Ornithology, board games, jalapeno slices, people who are optimistic, cap n' crunch dinner, dorky video games, NPR, walking with my dog, people with manners, soap, sleeping, pitas, cats, dogs, animals in general, those with cat and/or dog hair on their clothes, coffee, salt, books, air in the morning, a giant thunderstorm, colors, humor and dry wit.
I don't want clever conversation; I just want someone I can talk to. A reader. Someone nothing like me.
The Beatles, John Coltrane, Sam Cooke, Jackson Browne, Etta James, Matt Pond PA, The Replacements, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, and David Bowie.
Any movie with and/or involving in any way: Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Wes Anderson, Christopher Guest, Woody Allen, Richard Linklater, Robert Downey Jr., and Leo DiCaprio.
Family Ties, BBC Mystery shows, Scrubs, Turner Classic Movies, Jericho, Futurama, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Golden Girls.
Some noteable writers I enjoy, for I love far too many to list them all: Arthur Miller, James Baldwin, J.D. Salinger, David Sedaris, John Keats, John Updike, and Raymond Carver.
Justin Timberlake's teeth, Mr. Jamaal Tatum, and Sir. Derek Anderson.