"Whatever thing that I have carried in this place, That will keep me from you, I will lay it at your feet. Whatever burden I have carried for so long, That will keep me from seeing you, I will lay it down right now...All of the things that are cluttering my mind, I will push them far from here, And listen for your voice. All of the pain that I am carrying inside, I will hand it to you, You will take it, set me free, I will fly." -Waterdeep
jeff buckley, frida kahlo, and...do they have to be alive?... the oldest living sea turtle, curmudgeons, penelope cruz.
oh so much... jeff buckley, the band, beth orton, sigur ros, rachel's, tom conlon, waterdeep, jackson browne, caedmon's call, kasey chambers, the red house painters, sun kil moon, the innocence mission, aimee mann, pinback, csny, rich mullins, counting crows, 16 horsepower, the lemonheads, toad the wet sprocket, live, dido, ryan adams, pete yorn, candlebox, bic runga, dar williams, leigh nash, ani difranco, songs:ohia, imogen heap, grey eye glances, the sundays, po' girl, patty griffin, iron & wine, peter gabriel, bob dylan, tori amos, pearl jam, the pixies, bonnie "prince" billy, the allman bros., sinead lohan, coldplay, erykah badu, david bowie, elvis costello, rufus wainwright, our lady peace (at least the first 4 albums), karl denson, coltrane, miles davis, billie holiday, rusted root, shelby lynne, lissa schneckenburger, and far more than i can list here... awesome people i know: the trappist monks, christopher myott, jameson sand, routine homecoming, and transona five. check 'em out.
i like martial arts movies, french movies, bad boxing movies, buster keaton shorts, anything wes anderson, coen bros. or tarantino... more specifically: frida, to kill a mockingbird, vanilla sky, cemetery man, great expectations, wonderboys, how to kill your neighbor's dog, paris je t'aime, grindhouse, kill bill 1 & 2, a very long engagement, shogun assassin, igby goes down, a life less ordinary, benny and joon, raging bull, whalerider, life is beautiful, kissing a fool, woman on top (have to...)
blah. only rarely. loved Rome (all 2 seasons of it). i also developed an embarassing addiction to angel and buffy. never thought it was possible but the world is full of surprises...
the little prince by antoine de saint-exupery, the sky, the stars, the wilderness by rick bass, in the loyal mountains by rick bass, the lives of rocks by rick bass, the watch, by rick bass, winter by rick bass, to kill a mockingbird by harper lee, all stories by alice munro, the love of a god woman by alice munro, stories by eudora welty, stories by flannery o'connor, wiseblood by flannery o'connor, going to meet the man by james baldwin, go tell it on the mountain by james baldwin, stories by grace paley, pafko at the wall by don delillo, the names by don delillo, white noise by don delillo, rock springs by richard ford, women with men by richard ford, rock springs by richard ford, the book of laughter and forgetting by milan kundera, the unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera, the interpreter of maladies by jhumpa lahiri, first snow on fuji by yasunari kawabata, the dancing girl of izu by yasunari kawabata, stories by ernest hemingway, no one writes to the colonel by gabriel garcia marquez, the leaf storm and other stories by gabriel garcia marquez, the woman warrior by maxine hong kingston, last night by james salter, a sport and a pastime by james salter, stories by italo calvino, the fall by albert camus, stories by john cheever, stories by raymond carver, nine stories by j.d. salinger, the solace of open spaces by gretel ehrlich, stories by ron hansen, there is room for you by charlotte bacon, a private state by charlotte bacon, coraline by neil gaiman, stories by my professor david crouse (his book copy cats), and if you ever catch me reading poetry, it would be by his wife melina... also being introduced to the world of comics...
My mum and dad (two bravest people i've ever known)- "And when You blast this cosmos To kingdom come, When those jagged-edged mountains I love are gone, When the sky is crossed with the tears Of a thousand falling suns As they crash into the sea... Can I be with you?" -Rich Mullins