the color green, owls, autumn, vintage clothes, robots, david cross, mojitos, sleeping, pirates, elvira, long showers, disneyland, haunted houses, mexican folk art, crafts, vintage children's books, cute pop, polaroid photography, traveling (of the long distance or road trip variety), bowling, karaoke, roller-skating, billiards, texas hold-em poker, old school video games (ms. pac-man & moonwalker!), foreign food, sociology, demographics, nicely designed products, wind-up tin toys, swingsets, angels baseball or playing baseball, long drives, religious iconography, reading in parks, crossword puzzles, coffee, tea, thrift stores, flea markets, silent movies, animal brooches, london, toronto, san francisco, los angeles, san diego, hopeless idealism, elitism, subcultures, education issues, feminist theory
I'd like to meet:
people who spell and punctuate correctly. people with principles and strong passions. people who read books. people who can pick up and go at a moments notice. people who are silly and who aren't afraid to get a little messy and color outside the lines. people who give good hugs. people who will appreciate the ridiculous music mixes i make, and might even make some themselves. people whose idea of a fun day is going on a photography scavenger hunt. people who think of ikea as an adult playground. people who inspire me. people with whom it's just "easy". people who will dance with me like those "peanuts" kids.
Music:
i hate that i feel the need to fill this in, but...currently listening to:
indie: the brian jonestown massacre, elliott smith, beck, jeff buckley, nick drake, stars, the lucksmiths, fiery furnaces, mr. brownsuit, goldspot, xtc, red house painters, sun kil moon, the incredible moses leroy, rufus wainwright, ben (lee, folds, kweller), pinback, the decemberists, the starlight mints, the shins, beulah, toad the wet sprocket, R.E.M., smashing pumpkins, earlimart, cat power, jon brion
britpop: david bowie, travis, keane, coldplay, oasis, belle & sebastian, camera obscura (UK), radiohead, idlewild, suede, morrissey, the smiths, the cure, depeche mode
alt-country: caitlin cary, thad cockrell, tarnation, wilco, neko case, rilo kiley, my morning jacket, the man in black
"oldies": the beatles, simon & garfunkel, leonard cohen, the beach boys, neil diamond, michael jackson, the police, stevie wonder, mamas and the papas, al green, neil young, the clash, love, the kinks, the who, the zombies, the monkees, motown, girl groups
prog-rock/"metal": motorhead, journey, styx, GnR, AC/DC, led zeppelin, pink floyd, yes, (old) genesis
jazz/blues: billie holiday, nina simone, glenn miller, tommy dorsey, duke ellington, john coltrane, robert johnson, skip james
plus a zillion other bands you probably also like.
Movies:
first and foremost: THE ROOM-- everything else is just periphery. next: superbad. dig! garden state. eternal sunshine. say anything. lost in translation. high fidelity. about a boy. iron giant. nightmare before christmas. hedwig and the angry inch. royal tenenbaums. amelie. harold and maude. wet hot american summer. american movie. the goonies. documentaries. + many many more.
Television:
most of my favorite shows are now defunct: wonderfalls, mr. show, the ben stiller show, stella, kids in the hall, newsradio, freaks and geeks, the oblongs. also: arrested development!, my name is earl, project runway, scrubs, the office, strangers with candy, space ghost coast to coast, the daily show
Books:
currently reading: interpreter of maladies, by jhumpa lahiri
jpod, by douglas coupland
Heroes:
not heroes, but people i dig: tommy wiseau, jon stewart. angela mcrobbie. dick hebidge. bill moyers, tim burton, mark ryden, p.t. anderson, douglas coupland, david cross, margaret cho, david sedaris, audrey hepburn, wes anderson, huell howser, the dalai lama, warhol, jose guadalupe posada:
