volunteerism, stoic sarcasm, cooking and eating in an opportunistically omnivorous way (with vegetarian tendencies), finding awesome restaurants that are cheap as hell, tinkering with essential oils, watching off-the-beaten-path movies, watching off-the-beaten-path people, wandering in chinatown on a grey day, going to a beach on a sunny october day, humoring guerrilla-style lower east-side stray cat activism, spending time with family and friends, biking along rivers, hiking over mountains, environmental stuff, science stuff, space stuff, evolution stuff, ancient history stuff, living healthfully stuff, avoiding drama(tists), being quiet with occasional loud outbursts, being unseen in plain view, reciprocity, generosity, serendipity, procrastination....
...a genie in a bottle (preferably not a tequila, prozac or lithium bottle)...
the batterie, tony scherr, leslie feist, lamb, boards of canada, blonde redhead, saint etienne, sigur ros, this mortal coil, norah jones, bjork, sugarcubes, new order, depeche mode, joy division, cocteau twins, dead can dance, stereolab, towa tei, miho hatori, yuka honda, cibo matto, butter 08, yeah yeah yeahs, stupid, the fall, johnny cash, love and rockets, the jesus and mary chain, my bloody valentine, the new york dolls, david bowie, iggy pop, the smiths, the cure, the clash, gang of four, radiohead, morningwood, up bustle & out, beth orton, goldfrapp, petra haden, cibelle, gotan project, pink martini, david byrne, cal tjader......constantly finding some and misplacing some.
the girl on the bridge, être et avoir, until the end of the world (great soundtrack), the man who fell to earth, robinson crusoe on mars, 2001 space odyssey, legend, kentucky fried movie, the last temptation of christ, the straight story, wings of desire, the hunger, the linguini incident, amelie, the city of lost children, love actually, the cook the thief his wife and his lover, lost highway, intacto, like water for chocolate, shall we dansu?, y tu mama tambien, crouching tiger hidden dragon, 2046, hero, lost in translation, me and you and everyone we know, the road home, the station agent...
rarely have the opportunity but once upon a time....smack the pony, coupling, cartoon network's samurai jack (ended), wonder falls (cancelled--why, why?), ifc, bravo channel, discovery channel, history channel, globe trekker, cooking shows, the daily show, battlestar galactica...
the silmarillion, high fidelity, the way of zen, the best of roald dahl, c.s. lewis' space trilogy, dune, contact, lolita, the claiming of sleeping beauty, a year in provence, rubáiyát of omar khayyám, a natural history of the senses, the baron in the trees, the little prince, wind sand and stars, the tale of the rose, the nonexistent knight, the alchemist, siddartha, balzac and the little chinese seamstress, a fortune-teller told me, things fall apart, collapse-how societies choose to fail or succeed...
mom and (he would be surprised to hear it) dad....bugs bunny, pepe le pew, spock.