(in no particular order, really) : shows/concerts/live music, listening to music in general, magazines, stoli, shooting pool, chinese food, h&m and urban outfitters (fashion), M.A.C. (makeup), hello kitty (childhood cuteness), tinkering with my black tambourine and silver Yamaha keyboard, and enjoying a little bit of art...and singing/dancing while in the car (as a passenger! - don't dance and drive!).
sarcastic people, nice people, liberals, open-minded people... Ryan Adams (even though i'm sure he'd tell me to f*ck off), Karen O., Debbie Harry, Kat Von D; and it would be nice to meet Conor Oberst, and throw Ben Gibbard and Matt Skiba in there, too. too bad Gwen Stefani's music is not so cool anymore...but, she's still super awesome. who i really can do without meeting: the current president (the last day is 1/29/09!)
CURRENTLY SPINNING: death cab for cutie - "narrow stairs;" jimmy eat world - "chase this light;" the good, the bad, and the queen; the ting tings - "i started nothing" ...mostly, most of the time, some form of "indie": ryan adams, whiskeytown, rainer maria, yeah yeah yeahs, blondie, death cab for cutie, the postal service, radiohead, the get up kids, bright eyes, 80's (especially new wave) ..... SEE ALSO:...ted leo + the pharmacists, jimmy eat world, alkaline trio, the good life, cursive, desaparecidos, arctic monkeys, kaiser chiefs, ceasars, youth group, muse, coldplay, josh rouse, rhett miller, morrissey/the smiths, echo and the bunnymen, the cure, the clash, the decemberists, saves the day, the shins, the bravery, bloc party, appleseed cast, (old) U2, the police, bowie, franz ferdinand, the promise ring, sunny day real estate, green day, interpol, the arcade fire, the strokes, jet, rooney, the thrills, no knife, new amsterdams, koufax, jawbreaker, damien rice, ben folds, elliott smith, jets to brazil, superchunk, american analog set, french kicks, spoon, the stills, melee, groovie ghoulies, thursday, limbeck, outkast, hey mercedes, the faint, hot hot heat, weezer, oasis, the beatles, social distortion, johnny cash, stray cats, jackson 5 ..... and the list goes on. ...LOCAL BANDS/PEOPLE: Booker Lee, Colab, the Jellybricks, Pea Shooter, Miss Lonelyheart, Chris Kershaw, Dave LeFever, The Proteens, Superbuick, Uncle Skip (janette!!), Trash, Via Satellite, and Northern Liberties
sicko; i'm not there; into the wild; little miss sunshine; garden state; movies involving the new unstoppable comedy team of will ferrel, steve carrel, vince vaughn, owen wilson, luke wilson, ben stiller, etc, such as some of the following: snl-the best of will farrel, snl-best of christopher walken, weddding crashers, anchorman, old school, zoolander, austin powers, meet the parents, waiting, american pie(s), best of show, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, girl interrupted, good will hunting, memoirs of a geisha, lost in translation, sylvia, another state of mind, chasing amy, sliding doors, the royal tenenbaums, seven, the usual suspects, a bronx tale, big, the breakfast club/sixteen candles/pretty in pink, say anything, better off dead, high fidelity, empire records, almost famous, ghost world, reality bites, napoleon dynamite, chicago, the hebrew hammer, harry potter series, jack black movies...
LA ink, project runway, six feet under, scrubs, colbert report, law and order (svu and ci), CSI, seinfeld, that 70's show, smallville, the young ones, will & grace, frasier, x-files, shear genius, drum core competitions, and the i love the 80's and best week ever vh1 things.
currently reading: the perks of being a wallflower, by stephen chbosky
my friends, because they are my family... and they help keep me sane. and ryan adams--best songwriter of my generation.