Filling my head with millions of pieces of useless knowledge, photography(Diane Arbus and Nan Goldin especially), crafting of all sorts, wine, being seduced by a fantastic book, music of all types, Andy Warhol, yoga, thrift storing, demolition derbies(guilty pleasure), and Dollywood(another guilty pleasure, don't knock it if you've never been there), bees and honey, people who are willing to step outside their comfort zone, people who are trying to make this world better and more beautiful even if it's just giving a smile or writing a song (it matters), coffee, alpacas, antiques and old toys
I'd like to meet:
Wes Anderson. He wears corduroy suits and makes super rad films. What more do I need to say?
Music:
Modest Mouse, Psapp, Death Cab For Cutie, Cut Copy, Belle and Sebastian, Johnny Cash, The Sugarcubes, Blondie, The Cure, James Brown, Sonic Youth, Q and Not U, Fugazi, Sufjan Stevens, The Rapture, J Dilla, Slum Village, Jeff Buckley, Pinback, Ray Lamontagne, Hope Sandoval, The Postmarks, Damien Marley, Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, Talking Heads, Kraftwerk, Culture Club, Sly and the Family Stone, The Pixies, Sia, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Feist, Murs,Portishead, Astrud Gilberto, Ladytron, Miles Davis, The Specials, The Bouncing Souls, Afghan Whigs, Kings Of Convenience, Elliot Smith, Damien Rice, Electric President, The Brazilian Girls, The Kinks, The Specials, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Refused, Rachael Yamagata, Laura Nyro, Polaris(the band on Pete and Pete), The Blow, Jens Lekman, Page France, Sarah Harmer, The Pipettes, Bratmobile, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Gossip, Carina Round, Cat Power, The Reindeer Section, Patsy Cline, Sleater-Kinney,Dolly Parton(seriously), Kanye West, M.I.A, LCD Soundsystem. CSS, Fannypack, Futureheads, Rogue Wave, anything and everything Motown,Micah P Hinson, Mulatu Astake(Ethiopian jazz legend),Edan,Digable Planets, Operation Ivy,M.Craft, Michael Andrews,J. Dilla, Edan, GAry Wilson,Badly Drawn Boy, all my firends bands of course,...and the list goes on
Movies:
Anything Wes Anderson and Alfred Hithcock(Rear Window and Vertigo especially).The Virgin Suicides, Me and Everyone We Know, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Heavenly Creatures, Harold and Maude,anything with Bruce Lee(Enter the Dragon especially), The Big Lebowski, Old School,The Goonies, Black Belt Jones,Election, Lord of the Rings, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Singin'In The Rain, Annie Hall, Bonnie and Clyde, Mommie Dearest...and the list goes on and on.
Television:
Arrested Development, Nip/Tuck,Entourage,The Simpsons,Family Guy,The Adventures of Pete and Pete, My So-Called Life, Six Feet Under, One Punk Under God, Dirt, Iconoclasts, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives,Days of Our Lives,30 Rock, The Office, Project Runway, Prison Break,Carnivale,Jeopardy, Deal or No Deal(Greedy Americans!), Big Love, Flava of Love
Books:
The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing, The Virgin Suicides, anything by Daniel Wallace, Toni Morrison, Rick Moody, David Sedaris,Dorothy Parker, Dorthoy Allison, Kerouac, Tom Perrotta, Roald Dahl, Eve Ensler, Augusten Burroughs, Charlotte Perkins Gilman,and CHUCK KLOSTERMAN!!!
Heroes:
My friends: Jamiel and Chris Dado-my illegitimate Arabic brothers,!Ms. Liz Star-best disco partyer ever, Ms. "Make Love To My Leg" aka TeriLynn, Tara-clumsiest and cutest redhead ever, Ray-one word "Harry's", Brit Cicle-my sunshine, the Wagman-for being the Wagman, Tom-the Darth Vader of foosball, and of course my mommy the superhero, and anybody and everybody that wakes up and tries(And if I forgot you I'm sorry, I am only on my first cup of coffee this morning)
