Concert-going, Flick-watching, Reading books and magazines and dissertations and ethnographies and catalogs and cookbooks and whatever the hell else I can visually absorb, Television (all sorts, I'm easily suckered into most reality shows), Pomeranians, Kittens, Koalas, Drinking, Karaoke, Other assorted sing-alongs in inappropriate places, Birthday debauchery, Pampering my amazing girlfriend, Spending quality time with my friends and family, Greens and blues, Mandy Moore, Scarlett Johannson, Carrie Underwood, Astrology, Psychology, Yard work, Lawn ornaments, Losing time, Reversing the effects of gravity, Traveling around the country, Going places I've never been before, Re-exploring the places I've already seen, Furnival, Making up new words, Global politics, Red Wing hockey, Watching the leaves change color, Geeking out on the internet, Nissan Maxima Scion xA, Trader Joe's, Camelbaks filled with booze, Thai food, Sushi, Cooking, Eating out at nice restaurants (and the creme de le creme of the not-so-nice ones), Trying to balance extreme cynicism with hopeless romanticism, Bub
American Idol fans, fellow live music collectors /obsessors, cat appreciators, folks who can laugh at their troubles yet still achieve results, and interesting people with interesting things to say in an interesting way (dummyheads and cro-magnon meatheads need not apply). Oh, and if you're too uptight I probably won't like you. Don't take it personally if I think you suck. I'll probably be nice to you anyways because that's the kind of guy I am.
Brothers Past, Widespread Panic, Radiohead, Yo La Tengo, Cloud Cult, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, Rilo Kiley, Bill Frisell, Bettie Serveert, Mandy Moore, Carrie Underwood, The Elected, Snow Patrol, Dimitri From Paris, Joy Division, Talking Heads, David Byrne, David Bowie, Tom Petty, Dead Milkmen, Liz Phair, Flaming Lips, Pixies, The Fiery Furnaces, Dido, Death Cab For Cutie, Bjork, Air, John Zorn, Simon Posford, Super Furry Animals, The Police, Cut Copy, Brendan Benson, The Cure, Zony Mash, Ween, Pavement, Malkmus, Midlake, Mates Of State, Bloodkin, Beck, Junior Boys, Hot Chip, I Am Robot And Proud, Happy Mondays, Tears For Fears, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Gutter Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Pinback, Jens Lekman, Camera Obscura, Sarah McLachlan, Mazzy Star, Arcade Fire, Battles, The Hold Steady, Drive-By Truckers, Lucero, Guns N' Roses, Ryan Adams, Smashing Pumpkins (pre-Melon Collie), Modest Mouse, Johnny Cash, The Postal Service, Paul Mac, Elliott Smith, The Shins, Band Of Horses, Les Savy Fav, Kelly Clarkson, Broken Social Scene, Stars, Metric, Do Make Say Think, Jason Collett, Sigur Ros, The Kills, Gwen Stefani, Slayer, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Kylie Minogue, Built To Spill, Benzos, Blanche, Annie, Islands, Superpitcher, Gui Boratto, Of Montreal, Mute Math, Richard Marx, The New Pornographers, Queens Of The Stone Age, Stevie Wonder, The Avalanches, The Juan Maclean, Delorean, Girl Talk, The Disco Biscuits, Phish
The Royal Tenenbaums, Barfly, Lord Of The Rings, True Stories, Stop Making Sense, Shakes The Clown, 24 Hour Party People, Boogie Nights, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lost In Translation, Billy Madison, Trainspotting, American Psycho, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, The Big Lebowski, Blue Crush, Bring It On, Knocked Up, Garden State, Babe: A Little Pig Goes A Long Way, and anything directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Six Feet Under, Dawson's Creek, American Idol, Carnivale, LOST, Northern Exposure, Heroes, Kids In The Hall, Pokemon, Paradise Hotel, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 24, Flight Of The Conchords, The Sarah Silverman Show, Sopranos, The Simpsons, The Real World, The Daily Show, Bill Maher, Fraggle Rock, Perfect Strangers, Mr. Belvedere, Small Wonder, ALF, Monsters, Tales From The Dark Side, and just about anything on the Food Network
Bret Easton Ellis, Irvine Welsh, Frank Herbert, Robert Jordan, J.R.R. Tolkein, Anne Rice, John Kennedy O'Toole, Hunter S. Thompson, J.K. Rowling, and I also used to be a huge fan of Pat Conroy (in middle school) and Ann M. Martin (in elementary school)
I can remember standing by the wall as the guns shot above our heads and we kissed as though nothing could fall.