Favorite quotes:
"I used to think that the human brain was the most wonderful part of the body, until I realized who was telling me that." ~ Emo Philips
"Well, I may be a liar, but I don't exaggerate." ~ Polly (Gwyneth Paltrow) to Joe (Jude Law) in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
*after simulating stabbing self in the eye at a McDonald's* "...when the manager is escorting you out of the restaurant, the funny thing is if you ask for an application he has to give you one" ~ Drew Cary
*after receiving comment on her lack of halloween costume* "I'm a homocidal maniac--they look like everybody else." ~ Christina Ricci
"I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of widths." ~ Steven Wright
*in response to heckler asking why we should listen to a foreigner* "I chose to be an American. What did you ever do, except for having been born?" ~ Ayn Rand
*X-Files espisode Blood* "KILL... KILL'EM... KILL'EM ALL" ~ Postal Sorting Machine to William Sanderson
*Bob Newhart Show* "This is my brother Darryl. This is my other brother Darryl." ~ William Sanderson
To make a prairie it takes
a clover and one bee,
One clover, and a bee,
And revery.
The revery alone will do,
if bees are few. ~ Emily Dickinson
"I could lay you out... fill your mouth with your Mother's shit... or we could talk." ~ Viggo Mortenson as Lucifer in the movie the Prophesy
"The last twenty-nine days of the month are the toughest." ~ Nikola Tesla, living in what he called "Rooseveltian fashion."
"It seemed so absurd. So futile. Like polishing firewood." ~ Arundhati Roy
"Christians wearing crosses... do you think when Jesus comes back he's gonna wanna see one of those?" ~ Bill Hicks
"If you work with your hands you're a laborer; If you work with your hands and mind you're a craftsman; If you work with your hands and mind and heart you're an artist" ~ 1st Nations Saying
Donnie Wahlberg to Jason Schwartzman *What are you doing tomorrow?* "I was thinking about chaining myself to a bulldozer. Do you want to come..." *...sounds good. Should I bring my own chains?* "We always do." ~I ? Huckabees
More Croatians!!! Including Dalmatians, Pomeranians and Serbs.
Crooked Still, Joanna Newsom, Kimya Dawson, Ditty Bops, Alison Brown, Alice Gerrard, the Meat Purveyors, Girl Howdy, Elizabeth Cotten, Reel World String Band, Uncle Earl, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, INXS, Kraftwerk, Chatham County Line, banjo, stuff I can play. Bela Fleck. They Might Be Giants. Brian Eno. Vangelis. Django Reinhart. Tangerine Dream. Dee-Lite. Trance Control. B-52's. Jerry Douglas. Edgar Meyer. J.D. Crowe and the New South. Osborne Brothers (rockytop!!!). Sardinian Polyphonic Chant and Gozo, Värttinä, Maltese, Madagascaran, throat singing, Tuvan, Tibetan Monks and overtones, anything with odd or Dr. Seuss-lookin' instruments! Crap, I hate acoustic guitars with pickups, like Ovation. I can tell the artificial sound immediately, ack! Use a mike, asshole. WXYC 89.3 Chapel Hill Orange County Special on Sunday Mornings (see wxyc.org). composers: Purcell. Corelli. Satie. Philip Glass. Glinka. Borodin. Tchaikovsky. Rimsky-Korsakov. Mussorgsky. Rachmaninov. Stravinsky. Shostakovich. Mahler.
Road to Rio One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 5th Element the Professional Wizard of Oz Zardoz Blue Velvet the Exorcist Napoleon Dynamite Time to Run Blade Runner Clockwork Orange Simple Twist of Fate Flirting With Disaster Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Forbidden Zone
Wonder Showzen MST3K SeaLab 2021 Jonny Quest Astroboy Aqua Teen Hunger Force Harvey Birdman My Name is Earl Brak Show Red Dwarf Electric Company
2 books from Mary Doria Russell, Children of God, the Sparrow
people who ride bikes to work and shopping