the typical stuff: reading, writing, zines, blah blah.music's pretty fucking important, too:
people who aren't compulsive liars!
the following is in no particular order: manic street preachers, matthew good, matthew good band, kate bush, patti smith, ash, the smiths, placebo, stellastarr*, the killers, NOT franz ferdinand (not REALLY, anyway...), candlebox, bloc party, muse, snow patrol, kevin martin & the hiwatts, coldplay, pixies, mirah, metric, the cure, doves, ambulance ltd., the music, black rebel motorcycle club, depeche mode, gemma hayes, matthew good, muse, pj harvey, pete yorn, pilate, placebo placebo placebo, placebo, le tigre, primal scream, peaches, suede, the dears, dandy warhols, sleater-kinney, bikini kill, yeah yeah yeahs, jesus & mary chain, verve, the pixies, unicorns, red house painters, chris isaac, elastica, velvet revolver, nouvelle vague, bright eyes, libertines (i guess), decemberists, jimmy eat world, ambulance ltd., chin up chin up, cornershop, the arcade fire, doves, hidden cameras, ember swift, television, the buzzcocks, the replacements, razorlight, the raveonettes, pretty girls make graves, erm...
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind breaks my heart EVERY TIME. the bit of the couple under the covers as he's pleading, "please, please, let me hold on to this one" KILLS ME.
buffy (rip), sex and the city (rip), the l word (does EVERYONE think shane is hot??? i sure as hell do...), six feet under, angel, sex & the city.. hm, most of these shows are no longer on air. boo, hiss, etc.
his dark materials (pullman), nabokov, coupland, wilde, levi, margaret atwood, toni morrisson, a fine balance by rohinton mistry, lots others that just aren't coming to mind righ now. and the feministy ones too, of course (non-fiction and fiction alike).
"all you slut heroes offer is a fear of the future" (woo hoo hoo)