books, yarn, seeds & dirt, food, travel, sleeeeeeeep, tiny pale bendy samoans, tall brutish koreans with girly laughs, music, art, fearlessness, conviction, moderation, balance, sleep, sleeplessness, librarians, archivists, circus performers, artists, nomads, gypsies, hot coffee in the morning, a glass of wine at night, getting out of debt so i can take care of my mama, and thusly, getting to work on time.
princess mononoke, quanah parker, leeloo, emiliano zapata, emily dickinson (the white witch), o-ren ishii, go-go yubari, baudelaire, neruda, lord byron, frida kahlo, eartha kitt, alabama worley, my great, great, great grand-fathers and -mothers.
the holy trinity: nick cave, tom waits and shane macgowan, antony & the johnsons, fields of the nephilim, nina hagen, lene lovich, crass, go like hell, midnight choir/the bad things, skarp, jesse sykes and the sweet hereafter, the plasmatics, black sabbath, billie holiday, bow wow wow, the mob, the moon lay hidden beneath a cloud, delibes, nick drake, einsturzende neubauten, lamb, the cranes, bauhaus/peter murphy, bowie, edith piaf, johnny cash, marlene dietrich, stevie nicks, bjork, the melvins, ennio morricone, the pogues, the legendary pink dots, the magnetic fields, the cramps, the clash, the cocteau twins, mark lanegan, this mortal coil, p.j. harvey, 16 horsepower, leonard cohen, siouxsie/the creatures/the glove/robert smith/the cure, the gits, the ramones, sisters of mercy, rasputina, diamanda galas, mortiis, kate bush, skinny puppy, the white stripes, M.I.A., my cat's meow, rain on the tin roof of the trailer i'm sleeping in, peacocks when they cry, anything fierce and flamenco...
delicatessan, city of lost children, brokeback mountain, titus, stigmata, elizabeth, in america, shawshank redemption, monty python films, anything by hayao miyazaki, velvet goldmine, 9-1/2 weeks, kill bill vol. I, cemetery man, amelie, scarlet diva, true romance, brotherhood of the wolf, good fellas, donnie darko, the birdcage, angel heart, hedwig and the angry inch, rosencrantz & guildenstern are dead, anything by akira kurosawa, the usual suspects, freeway, breaking glass, like water for chocolate, sleepy hollow, se7en, desperado, charlie's angels FT, until the end of the world, smoke/blue in the face, mystery train, orlando, the hunger, documentaries and napoleon dynamite...
the daily show, house, the closer, food t.v., forensic files, deadwood, the sopranos, curb your enthusiasm, extras, the family guy and classic bbc: young ones, abfab, office uk, and black adder.
reference books, esp. dictionaries and books translating english into other languages, atlases and books of maps, travel guides, encyclopedias and textbooks on horticulture, religion, anatomy and the occult, also dr. seuss, maruice sendak, and the ass saw the angel by nick cave, wicked by gregory macguire, aura and terra nostra by carlos fuentes, the book of nightmares by galway kinnell, pablo neruda, charles baudelaire, lord alfred tennyson, arthur rimbaud, lord byron, the highway man by alfred noyes, the goblin market by christina rossetti, rumi, the bone people by keri hulme, books of art and photography esp. fruits, divine excess, edward gorey, joel peter witkin, robert parke harrison, alfred stieglitz, julia margaret cameron, graciela iturbide, edward s. curtis, john everett millais, j.w. waterhouse, gustav klimt and egon scheile, cookbooks, and now that i work at the library of congress...everything in the vaults.
trees_rocks_every single one of my ancestors_my wife_omar khan_people with functioning brains who are poor and strong and humble and happy_people with functioning brains who are rich and strong and humble and happy_people who listen_people who listen to their hearts_intuition_emotion_sacreligious behavior_rebellion_revolution_good old fashioned life affirming self destructive behavior_everyone in my family.