playing drums, cooking vegan food, writing stories, learning about other cultures, organizing, working with youth, throwing things out, telling jokes that bomb, attempting often unsuccessfully to make people feel comfortable, having everyone i love meet everyone else i love, running around the dc monuments late at night, having sleepovers, scheming to free the animals at petsmart, rationalizing spending too much time on the internet, watching the OC with my roommates, reading books that challenge me or comfort me or both - preferably both, writing poetry of some sort and doing projects with writing and other people, being around people who challenge me, playing music and plotting for total rock domination
Cancers (the astrological sign, not the disease). Lefty drummers. Vegans. People obsessed with words and language. Dreamers who do and don't just dream. People who can walk the fine line of being both unapologetic and humble. People who understand urgency. People unwilling to settle. People who DELIVER.
forget cassettes, fugazi, thursday, des_ark, bellafea, murder by death, off minor, circle takes the square, kaospilot, the spectacle, catharsis, zegota, tori amos, delta dart, majority rule, the sinister quarter, at the drive-in, 1905, van johnson, jean grae, city of caterpillar, sleater-kinney, respira, kathy cashel, shellac, catherine wheel, nirvana, against me!, free verse, stop it!!, meneguar, anousheh khalili, life at these speeds, the feverfew, alkaline trio, gospel
billy madison, princess bride, labyrinth, josie and the pussycats, ten things i hate about you, can't hardly wait, can't buy me love, pump up the volume, breakfast club, dirty dancing, spirited away, the last unicorn, me and you and everyone we know, the ring, watcher in the woods, anchorman
degrassi junior high. end of story.
oryx and crake by margaret atwood, song of solomon by toni morrison, push by sapphire, sati by christopher pike (his only adult novel - trust me, it is incredible), the passion by jeanette winterson
karen otto. bell hooks. dean spade. angela davis. sara lund. nkenge ture. evelyn glennie. jeanette winterson. faith ringgold. chris crass. renee stout.