old issues of national geographic, the colour purple, mint chocolate, body pillows, ambiguous conversation, hat-scarf combos, face paint, talking with my hands, claw-foot bathtubs, sleepy smiles, middle names, boys in blazers, furniture off the street, stencils, intrusive questions, st. viateur bagels, horses, sunday morning jazz, guacamole, coffee shop antics, awkward silences, waking up the neighbours, oatmeal for dinner, sliding down banisters, having lofty ambitions, running with scissors.
people who talk with their hands, loafer-wearers, band boys, gardeners, starving whatevers, elements of nature, cardigan kids, rooftop recliners, keyboard players, my multiple personalities, train hoppers, pirates, horse lovers, sleepyheads, joan didion, waldo.
camera obscura, nick drake, the hold steady, spoon, les savy fav, sigur ros, belle & sebastian, the shins, bjork, songs: ohia, final fantasy, talking heads, architecture in helsinki, the books, built to spill, four tet, blonde redhead, interpol, mogwai, wolf parade, neil young, brad mehldau, boards of canada, beck, sufjan stevens, air, mos def, m83, arcade fire, akron/family, tortoise, kings of convenience, elvis costello, broken social scene, TV on the radio, yo la tengo, cat power, iron and wine, nas, the blow, magnetic fields, of montreal, wilco, mum, the flaming lips, philip glass, beat happening, sam prekop, yann tiersen, pavement, etc.. you know, the standards.
anyone who gets up early enough to make themselves a proper breakfast, my parents, people who can blow perfect smoke rings.