Languages, cooking, fashion, walking aimlessly in bookstores, puppy petting, kitty petting, sweating, jewelry, travel, escapism and confrontation.
Every skyline.
Every cuisine.
Things that last - If no one recognizes the longevity and potential of places and people, then no one will recognize it in themselves and that would be wretched.
IMs go to: heart and marrow
Bjork, Tori amos, Ladytron, Hem, The Decemberists, Rilo Kiley, The Album Leaf, Regina Spektor, Sparklehorse, Rasputina, Sigur Ros, Rainer Maria, PJ Harvey, Le Tigre, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Goldfrapp, Lamb, Ani Difranco, Sleater Kinney, Nick Drake, Murder By Death, Low, Cat Power, Charlotte Martin, The Go! Team, Black Box Recorder, Tilly And The Wall, The Knife, Vive La Fete, Royksopp, The Books
Ghost World, Birth, Eternal Sunshine, The Red Violin, Rabbit Proof Fence, John Waters films, Memento, Kill Bill, Battle Royale, Super Size Me, The Hours, Troop Beverly Hills, Hairspray, Red Sonja, The Constant Gardener, Aeon Flux, Closer
Nip/Tuck, Project Runway, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, Law and Order, Animal Planet's The Most Extreme, various Food Network nonsense.
House of leaves, Choke, White Oleander, Jitterbug Perfume, The Poisonwood Bible, Skinny Legs And All, She's Come Undone, Invisible Monsters, How to Be Good, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Life After God