beirut, Postal Service, the Wainright siblings, scissor sisters, django rheinhardt, scott joplin, early michael jackson, the shins, good 80's music, like prince, eurythmics, cyndi lauper, the cars, talking heads, Dolly Parton, Henry Mancini, all right, showtunes now and again. I greatly dislike new R&B, new county, new pop. Barf.
spinal tap, waiting for guffman, best in show, breakfast club, 16 candles, some kind of wonderful, weird science, the marx brothers, arthur, trading places, fast times at ridgemont high, dazed and confused, blazing saddles, star wars (1st 3), welcome to the dollhouse. Funny good movies. No crappy romantic comedies. no scary movies, no boring action bloody movies. Funny Smarty movies.
AbFab, the office (british vers) wife swap (so good!), Dateline (love it!), ali g, Strangers with Candy!, the Simpsons, the brady bunch, Arrested Development, Sopranos, Rome, Unsolved Mysteries, Kim Possible, Sesame Street, Teletubbies, spongebob squarepants, three's company, love boat
I heart reading! Anne Lamott, David Sedaris, Haruki Murakami, Malcolm Gladwell, David Foster Wallace, the New Yorker, Harpers, McSweeneys, Roald Dahl, Beverly Cleary, Daniel Pinkwater, right now I'm really into Oliver Sacks, Anne Patchett, so many books to read...
the pioneers who Walked! across the country and had babies in the mud and then continued walking like an hour after delivery, my parents, great-aunt rose and great uncle galen, artists who are able to avoid day jobs, bill-payers, whistle blowers, candy and music makers, game players(not the weird head kind, but the board and parlor kind), all the usuals: the famous activists for all the liberal peace/socialist/equal rights stuffystuff. Helpers, like mechanics.