art in all forms... visual (particularly painting). music. movies. literature. god+faith+spirituality. my loved ones (how they mean the world to me!). traveling to new and exciting places. meeting new people. genuine conversations. genuine laughter (and often times provoking it with excessive silliness). coffee shops to feed my ever-growing addiction. trying new and unusual foods (as long as they are mammal meat-free!) bonding over shots of whiskey. photographs. exploring museums. seeking adrenaline. night-time car rides to nowhere. movie evenings on the sofa. anytime spent on my screened front porch. doing things that make me step outside of my comfort zone. helping others and volunteer work (habitat for humanity, etc). living and growing... and learning what all that entails.
genuine hearts... i've endured more than my share of the alternative.
iron & wine, the decemberists, neutral milk hotel, jets to brazil, jawbreaker, criteria, american football, spoon, arcade fire, blonde redhead, engine down, band of horses, hum, hot water music, johnny cash, patsy cline, elliott smith, feist, damien rice, ray lamontagne, cat power, damien jurado, tegan & sara, stars, owen, coldplay, minus the bear, mineral, ben kweller, joshua radin, jimmy eat world, built to spill, muse, sunny day real estate, death cab for cutie, alkaline trio, the white octave, i hate myself, the ramones, the clash, sleepytime trio, murder by death, snow patrol, simon and garfunkel, explosions in the sky, azure ray, braid, hey mercedes, failure, ryan adams, david gray, the shins, weezer, the beatles, frank sinatra, ella fitzgerald, bruce springsteen, an extensive list of punk bands not previously mentioned, selective hip hop, and an et cetera or two.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Amelie, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Grindhouse, the killings of the bill, Closer, Garden State, Shop Girl, the notebook, Edward Scissorhands, Wet Hot American Summer, The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys, The Princess Bride, back to the future, High fidelity, grosse pointe blank, scoop, matchpoint, braveheart. I'm also particularly fond of b-quality horror flicks and all things Schwarzenegger.
grey's anatomy (pre-season 3), arrested development (r.i.p.), sex and the city, seinfeld, law & order s.v.u.
blue like jazz, hame on rye, bluebeard, the time traveler's wife, the lovely bones, the glass castle, eat pray love, the prophet, the alchemist, the perks of being a wallflower, the journals of sylvia plath, the bell jar, love and glory, shop girl, on the road, letters to a young poet, etc. i also love poetry collections by sylvia plath, charles bukowski, e.e. cummings, edna st. vincent millay, edgar allen poe, dorothy parker, etc.