IDT, foreign cinema, poetic journaling, old folks, really really really long road trips, waiting for waves can be as fun as actual surfing, mountains, arc welding, the immediate romantic arithmetic that goes on in my head when I meet someone, kayaking, commonground, catch, slapstick, soccer, sentimentality, being in..under rainbow light, foreign policy, not arguing but debating, the desert southwest, skiing, indie music, UTEP Miner basketball, travel particularly extended vacations, schemes, searchlights, mixes, sustainable architecture, hiking, racquetball, bonfires, old movies, UTEP Miner & New England Patriot football, the plan to diverge from, music festivals, The New York Times, the few insecurities that make me stronger, squash, cartoons, shows, the wind in the trees, apologetics, to do lists, fireworks, drives, Boston Red Sox baseball, NPR, bike riding, mirrorballs, maps, Jesus, kids, playing the affections I receive from the Rockies and Appalachians off each other, Archie Comics, softball, nostaglia, cute girls, porches, The Sun /Found/Post Secret/Apology Line/TAL, literature, gallantry, dogs, Christmas lights, nuclear reactors, mountain biking, volunteerism,
everyone and as soon as possibleespeciallyif you think that poignancy is either the opposite of irony or the capitol of North Korea (cause that is just funny)
Walkmen, Ulrich Schnauss, A Northern Chorus, Mogwai, Chapterhouse, Daft Punk, Mew, Raconteurs, M. Ward, midlake, Comet Gain, My Morning Jacket, Lovers, STARS, Shins, Interpol, Clairvoyants, M83, Damon and Naomi, New Pornographers, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Bjork, Mercury Rev, Camera Obscura, New Order, Cocteau Twins, Dressy Bessy, Beulah, Cure, Clientele, Sigur Ros, Danny Elfman, U2, Stereolab, Wilco, Delgados, Cass McCombs, Simian, Neko Case, Mazzy Star, Simon & Garfunkel, Air, Sid Kister, Explosions in the Sky, Cash, Flaming Lips, Doves, Yo La Tengo, Calexico, Aisler's Set, Polyphonic Spree, Jayhawks, Tilly and the Wall, Henry Mancini, Galaxie 500, Doleful Lions, BRMC, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Friends of Dean Martinez, Joanna Newsom, Death Cab for Cutie, Album Leaf, JJ72, Sun Kil Moon, Richard Hawley, Trespassers William, Belle and Sebastian, Maximillian Hecker, Broken Social Scene, Dr. Dog, Viva Voce, Jesse Sykes, Boards of Canada, Concretes, Hem, Arcade Fire, Six Parts Seven, Rogue Wave, Carrier, Chitlin' Fooks, Built to Spill, Trail of Dead, Band of Horses, pretty much any Portuguese language music.
brick, the new world, billy the kid; you, me, and everyone we know; off the map, 40 year old virgin, always, before sunrise, before sunset, la story, chelsea walls, the english patient, wings of the dove, barcelona, end of the the affair, amelie, star wars episode III, punch drunk love, talk to her, as good as it gets, eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, 2046, A Very Long Engagement, the science of sleep, The Accidental Tourist, and all old movies - I really like the scene in Blind Date when john laroquette drives his car right into the paint shop.
Northern Exposure, The History Channel, Ducktales, Dawson's Creek, Smallville, The OC, Animal Planet, adult swim, blooper shows, anything on TCM or FMC, Grey's Anatomy, Entourage, Any show on the discovery channel where there is a decent chance of seeing shit blow up, frontline, The History Channel, MXE, Lois and Clark, The Office,I also like to listen to radio shows like: All Things Considered, This American Life, A Prairie Home Companion, Studio 360, and most college/indie radio
Tale of Two Cities, Northanger Abbey, Vanity Fair, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Belinda, The Last Man, and pretty much any other Victorian Novels. I am starting to read books that deal with philosophy, theology, and apologetics. The last few modern books I have read have all been smashes by Yann Martel, Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy. Do you know any other good novels at least partially set in India or ones that discuss categorical imperatives? Also I tend to read most of the books that are finalists for all those fancy book awards. I take a lot of comfort that at least in the literary world those that are nominated deserve it.
humble truth-telling non-idealogues who gird themselves against rhetoric and the not quite lie (down), enduring lovers who know long-suffering (rewards like wine), patiently kind bumblers and those eternal forgivers (for interesting reasons), social workers (that should be comedians), those who wed willpower to reality and then get a divorce (to makeout with dreams without guilt),