Reading reading reading. Writing. Film - I could watch movies all day everyday. NPR. KCRW. PRI. Taking too many pictures. Riding my bike. Wandering, Hiking, Sailing, outdoorseyness in general. Sightseeing. GOING TO THE BEACH AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. Scuba & Snorkeling. Yoga. Pissing off smugly religious conservative hypocrites. MY GIRLFRIENDS on the mainland, they're the best, and I miss them terribly. Playing boardgames with pals. Losing at Scrabble and always being surprised. BBQs with friends & family. Taking more pictures. Watching Adult Swim. Laying in bed with my hunny & watching TV in our underwear & poofing. The giggling. Music music and more music. I love Sushi yes I do I love Sushi how 'bout yooooou
I'd like to meet:
This is really just an excuse to play with my now-faraway pals on the mainland and discover new music, but I welcome new YinYangy friends. ALTHOUGH - I think it's kinda weird to get random friend requests from strangers without a Hullo Note, so I guess I wouldn't mind such a greeting from a New Person first. Compliments usually speed up the Friend Request Acceptance process hork hork. Just kidding. Maybe not.
Music:
Allkindsa stuff. No heavydeathspeed metal, no gangsta, no crappy poppy country. Everything else in between is a big hell yeah.
CURRENTLY--
ON VINYL: Heart, Elvis, Dire Straits, Joni Mitchell. Simon and Garfunkel, John Lennon, War, Taj Mahal and blues in general sounds really good on vinyl.OF THE WEDDING GIFT FROM PAUL: Michelle Shocked, The Apples in Stereo, Detroit Cobras, The Be Good Tanyas, Ugly Duckling, The Bats.ALWAYS: Big Head Todd and The Monsters, Nina Simone, Los Lobos, Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams, Billie Holiday, Joni Mitchell, Lyle Lovett, Liz Phair.
Movies:
Every Coen Brothers Film. Wes Anderson & John Sayles films. Inarritu & Cuaron films - VIVA MEXICAN CINEMA! Have a wee crush on Kevin Smith.Home for the Holidays. 21 Grams. Monty Python flicks. , Ferris Beuller's Day Off. John Hughes flicks. Smoke Signals. Commitments. Super Troopers. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Broadcast News, Pink Panther flicks. Pedro Almodovar films. Garden State. Journey of Natty Gann You Can Count On Me. Clint Eastwood's snarly flicks and his new ones. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Postcards from the Edge. Sound of Music. Singing in the Rain. Kung Fu Hustle. Amor Es Perros. Adaptation. The Namesake. 70s Disaster flicks, anything with Paul Newman. Cheesy dance movies and musicals. Soapdish, Junebug. Anything with a rural Italian landscape. Donnie Darko. In America. Jesus' Son. The Station Agent. Annie Hall - about the only Woody Allen film I can tolerate with him in it. Brick. Wayyy too many frickin' flicks to think of.
I'm totally wayyyy down for the Hot Man Love
. Sigh. Words can't suffice. RIP.More hot swordfights: I'M A MOVIE WHORE. I truly appreciate it as an art form. Or I'm an Escapist. Whatever.
Television:
Trying to slow it down. Ack.
The Muppet Show.
Books:
Everything by Ron Carlson. Anything by Denis Johnson, especially Already Dead. Tom Robbins. Ann Patchett. Hunter S Thompson, Motherless Brooklyn, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Catcher in the Rye. Daniel Pennac's mysteries. TC Boyle, Rick Moody, Zadie Smith, Roddy Doyle, Michael Cunningham. David Sedaris. Micheal Chabon - especially Wonder Boys. Anthony Burgess, John Irving. Alice Hoffman. Too many good writers out there. And yes, I'm a Harry Potter fan, and cannot blame it on the stepkids.
Heroes:
Those who say No in a sea of Yes Men. My folks are the greatest. Brave people who love really well. Whistle-blowers. Good communicators. Loyal friends. Whoever has the balls to get up and truly follow a dream. Oh, and
