owls. magazines. tea. aquafit. piggy banks. brownies. redecorating my humble abode. t.v. the lottery. putt putt. vacation. honey bees. midcentury modern. jelly fish. sewing. petty theft. lists. nights in with the missus.
i've been staring at this question for 27 minutes.
southern lullabies/hymns (like my mama used to sing), neil diamond, roberta flack, velvet underground, bobbie gentry, ciara, marianne faithfull, sly and the family stone, wu-tang, chet baker, violent femmes, rose royce, roy orbison, max romeo and lee scratch perry.
disney's robin hood, the parent trap- circa '61, children of heaven, party girl, barton fink, the last picture show, running on empty, home alone, close encounters of the third kind, ghost dog: the way of the samurai, the texas chainsaw massacre, to sir with love, raising arizona, baby boom, ulee's gold, pee-wee's big adventure, evenhand, the changeling, auntie mame, and, of course, the goonies
fiiiiine, i don't watch nearly enough television anymore so the true list goes a little something like this: veronica mars (RIP). the riches. hex. ugly betty. nova. the office. lost. south of nowhere. masterpiece theatre. degrassi (finally with the abortion episode...)and always- roseanne, northern exposure, twin peaks, strangers with candy, cartoons
amy hempel, the ballad of the sad cafe, an american way of death, the night in question, purity and danger, the fruit cookbook, the well-tempered sentence, the private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner, extraordinary popular delusions & the madness of crowds, inventing the savage, the pearl, inappropriate behaviour, the botany of desire, travels with charley (thanks to lipman), love and rockets, junk culture, and who moved my cheese...obviously.
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