Laffin', livin', lovin'.
I'd like to meet:
Sweet souls, lovers of comedy, fortitude, take a chance.
Music:
Joni Mitchell. Stevie Wonder. Siouxsie. Neko Case, X, Mos Def. All efforts of Hoyston. xbxrx. Harmonizing man rock from the 70s. Listening to records on Sundays with a big breakfast. We are stardust, we are golden.
Movies:
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, A Woman Under the Influence, Five Easy Pieces, Turning Point, Coming Home, Donnie Darko, City of Lost Children, Network, Ordinary People, Chinatown, Angels in America, Lost in America, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Serial Mom, Fubar, Ghost Dog, Royal Tenenbaums, The Squid and the Whale, Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains, The Legend of Billy Jean, Central Station, The Candidate, The Princess Bride, Times Square, The Hours, Lost in Translation, Spirited Away, Xanadu, By Hook or By Crook, Blow Up, Mildred Pierce, Suddenly Last Summer, L'Avventura, Being John Malkovich, Paulina, Hairspray, Desperate Living, Cry Baby, Pink Flamingos, Before Night Falls, After Hours, Basquiat, Paradise Lost, Cabaret, City of God, Down By Law, Hero, Lone Star, Some Kind of Monster, The Never-Ending Story, Office Space, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Sea Inside, Waiting for Guffman, We Don't Live Here Anymore, 2046, Dogtown & the Z-Boys, Nobody Knows, Dog Day Afternoon, Foxes, Favela Rising, Wet Hot American Summer, I'm Not There, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Lives of Others, Be Kind Rewind, La Vie en Rose, all manner of documentary. I'm not trying to be a dick when I say I've been on a big Fellini kick, and it took me a second, but now I love it. I can't wait to see Surf Wise.
Television:
Six Feet Under. Arrested Development. Chappelle’s Show. The Office (BBC & USA). Reno 911. Entourage. Strangers With Candy.The Daily Show. The Colbert Report. The Simpsons. Laverne and Shirley. The Wire. Extras. Wainy Days. Horrible People. The Michael Showalter Showalter.
Books:
Like a Hole in the Head--Jen Banbury, Veronica--Mary Gaitskill, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter--Carson McCullers, Another Country--James Baldwin, The Chelsea Whistle by Michelle Tea, everything by Lynda Barry, The History of Love--Nicole Krauss, The Corrections--Jonathan Franzen, Geek Love--Katherine Dunn, One Hundred Years of Solitude--Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Happy Baby--Stephen Elliott, Cool for You--Eileen Myles, The Beautifully Worthless--Ali Liebegott, Everybody into the Pool (and everything else) by Beth Lisick, Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
Heroes:
The compassionate. The humble.
