Theatre, singing, acting, and art in general. Yoga. Guitar. Exploring the endless possibilities that are New York City. Being outside on gorgeous days. Nature, and bulldozing my way through the woods with no path to guide. Photography. Reading. I have a natural knack for speech pathology, with an inclination toward dialect studies.
Jonathan Safran Foer, for writing this: Mr. Black said, "I once went to report on a village in Russia, a community of artists who were forced to flee the cities! I'd heard that paintings hung everywhere! I heard you couldn't see the walls through all of the paintings! They'd painted the ceilings, the plates, the windows, the lampshades! Was it an act of rebellion! An act of expression! Were the paintings good, or was that beside the point! I needed to see it for myself, and I needed to tell the world about it...Stalin found out about the community and sent his thugs in...to break all of their arms! That was worse than killing them...their arms in crude splints, straight in front of them like zombies! They couldn't feed themselves, because they couldn't get their hands to their mouths! So you know what they did?" "They starved?" "They fed each other! That's the difference between heaven and hell! In hell we starve! In heaven we feed each other!" "I don't believe in the afterlife." "Neither do I, but I believe in the story!"
A varied and wide mix, with a push towards rock. I like music that supports artistic integrity. Dresden Dolls, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, LaChiusa's Wild Party, Death Cab for Cutie, Cake, Bloc Party, Jersy Boys, Hot Hot Heat, Incubus, Senses Fail, Metric, Presidents of the United States of America, Aqualung, Sneaker Pimps, Telepopmusik, Damien Rice, Gavin Creel, Pink, Beck, Garbage, Citizen Cope, John Legend, Lucky Boys Confusion, Outkast, Muse, Scissor Sisters, Jason Robert Brown, The Thrills, Lola Ray, Kelly Clarkson, Jamiroquai, Kylie Minogue, Black Eyed Peas, The Arcade Fire, The Bravery
My dvd collection is pretty expansive, but here's some faves: Kill Bill (1&2), Trainspotting, The Princess Bride, The Rules of Attraction, Prime, Shallow Grave, AI: Artificial Intelligence, The Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended versions), Mean Girls, Syriana, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Cabaret, The Matrix, Elf, Batman (Tim Burton ones and Begins - I'm sorry, but Joel Schumaccher just f*cks movies up), Shaun of the Dead, About a Boy, Brotherhood of the Wolf, City of God, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The House of Yes, Lost in Translation, Intolerable Cruelty, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, any and all Wes Anderson, Christoper Guest, M. Night Shyamlan
Nip/Tuck, Six Feet Under, Family Guy, Futurama, Sex and the City, Da Ali G Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm
best most recent read: Devil in the White City by Eric Barton. Manages to narrate history in a way that keeps you completely engrossed in the course of events, like it's really happening. Other faves: Neil Gaiman, Irvine Welsh, Anne Rice, Bill Watterson, Gregory McGuire, Mark Ravenhill, Truman Capote, Shakespeare