Knitting. Reading. Trying to figure out how to knit and read simultaneously. Sarcasm. Screening my phone calls. Writing. Wine. My Slavic/Croat heritage. Cooking. Spending time with Briar. Language. Caffeine. Ravelry. Irony. Chemistry. Horn sections. Vintage pin-up art. Etsy. Cold weather. The pursuit of craftiness. Mouth noises. Making lists. Buying yarn. Guacamole. Ellipses. Matryoshkas. Giggling. Conspiracy theories. Creme Brulee. Petting yarn. Playing dumb to lull you into complacency. Owls. Fire. Tattoos. Accordians. Grey Goose. Going fast. Hand claps. Phonetic spelling. Sci-Fi. Elevating profanity to an artform. All things Japanese. Foxes. Words. Thunderstorms. Music. Travel. Dia de los muertos. Movies. Tzatziki. Singing songs to my dog. Chuck Taylors. Dancing (but only to songs on the Weather Channel.)
Long lost friends.
Robots.
Underachievers.
Someone who can teach me to use double pointed needles.
People with a low drama quotient.
Anyone who can think of awesome adverbs while playing Mad Libs.
Dr. Girlfriend and her murderous moppets.
The son of a wealthy industrialist.
Queens of the Stone Age, Faith No More, Arcade Fire, Bowie, The Dwarves, The Decemberists, Sinatra, Wilco, Iggy, Eagles of Death Metal, Melvins, TSOL, Metric, Devo, Jerry Lee Lewis, Nina Simone, Blonde Redhead, Clutch, Spoon, The Germs, Sons & Daughters, Jesus Lizard, Neko Case, Cake, The Cramps, Devotchka, Old 97's, The Clash, Beirut, James Brown, At The Drive In, Johnny Cash, Peaches, Death Cab for Cutie, The Dears, Reverend Horton Heat, Dean Martin, Goldfrapp, Spoon, Interpol, Edith Piaf, New Pornographers, Stars, Mars Volta, OutKast, Elbow, Depeche Mode, Shellac, M.I.A., Bad Religion, Ella Fitzgerald, Social D, X, Black Flag, Billie Holiday, NWA, Soundgarden, Gogol Bordello, Agent Orange, Patsy Cline, Radiohead, The Kills, Melt Banana, The Shins, Pixies, Jeff Buckley,SPRING BREAK '82
Kill Bill 1&2, Princess Bride, Fight Club, The Spanish Prisoner, Amelie, Blade Runner, There Will Be Blood, Rear Window, Reservoir Dogs, STAR WARS, Pan's Labyrinth, Grandma's Boy, Platoon, Boondock Saints, Wild At Heart, Shoot 'Em Up, Pulp Fiction, Gone with the Wind, The Matrix, Stardust, Little Miss Sunshine, Dune, Juno, Great Balls of Fire, Dr. Zhivago, North by Northwest, Volver, Children of Men, Walk the Line, Run Lola Run, The Illusionist, Thank You for Smoking, Gilda.
Venture Bros., Battlestar Galactica, CSI, LOST, Heroes, Greys Anatomy, Nip/Tuck, Family Guy, Dexter, House, The Tudors, Freaks & Geeks, Metalocalypse, The Office, Supernatural, Weeds, Bones, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Arrested Development, Project Runway, Alias, The X-Files, old Twilight Zone. I will also fully admit to being a Joss Whedon ho.
Philip K. Dick, O. Henry, Chuck Palahniuk, Jane Austen, Bret Easton Ellis, Andrea Barrett, David Sedaris, Isabel Allende, Phillip Pullman, Jennifer Egan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Neil Gaiman, George Orwell, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jeffrey Eugenides, Richard Scarry...and I like knitting books. Coloring books are pretty cool too. Let's not forget Brian's favorite book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Shut the Fuck Up.
Nick Rivers. Toki Wartooth. Briar Heef. My Nina (but not the Pinta or Santa Maria.) Kara Thrace. Brock Samson. David Bowie. Brown donkeys. Daniel Plainview. Tyler Durden. Elizabeth Zimmerman. Alfred Hitchcock. All my brave friends who are parents. My parents. My grandparents. Darth Vader. Frida Kahlo. Ron Burgundy. Whoever invented pizza rolls. Winston Wolfe.