Writing, New York City, Art, Literature, Letters, Libraries, Architecture, the New York Yankees, Television bad and good, the blogosphere, the beach, sarcasm, nicemodernism, restaurants, contradictions, travel.
Do you like good stories, but don't care where they come from? Do you look for the beautiful things in the world (even though you understand they sometimes come with the bad things)? Do we share interests? Do you like trying new things, having adventures, and experiencing life as it unfolds?Do you understand that proper grammar and spelling makes you more interesting to talk to, and not less?If so, I'd like to meet you.
U2, the Shins, Ben Folds, Joni Mitchell, Jem, The Beatles, Arcade Fire, Amy Winehouse, St. Vincent, Rilo Kiley, The Ditty Bops, The New Pornographers, Laura Cantrell, Johnny Cash, Ivy, Otis Redding, Jay-Z, Magnetic Fields, ABBA (and thousands more)
The Royal Tennenbaums, The Philadelphia Story, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Almost Famous, Garden State, Casablanca, Jawbreaker, Wings of Desire, The Big Chill, Moonstruck, The Usual Suspects, L.A. Confidential, On the Waterfront, Singing in the Rain.
Supernatural, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, Bones, Dexter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, The Tudors, Entourage, Big Love
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block, The Elements of Style - Shrunk & White, Reading Like A Writer - Francine Prose, Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem, Little Children - Tom Perrotta
People with passion and courage who have the stones to put their money where their mouth is.