yes: concise people. witty people. skeptical people. burning bridges. building bridges. drinking. community. books. precise language. lying. facts. self indulgence. giving up. mild consideration. technology. word search puzzles. my brother. webcomics. no: strobe lights. masks. secrets. young republicans. other peoples' embarrassment. inconvenience. marathon partying. stages. social arms races. competition.
Music
Only bands that sound like the Talking Heads meet Megadeth with no guitar.
Akron/Family and Weezer.
Movies
Hedwig & The Angry Inch
21 Grams, 28 Days Later, Air Guitar Nation, Arthur, Bad Education, Boys Don't Cry, Brothers of the Head, Buffalo 66, Children of Men, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Fay Grim, Ghost World, The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai, Igby Goes Down, Jesus Camp, Milk, Mystic River, Shortbus, Stand By Me, Superbad, Tarnation, Thank You For Smoking, This is Spinal Tap, Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Zoolander.
Television
TV on DVD. The Adventures Of Pete & Pete. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Arrested Development. Upright Citizens Brigade. Strangers With Candy. Mr. Show. Dr. Katz. Wonder Showzen. House.
Books
Everything: A Book About Manic Street Preachers (Simon Price), The Picture Of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde), The Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys (Chris Fuhrman), THE Philosophy Of Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol), Generation X (Douglas Coupland), Catcher In The Rye (JD Salinger), Sexus (Henry Miller) Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore (Ray Loriga), Party Monster (James St. James), Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis), Frisk (Dennis Cooper), Junky (William Burroughs), Tommy's Tale (Alan Cumming), The Commitment/The Kid (Dan Savage), Go Now (Richard Hell), Dandy in the Underworld (Sebastian Horsley) Sedaris and Klosterman.
