reading. running. writing. good cards/stationary. loose leaf tea. pancakes. shows. bloody mary's. brunch. houseparties. crazies on public transportation. people-watching in costco. old polish women. chicago. polaroids. art deco. childhood. cool furniture. traveling. the creepiness of russia. the kgb. scandinavia. gritty east german punks. books about immigrants. crushed ice from roller rink soda machines. roller rinks. sending/receiving fun things in the mail. taboo. scrabble. karaoke.
replacement windows, central air, refinished hardwood floors, a solid back porch, painters.
Iron and Wine, Wilco, The Pogues, American Analog Set, Pinback, Pinebender, Telefon Tel Aviv, Beth Orton, Modest Mouse, Talking Heads, The Mercury Program, Album Leaf, Sigur Ros, Mates of State, CocoRosie, The Shins, Elvis Costello, Karate, Cat Power, Kings of Convenience, Interpol, The Smiths, Mazzy Star, Radiohead, Joy Division, Billie Holiday, Neutral Milk Hotel, Belle and Sebastian, The Cure, Ryan Adams, My Bloody Valentine, Bjork, Van Morrison, Yo La Tengo
The Squid and the Whale, Trainspotting, The Celebration, Dancer in the Dark, The Weatherman, Dogma '95 films, Annie Hall, Donnie Darko, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Amelie, Word Wars, Adaptation, The Royal Tennenbaums, The Goonies, The Neverending Story, One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest, Good Will Hunting, About Schmidt, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Bravo, Food Network, HGTV
White Noise, Dracula, Interpreter of Maladies, The Bluest Eye, House on Mango Street, The Corrections, Flaubert's Parrot, The Namesake, Sputnik Sweetheart, Anita and Me, The Magus, To the Lighthouse, The Sun Also Rises, Pattern Recognition, The Time Traveler's Wife,The Hundred Penny Box
Lars Von Trier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Thomas Vinterberg, David Byrne, Lotte Reiniger,Huong Ngo, and John and Ginger