"I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/ By the false azure of the windowpane;/ I was the smudge of ashen fluff--and I/ Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky." --Nabokov, "Pale Fire"
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I love stories. All kinds. Ones you want to tell me, ones by Nabokov (ie GOD) and ones people make up on the spot. True ones. Fake ones. Tell me a story.
Tom Welling, Matthew Macfadyen, Robert Redford, and John Cusak for actors. Bono, Ryan Adams, Madonna, John Lennon, and Miles Davis for musicians. Vladimir Nabokov, Kahlil Gibran, and Jack Kerouac for writers. And my father again.
Give me some music to hold onto. U2, Depeche Mode, REM, Radiohead, Ryan Adams, Jimmy Eat World, Everything But The Girl, Counting Crows, David Gray, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Led Zepplin, Beth Orton, Death Cab for Cutie, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Portishead, The Beatles, Dead Can Dance, Dave Matthews, and Lacuna Coil, just to name a few. And this guy, of course: "WHAT CAME FIRST, THE MUSIC OR THE MISERY? PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT KIDS PLAYING WITH GUNS, OR WATCHING VIOLENT VIDEOS, THAT SOME SORT OF CULTURE OF VIOLENCE WILL TAKE THEM OVER. NOBODY WORRIES ABOUT KIDS LISTENING TO THOUSANDS, LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF SONGS ABOUT HEARTBREAK, REJECTION, PAIN, MISERY AND LOSS. DID I LISTEN TO POP MUSIC BECAUSE I WAS MISERABLE? OR WAS I MISERABLE BECASUE I LISTENED TO POP MUSIC?" --ROBB, 'HIGH FIDELITY'
Superman I II III, Superman Returns, Pride and Prejudice, The Sting, Gone With the Wind, Amelie, City of Lost Children, A Very Long Engagement, Run Lola Run, The Princess and the Warrior, Pan's Labyrinth, Shakepeare in Love, The Last Samurai, The Jerk, A Place in the Sun, Roman Holiday, Strange Days, The Big Sleep, The Shining, Various Anime'and KUNG FU!
SMALLVILLE, Sienfeld, The Simpsons, Scrubs, Rome, cartoons, and this guy:
Are my life. Without books, I wouldn't know what to do. If you can find me a first-edition Nabokov, I will be forever in your debt. Favs are: Lolita, Pale Fire, The Eye. Other books by other people are The Big Sleep, Daisy Faye and the Miracle Man, A Widow For A Year, Hearts in Atlantis, and many , oh so many more. Say hello to the master:
My Dad, Bono, Superman, and Pandas