Minneapolis. Great Date. Gin, Tonic, lime, and the marvelous combination of the aforementioned ingredients. The Baker Girls. Cross-stitching. Latin. Hating Everything. Singing while Driving. The F Word. Dictionaries. Being Awesome. Education. Sale-ing. Reading parties. Swatch. High Fives. Punctuation. Tall men. Also, Hair dye and shoes. Chinese. (Awkward) dance parties. Birth Control. Hankies. Hanky-panky. AMC Eagles. Apple blossoms and doing laundry. Minnesota. Eyeliner. Chi-chis. 612. Penetration and its societal implications. Bingo! Birthdays and Libras. The "fine line between beautiful and trashy." Second Base. Shaking it. Crafts and cooking. That whole music thing. Napping. Polaroid pictures. Yelling at people who drive slowly. Alter-egos. Making out. The word "motherfucker." Nicknames. Useless stitches. My super friends. Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me.
Chasing tail. This American Life. Making plans. Alan Alda. Political Theory. rubber cement. Self-portraits. Falling in love so that I'll take more pictures. Michael Cera. Saying goodbye to The Fort.
Awesome people.
This guy.
The Faint, Tammy Wynette, Electric 6, Vicious Vicious, Atom and His Package, Grandaddy, Har Mar Superstar, Merle Haggard, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Stars, Hefner, the Beatles, the Postal Service, Cory Branan, the Decemberists, Screeching Weasel, Mike Gunther, Death Cab for Cutie, the Selby Tigers, Diana Ross & the Supremes, the Busy Signals, Rilo Kiley, the Replacements, Hank Williams, Mallman, Of Montreal, Bright Eyes, Ben Kweller, Jamie Ness, The Hawaii Show, All-Time Quarterback, Valet, the Donnas, the Plastic Constellations, Moldy Peaches, Beck, the Promise Ring, Kid Dakota, Kimya Dawson, Dylan Hicks, Atmosphere, Lifter Puller, and Martin Devaney (even though we're mortal enemies).
But I'm a Cheerleader, Everything is Illuminated, Hairspray, Footloose, White Palace, All That Jazz, My Favorite Wife, Bluebeard, Fargo, West Side Story, Igby Goes Down, Bull Durham, Penny Serenade, Amelie, The Thin Man, the Trouble with Angels, To Catch a Thief, The Big Lebowski, Pillow Talk, Illuminata, Trainspotting, the Parent Trap (1961 & 1998), The Hudsucker Proxy, Clueless, and Yours, Mine, and Ours (1968).
Gilmore Girls, Hawaii 5-0, Kids in the Hall, What I Like About You, Veronica Mars, Queer as Folk, Arrested Development, the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, Grounded for Life, The New This Old House, Project Runway, Food Network, Six Feet Under, HGTV, Wonder Showzen
Currently reading: Whatever I'm teaching next. New York Times online. Soon: Journey to the West.
I also like: Dostoyevsky, Random Family, Living the Good Life , The Great Gatsby, Fast Food Nation, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, A People's History, Davita's Harp, The Road to Serfdom, On Violence, Cometbus (especially Lanky), the American Girl Book of Dog Stories, the "Flowers in the Attic" Series, a Room for Cathy, the English Patient, Wuthering Heights, My Name is Asher Lev, Life is Elsewhere, the Chosen, Dot for Short, East of Eden, Hawaii, Vonnegut. Also, Political Theory...if Bill Scheuerman will explain it to me.
my folks, Ellen Ann, my grandpa,Katy Rose , Verity .