The Perpetual Pursuit of Maintaining Happiness (my personal speciality)... Music, Fashion, Abstract Art, People that don't fit in, and random acts of kindness and heroism. Summer days on the east coast, sitting with the windows up and the fan on, while sipping a glass of lemonade, and reading a good novel... The wisdom, authenticity, and sweetness of elderly people. The never ending hope of the ocean. Mojitos, dirty martinis, anything MOD, dadaism, existentialist philosophy, human biology, dreams, dancing,cooking and baking, reading, scented candles (did I just say that?), personal style, good manners (go get yours today!)
I'd like to meet:
To quote Jack Kerouac: "They are hip without being slick, they are intelligent without being corny, they are intellectual as hell and know all about Pound without being pretentious or talking too much about it, and when they are very quiet, they are very Christlike." People who refuse to kiss ass, people with artistic integrity, people who are honest with their word, people who keep that word, geniuses, people who don't care what other people think of them, good photographers, good musicians, good writers, authentic artists, old friends, other "Loes", people who know how to have fun, people who really, I mean really, care about their friends
Music:
The Pixies, Nine Inch Nails, Stella Star, Garbage, Keane,
The Living Things, Tori Amos, Sarah Mclaughlin, Nelly Furtado, Madonna, LCD Soundsystem, Amee Mann, Cowboy Junkies,
Kaiser Chiefs, The Good Listeners, Tim Jones, Coldplay, Mazzy Star,
Bob Dylan, The Killers, The White Stripes, Justin Timberlake, Reba Macintire, She Wants Revenge, Foo Fighters, Death Cab,
Ani DiFranco,The Smiths, Damien Rice, Janis Joplin, The Doors,
2Pac, Tim Easton, The Clash, Ray Charles, Ottis Redding,
Chris Christopherson, Bjork, Chris Glover, New Oblivion, Leonard Cohen, Duncan Sheik, Pete Yorn, Martha Wainwright, Antony, Under the Influence of Giants, Panic on the Disco, AFI, Johnny Cash
Movies:
Napolean Dynamite, Pulp Fiction, Dot the I, Amadeus,
Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Doors, Breakfast Club,Tsotsi, Streetcar Named Desire,
The Third Man, To Die For, Natural Born Killers, Garden State, Best in Show,
America's Sweethearts, Reality Bites, East of Eden, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Anchorman, Leonard Cohen "I'm Your Man", The Illusionist, Babel, Danika, The Chumscrubber, El Cantante (go see it before you judge), Elizabeth the Golden Age, Pride and Predjudice
Television:
Flight of the Concords, Slacker Cats, Rock of Love with Brett Michaels (don't ask me why), SNL (Justin Timberlake's episode is part of comedic history), Entourage (come on, who doesn't, really. older episodes are better), Oprah (Julie, my beloved cousin I blame you for that one), the news (no particular loyalties here; just the important or fascinating stuff)
Books:
The Time Traveler's Wife, Sonnets From the Portugese, Raw Heaven, Breathing the Water, The Book of Longing, Leaves of Grass, Be Honest You're Not That Into Him Either, The Nanny Diaries (didn't see the movie), The Seventh Son, Expectations and Melancholies the collected poems of Ralph Angel (this is my favorite book of all time)
Heroes:
I guess I'm lookin' for a hero.
