Discourse, metadiscourse, amateur photography and astronomy and quantum physics, novelization, wit, profundity, fecundity, reconciliation for lasting solutions, Pho, misbehaving cats with girth, headaches, TMJ, non-allergy rhinitis, running, weight lifting, standing still at shows to aggravate the indignant self-proclaimed antithesis of hipster crowd, Zoroastrianism, world religions as archetype employing and entertaining didacticisms rather than life-governing laws, ethical debates, lacking seriousness, honest communication, people who know what they want and don't stomp on others to get it, individual strength, social acuity, standing tall on ones own fortitude when all is hopeless, listening with the sole intention of listening, feigning naïvity, feigning confidence as long as it takes to meld it with reality, imitation as flattery rather than mockery, shout'n' at Schube, smashing that circuitry, longevity, brevity, hedging, Metal Gear, Xeno, eschatology, inventive punctuation and logical word creation, disbelief of popular psychology, non-esoteric poetry and allegory, directness, music on random, conversation on random, the decimation of nominalization or the usage of it for the production of annoyance, picking up people as if they were objects, subjunctive, fireflies, quiet time, self-philosophizing rather than book regurgitating rather than television regurgitating rather than parent or friend or professor or bumper sticker or ancient text regurgitating, world history, loyalty, introductions, restraint from cruelty, adaptability, walking, waking, purposeful breathing, the grass is not greener.
Bright Eyes, The Cure, The Weakerthans, Elliott Smith, Okkervil River, M. Ward, Ben Folds, The Faint, Dntel, Neva Dinova, The Good Life, Cursive, Arcade Fire, A Silver Mt. Zion and Godspeed!, ...
I'll watch just about anything--and spend lots of time doing it--but that's not to say I'm not critical.
Arrested Development, The Office, Dexter, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. And dude, Band of Brothers.
Amis, Shelley, Fitzgerald, Delillo, Palahniuk.
In the last week and a half I've read Survivor, After Dark, The Rachel papers, and Lullaby. Now on Labyrinths, with either Joyce or Kafka to follow.