Acquiring new information about interesting things, asking more questions than I probably should,Being low-tech,Cello, cats, coffee, cherries,Dilly-dallying, discovering good music,Early music, eating vegetarian stuff, Engrish, Etsy.com,Films, finding cheap stuff, fruit,Going on adventures,Hair clips, Hello Kitty, hiking (although I rarely do it), hummingbirds,Inventing soups,Japan,Kithara, King's Quest computer games (pre-1990),Learning new music, light,Music, microtonality, moon, maps, maroon,Nature,Observing, orchids,Pretty percussive sounds, peeling off dried glue from my hands, philosophy, psychology, positive energy,Questioning,Reading, roller-skating, running, red wine,Sake, silly accessories, strange stringed instruments, seaweed,Tea, tofu, travel,Understanding and not understanding,Vegetables, viola da gamba,Watching people do stuff, weird Asian stuff, walking,X-ray fish,
Yoga,YES!Z....going to the 99-cent store.
I'd like to meet:
The reincarnated humanoid version of my old pet rat Robert who died of pneumonia circa 1995. And nice people who care. And people who dig making good music.
Music:
Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Steve Reich, Bjork, Tricky, Radiohead, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Elliott Smith, Blonde Redhead, Dvorak, Portishead, Debussy, Aphex Twin, Stereolab, Francoise Hardy, John Lee Hooker, Astor Piazzolla, Bela Bartok, JS Bach, Hildegard von Bingen, Jefferson Airplane, "Boots" by Nancy Sinatra (one of the best songs ever....), Toru Takemitsu, Tom Waits, popular music of Thailand, Beck, John Zorn, Coltrane, Outkast, Cat Stevens, Nick Drake, Thelonius Monk, Harry Partch, Lou Harrison.
Movies:
Amelie, Waiting for Guffman, Edward Scissorhands, Fight Club, Best in Show, American Beauty, Harold and Maude, The Graduate, Mad Hot Ballroom, The Never-Ending Story, Pretty in Pink, Secretary, Punch-Drunk Love, Donnie Darko, Spinal Tap, Kubrick movies, Wes Anderson movies, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Assisted Living, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Miyazaki movies...
Television:
In the days of me owning a television, the shows were: Family Guy, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Daria (how long has this show been extinct for now?), and Seinfeld. Oh yes, and "Talk Sex" hosted by that crusty yet hip old Canadian woman.
Books:
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, 12 Caprices by Piatti, Fountainhead, Confederacy of Dunces, Sirens of Titan, The Count of Monte Cristo, Tao Te Ching, Clockwork Orange, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Blueberries for Sal, Murakami, Goodnight Moon, Genesis of a Music, Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut Alan Watts...
Heroes:
...funny people (who are not inhibited by bull shit. An ounce of passion doesn't hurt either...)...creative people...people who use lots of "..." when they write...
