Em(ily)

I'd like to meet:

Music:

Jack Johnson, Grateful Dead, Regina Spektor, SARAH CRAM, BB King, Tori Amos, Beastie Boys, Patsy Cline, PJ Harvey, Soul Coughing, DR. Z'S EXPERIMENT, Of Montreal, Fountains of Wayne, Iron and Wine, MATTHEW MAYBANKS, Ben Harper, Joni Mitchell, PUBLIC PROPERTY,Sublime, Billy Joel, Billie Holiday, Billy Idol, HOMEMADE HEADTRIP, Rage Against the Machine, The Flaming Lips, DEATH SHIPS, Taj Mahal, Blondie, Johnny Cash, Morcheeba, Weezer, BENT SCEPTERS, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr., REM, Nina Simone, DIPLOMATS OF SOLID SOUND, Galactic, Widespread, George Clinton and the PFunks, most of the 80’s (sans Phil Collins and Sammy Hagar...I HATE Sammy Hagar), Van Morrison, THE SPECTACLES, Thelonius Monk, Herbie Hancock, John Lee Hooker, the Pixies, Guster, Goldfinger, EVERWONDER, the Beatles, Mos Def, Foo Fighters, Turin Brakes, Steely Dan. And, yes, I like house music. A lot.

Movies:

In no particular order, and hardly all inclusive...as are the rest of these lists...: Stranger Than Fiction, Big Fish, Kill Bill V1&2, Heathers, Labyrinth, A Mighty Wind, Run Lola Run, Sliding Doors, Godfather 1&2, Real Genius, Usual Suspects, cheesy action flix (JCVanDamme - stop laughing), cheesy horror flix (People Under the Stairs), Aliens, Better Off Dead, Grosse Point Blank, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Edward Scissorhands, My Cousin Vinny, KidsIntheHall Brain Candy, Monty Python, The House of Yes, Love Actually, almost anything Woody Allen (and I got to meet him in New York!! Yes, he’s creepy...but he can write), Hustle-n-Flow, The Jerk, Hudsucker Proxy - oh, and the Brave Little Toaster.

Television:

Television is furniture, but if I must...there's Family Guy, Simpsons, Futurama, Real Time w/Bill Maher, Scrubs, Sopranos (though I'm about to give up on them), Six Feet Under (who knew when a good show should end), reruns of Cheers, Friends, Taxi, Golden Girls (shut it), and ATHF - and is anyone else happy that Pee-Wee's Playhouse is back on?

Books:

Anything Christopher Moore, Tom Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut, Augusten Burroughs, George Orwell, O. Henry...most the classics (Count of Monte Cristo, Huck Finn, Shakespeare, et al.)...this could be the longest list of them all if I tried. And I don’t know what I’d do without my New Yorker. My score on The Beloved Literary Character Test :

Nate the Great!
(Congratulations, you're...)

You're the eponymous hero of the Marjorie Weinman Sharmat series! Possessed of a sterling intellect, investigative ability, yet a reasonable degree of calmness and tact, you're the literary hero we all aspire to be. Good job!

Heroes:

My mother, my grandparents, and anyone who makes an effort over doing nothing at all. Boo to that.