Constructive postmodernism (as opposed to deconstructive postmodernism), noir, pangolins, graphic novels, NPR, metaphysics,"The Onion," photography, over-priced coffee, cats, "Get Your War On," green curry, feminists, the Ozarks, vampires, jazz trumpet, bare feet, being single.
I don't need to meet any celebrities. But I do like people who are curious, who ask questions, who like to probe. I like deep people. I like hungry people. I like obsessions and passions and quirks. I like square pegs, nerds, and geeks. But please: no friend requests if we don't know each other. First pick something from my interests or from your imagination, and start a conversation about it.
Also -- new thing -- I want you to send me poems that blow you away.
Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again
The Roots, Rilo Kiley, Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Gorillaz, Thelonius Monk, The Black Keys, Etta James, Sun Kil Moon, Bill Evans, Dave Matthews, Sarah MacLachlan, Outkast, Drums and Tuba, NIN, Prince, Audioslave, Miles Davis, Ani Difranco, Steely Dan, Jack Johnson, Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Beck, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Van Morrison, Eminem, Ali Farka Toure, Chili Peppers, Weather Report, Danger Mouse. Gone but not forgotten: Rage against the Machine, The Clash, Nirvana, Public Enemy.
I love movies of all kinds, but especially dark comedies and mind f*ck movies: Memento, Pulp Fiction, Spirited Away, Almost Famous, The Usual Suspects, American History X, The Iron Giant, Sixth Sense, Slingblade, Made, Do the Right Thing, Three Kings, Apocalypse Now, Coppola's The Conversation, Snatch, Dr. Strangelove, Swingers, 28 Days Later, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Grosse Point Blank, Shaun of the Dead, Tarkovsky's Stalker, Kung Fu Hustle, The Departed, anything by David Lynch, Hiyao Miyazaki, Quentin Tarantino, Monty Python, Charlie Kaufman, Christopher Guest, David Fincher, the Coen brothers.
What is television?
Favorite authors in PHILOSOPHY:
Charles Hartshorne, Alfred North Whitehead, William James, John Dewey, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Donald Davidson.
In POLITICS:
Noam Chomsky, Katha Pollitt, Barbara Ehrenreich, Chalmers Johnson.
Best LITERATURE I read last year:
Max Barry, "Jennifer Government." Gregory Maguire, "Wicked," Annie Proulx, "Close Range: Wyoming Stories." Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried." Brian K. Vaughn, "Ex Machina," vol. 1-4.
Race traitors like John Brown.