Impermanent transient human truth. Funk and disco. Bear fights. Lincoln. Dinosaurs. I'm trying to start flossing. It's a hard habit to get into.
"Oh such a perfect day
You made me forget myself
I thought I was someone else, someone good."
Lou Reed
Someone else who thinks the world is a sad and silly place.
"When we are touched by a song, it is because the artist cannot hide himself."
Leonard Cohen
Top 5:
1. Cake
2. They Might Be Giants
3. Ben Folds
4. Bowling for Soup
5. Squelch Gun
The Rest:
The Beatles. The Kinks. The Who. Wierd Al. Voltaire. Rilo Kiley. Five Iron Frenzy. Meatloaf. Dan Slota. Fountains of Wayne. Weezer. Stephen Lynch. Sean Cullen. The Presidents of the United States of America. Gordon Lightfoot. The Zombies. Leonard Cohen. Tom Waits. Gogol Bordello. Dana Lyons. Tenacious D
"The plot thickens. Like rancid pea soup."
Tom Servo
Top 5:
1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. Unbreakable
3. Star Wars
4. Army of Darkness
5. Forrest Gump
The Rest:
Children of Men. Cast away. Erik the Viking. Lord of the Rings. Nightmare Before Christmas. Spainglish. What Dreams May Come. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Lost in Translation. UHF. Mars Attacks. Edward Scissorhands. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The Life Aquatic. The Royal Tennenbaums. They Call Me Trinity. The Lorax. The Warriors. Benny and Joon. The Weather Man. Broken Flowers. The Squid and the Whale. Kill Bill. Midnight Cowboy. The Big Lebowski. Signs. Thank You For Smoking. A Christmas Story.
"Wipe out all thought? My God they're like flying televisions!"
Turanga Leela
Top 5:
1. Futurama
2. Venture Brothers
3. Mission Hill
4. Malcom in the Middle
5. Mythbusters
The Rest:
The Daily Show. Mr. Show with Bob and David. Tom Goes to the Mayor. Home Movies. Mission Hill. Tenacious D. Reno 911. Comedy Central Stand-up. Rocko's Modern Life. The Office. 30 Rock.
"A story where you don't know the ending is a happy story."
Amy Dickinson
Top 5 books:
1. The World According to Garp
2. Big Trouble
3. The Sands of Kalahari
4. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
5. The Princess Bride
Top 5 authors:
1. Shel Silverstein
2. John Irving
3. Edgar Rice Burroughs
4. John Steinbeck
5. Michael Crichton
The Rest:
Lord of the Rings. Odd Todd Handbook. Ender's game and Ender's Shadow. A Children's Book of Verse. Ishmael. The Raft. The Old Man and the Sea. The Princess of Mars. Tarzan. The Cider House Rules. Charles Bukowski. Comstock Guide to Backpacking. Hatchet, and its sequels. Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath. Cannery Row. The Shining. Lonesome Dove trilogy. The Princess Bride. The Snow Goose. The Stand. Jurrasic Park. Congo. Until I find you. A Widow for One Year. The Dark Tower series.
"A real hero is always a hero by mistake. He dreams of being on honest coward like everyone else."
Umberto Eco
"We're going to be heroes. Not because we want to be, but because there's no other option."
Stephen King
"There are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will."
Norman Mailer