Creating found art work. Playing my guitar. Writing. Singing. Earning my bread. Learning new gospel songs. Climbing. Anything. Especially you.
Anyone with spare change or food.
Everything from Blind Willie to Blind Lemon. Everything from Buddy Guy to Muddy Waters. Everything from Ma Rainey to Mama Thornton. Everyone from Bessie to Janis, Johnson to King, Leadbelly to Guthrie, Black Gospel choirs to the Carter Family. Oldies but goodies. Anything before 1950.
The Big L, But I'm a Cheerleader, Welcome to the Dollhouse.
Rots your brain.
Now it's User's Guide to the Brain, Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right, and Haunted. All of which are amazing and should be read by everyone.
Nick Hoffman, Kahlo, Ashley and Jess (my sisters), and any other underdog.From Jessica:things i likecell phones, kitsch, rum, fast food,people who are picky about food, people who don't like food items because of their textures, people who count the times i say "like" during presentations, people who snarl or yell at me for smoking, people who can't take criticisms of capitalism/the usa/the war/the military/religion without branding the dissenter as an extremist, people who say "i like all types of music except rap and/or country", people who can't tolerate longwindedness, people who don't understand that we are all hypocrites,checking my email, knowing what time/day/year it is,the sense of entitlement, short attention spans, grudges, classism and all other similar -isms, privilege, jokes that aren't jokes, compliments that aren't compliments, the fast pace of capitalism, brand labels on clothing, the fact that people hardly hand write things anymore,my mood swings, my tendency to overanalyze everything, my tendency to be judgemental.