aaaand let the triteness begin: music, movies, friends, humor, acting, guitar, singing [mostly at 1AM once everyone has fallen asleep while/or in the shower], photography, sketching, reading, Don Hertzfeldt's cartoons, sports, pillows, talking, satire, blankets, people watching, surreal moments, absurdity, wit, awkward silences, laughing [especially when it results in me shedding tears, cramping up and doubling over in pain], intelligent sarcasm, quality time spent with people worth quality time, sports, USC and anything relating USC--Fight On!, doing things that make for great stories, losing sleep for a great reason, saying I hate myspace but logging in every hour anyway, learning, finding new interests like wondering if anyone ever actually reads these stupid lists
I'd like to meet:
A lot of people...but, if we're going to get all hypothetical and creative, I'd have to say I'd like to meet myself at age 3, and give myself a nice talk, and a long list of written advice and suggestions for the 19 years that stands between us. My only fear is that 3 year old me would look at current me, shake his head in disgust and ask me what the hell went wrong. Well 3 year old me, that's the point of the talk and list of advice! C'mon, give me a break! I'm trying to change things for the better here! Haven't you seen Back to the Future or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?? Oh...you haven't? That's right. Of course. It's still 1986 and you don't even know what a movie is yet...
that, or Alex Trebek. Not because I admire him. Because I want to fight him.
Music:
Radiohead, Incubus, Mew, Dredg, Thrice, Jorge Drexler, The Roots, Mos Def, Common, Atmosphere, Blue Scholars, Jurassic Five, Common Market, Queen, Led Zeppelin, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Buckley, Jack Johnson, Beatles, Beach Boys, Bobby Darin, Rx Bandits, Muse, Pink Martini, Kaki King, Coheed, Outkast, DJ Krush, G Love and the Special Sauce [pre-coke zero], Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Bireli Lagrene, No Knife, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, John Mayer, Michael Buble, John Pizzarelli, Thelonious Monk, Sin, Vince Guaraldi, Sufjan, Talib Kweli, dios malos, Lord Have Mercy On Us, Minus the Bear, Crystal Skulls, Dream Theater, 311, The Flaming Lips, Open:Hand, The Ventures, Ray Charles, Mr. Bungle, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, The Mars Volta, Bjork, John Legend, Django Reinhardt, Regina Spektor, Sublime, Handsome Boy Modeling School, The Trojan Marching Band, the soothing and melodious sound of my own voice, and on and on and on...
Movies:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, anything Will Ferrell has ever graced with his Midas touch, Anything produced by the Judd Apatow school of magical comedy gold, The Godfather, City of God, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Brick, Modern Times, Empire Records [for nostalgia's sake], Hero, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Punch Drunk Love, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jurassic Park [it never fails to wake up my inner 8-year old], Good Will Hunting [again, for nostalgia], Vanilla Sky [but I actually like the original, Abre los Ojos, more], Oldboy, Office Space, Big Fish, American Beauty, Swingers, Batman Begins, Superman Returns, Superhero Does, funny ones
Television:
Colbert Report, SNL (even though it sucks again), the Discovery Channel, Food Network, House, ER, West Wing, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sopranos, Conan, The Office (UK one was better, but the US one is good too), Arrested Development, 24, Girls Gone Wild Infomercials at 2AM....eh, I don't really watch TV very often anymore. Honestly. ..
Books:
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, Freakonomics, Blink, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Great Gatsby, 1984, Catcher in the Rye, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World, Live From New York, Road Less Traveled, A Guy's Guide to Dating [one of the funniest things I've ever read], On Bullshit, Everything Bad Is Good For You, and the classics: Goosebumps, Boxcar Children, Curious George, Clifford the Big Red Dog, To Give a Mouse a Cookie, Coloring Books, etc.
Heroes:
Superman, Stupendous Man, Stephen Colbert, Cory Matthews, Bugs Bunny, the guy who invented naps
