MUSIC, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, WRITING, SUNGLASSES, READING, FLOWERS, GYM, KICKBOXING, MOVIES, THE OCEAN/ THE BEACH, WATER SPORTS, TRAVEL, ETHNIC FOOD, PERFORMING, MAKEUP, MARTINIS, COOKING SHOWS, YOGA, PILLOW FIGHTS, SUGAR CUBES, CAMERAS, CANDY STORES, STATE FAIRS, POLITICS, NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL, USC, ART, LIST MAKING (Obviously)
Myself...From a parallel universe, Ami Barwell, Nan Goldin, Georgia O'Keefe, John Cusack, Jesus Christ, Ellen DeGeneris, Nina Simone, Lou Dobbs, Lou Holtz, Jon Stewart, Tim Burton, Claire Danes, Salvador Dali, Steve Martin, Kevin Smith, Thom Yorke, Barack Obama, Virginia Woolf, Al Gore, Drew Barrymore, Seth Green, & My Irish Ancestors.
CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: MY IPOD NANO (random shuffle), MUSE, FALL OUT BOY, BECK, WHITE HASSLE
SOME OF MY GREAT LOVES:
Suzanne Vega,
Postal Service,
Foo Fighters,
Led Zeppelin,
Peter Gabriel,
Liz Phair,
Sheryl Crow,
Melissa Etheridge,
Alanis Morisette,
U2,
Aimee Mann,
Marvin Gaye,
The Cure,
Spoon,
Devin Townsend,
Tool,
Muse,
Radiohead,
The Killers,
Tori Amos,
Ani DiFranco,
Weezer,
Bob Dylan,
Letters To Cleo,
Spacehog,
Jeff Buckley,
The Police,
Sting,
Stevie Wonder,
The Rolling Stones,
Nine Inch Nails,
Jamiroquai,
Portishead,
Mazzy Star,
A Perfect Circle,
The Red Hot Chili Peppers,
The Pretenders,
White Zombie,
George Clinton & Parliament,
Death Cab for Cutie,
Sponge,
Prince,
Wilco,
Eels,
Garbage,
No Doubt,
Black Crowes,
Adam James,
Autonomous,
The South,
How To Vanish,
Tom Jones,
Frank Zappa,
Simon & Garfunkel,
Janis Joplin,
Nina Simone,
Billie Holliday,
The Shins,
Ben Folds,
Dave Matthews Band,
Everclear,
David Bowie,
Jump Little Children,
Stone Temple Pilots,
The Cranberries,
Natalie Merchant,
PJ Harvey,
Lenny Kravitz,
Elastica,
Seal,
The Smashing Pumpkins,
Frou Frou,
Regina Specktor,
KT Tunstall
CURRENTLY WATCHING: THE DAVINCI CODE, MUSIC & LYRICS
THE MUST OWN LIST:
The Secretary,
Amelie,
High Art,
The Tao of Steve,
Star Wars (as a collective),
Clerks,
Chasing Amy,
Mall Rats,
Sling Blade,
Jeffery,
All Disney and Pixar Animated Movies,
Bandits,
Orlando,
Labyrinth,
Sense and Sensability,
The Commitments,
High Fidelity,
The Crow,
X Men (as a collective),
Swingers,
Lost In Translation,
The Royal Tennenbaums,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
The Lord of the Rings (as a collective),
Who Framed Roger Rabbit,
Love Actually,
Gone With The Wind,
Bridgett Jones' Diary,
Caddy Shack,
All Monty Python Movies and Flying Circus,
Team America World Police,
National Treasure,
The Last Starfighter,
White Christmas,
Little Women,
An Affair to Remember,
Plan 9 From Outer Space,
The Nightmare Before Christmas,
Edward Scissorhands,
Romeo & Juliet,
White Oleander,
Army of Darkness,
The Princess Bride,
Run Lola Run,
The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
Pulp Fiction,
The Big LeBowski,
The Family Stone,
My Fair Lady,
The Sound of Music,
Roman Holiday,
Shopgirl,
Four Rooms,
Syriana,
Wicker Park,
Garden State,
The Life Aquatic,
The 40 Year Old Virgin,
The Quiet Man,
Stranger Than Fiction,
An Evening With Kevin Smith
CURRENTLY WATCHING: THE FAMILY GUY, FUTURAMA, ROBOT CHICKEN, TOP CHEF
MY (PRESENT) ADDICTIONS:
The L Word, Top Chef,
Futurama,
Aqua Teen Hunger Force,
Robot Chicken,
Dinner Impossible,
Good Eats,
South Park,
The Daily Show,
Sex and the City,
Star Trek (esp. the Next Generation),
The Wonder Years,
The Family Guy,
The Lou Dobbs Report,
Arrested Developement,
Scrubs,
Boston Legal,
Grey's Anatomy,
The Tudors
CURRENTLY READING: PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINES my fabulous boyfriend brings home for me and THE AUDACITY OF HOPE By Barack Obama
Some of my favorite writers are: Ayn Rand, Shakespeare (esp. his comedies), Walt Whitman, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Milan Kundera, Piers Anthony, Jane Austen, Jeanette Winterson, Anne Rice, F Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, TS Eliot, Keats, Nick Hornby...
I LOVE THESE BOOKS:
Shopgirl,
White Oleander,
Watership Down,
Farewell Waltz,
The Harry Potter series,
Oranges are not the Only Fruit,
Sexing The Cherry,
Jane Eyre,
To The Lighthouse,
Mrs. Dalloway,
The Nanny Diaries,
The Wasteland,
Speaking With the Angel,
If I Forget Thee, Jeruselem (The Wild Palms),
The Fountainhead,
Leaves of Grass,
The Great Gatsby,
Lolita,
Beloved,
The Canterbury Tales,
A Clockwork Orange,
On the Beach,
The Importance of Being Earnest,
Animal Farm,
The Taming of the Shrew,
Twelfth Night,
The Weetzie Bat books,
The Catcher in the Rye,
Heart of Darkness...
I LOVE fiction, even chick-lit. I like postmodern lit, feminist lit, contemporary fiction, 15th century verse, plays, philosophy, biographies, criticism, and magazines (Rolling Stone, Spin, Vogue, Italian Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Nylon, The NewYorker, American Photography, Women's Health, Shape, literary journals...) Basically, I read A LOT!!!
Virginia Woolf
Nina Simone
Nan Goldin
All working artists / musicians
My grandmother, Mimi