American Cities
that best fit me (according to an unscientific internet quiz):
75% New York City
75% San Francisco
75% Washington, DC
70% Boston
70% Philadelphia
Which American Cities Best Fit You?
basement and dumpster spelunking, modern furniture, design, outer space, veganism, writing, conquering the sunday times, telepathic communication, postal mail, men with style AND smarts, things made of glass, hot monogamy, soy chai, coincidences, trees, academia, gouache, walks, runs, alternative uses for xmas lights, wit, creative and avid recycling, cooking, making things, learning new tricks, mending things, improving things, random acts of fabulousness, meeting interesting new people (near + far), india, knitting underwear, traveling, Dwell, snapshots, inhibition, karaoke (see inhibition), macs (not the sandwich variety, people!), yoga, breaking a sweat, tearing up the dance floor, costumes, spelling, typography, spontaneity (and people who can spell it correctly), urbanism, many other things...
Anyone who can tell a good story, fiction or non.
People who like to play dress-up.
Crafty people who don't take themselves too seriously. I have a friend who set out to knit a (3-dimensional) pig and decided to turn it into a puffer fish. If this sounds like something you would do, I want to meet you.
People who have special relationships with technology. Oh wait. That's....all of us. How's your div-class hangin'?
I like intelligent people who are passionate about things. These things don't have to be the same things I'm passionate about, either. I just think it's important to have a little sizzle for something(s).
A a sense of humor is critical. A sense of spelling is helpful. And sense of the perfect mixed CD gets bonus points.
Radio Paradise
WKNC , NC State's radio station
WXJM , JMU's radio station, where my sister has her show
And other than that, I enjoy a veritable plethora of aural stylings. Ani Di Franco, Ash, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Bellafea, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds Five, Blue Six, Blur, The Breeders, Bright Eyes, BT, , Carole King, The Coral, Cornershop...and many other groups starting with other letters in the alphbet.
I'm a sucker for indie films,
and usually foreign ones,
and sometimes even stupid ones.
I'm not really into movies in which everything blows up, but I'll humor a friend or foxy fella who might want to watch one.
Television was something I had time for every once in awhile as a social activity before I started grad school. (Can you say 'Clone High marathon?')
Balzac + the little chinese seamstress, Orbiting the Giant Hairball, Griffin + Sabine trilogy, My Year of Meats, Freakonomics, David Sedaris, Graham Greene, travel guides, the Harry Potter series—they are so much better than the films (seriously. don't judge.) (+ so many more...I love to read when I can find the time.)
My uplifting, amazing, creative, intelligent friends. Female designers who dare to kick ass and be heard/seen in the boys' club. My fabulous family (they rock). Everyone who voted 'blue' in the last election. The folks who create the LSAT. Short-order cooks. Those who keep on rockin' in the free world.