Sexual health, addictive behaviors, etiquette, sci-fi, comics, clothes, jewelry, music, Art Deco, the emerging Romantik/Maximalist movement in design, Virgin Mary icons, wee little Ganesh statues, Russian nesting dolls, monkeys and other primates, neurochemistry and neurobiology, better living through chemistry, beading, funny internet videos, politics...
I also have an unhealthy interest in red Hello Kitty items.
Music
Pixies, Afghan Whigs, Jurassic 5, Black Star, Lemurs, American Analog Set, Louis XIV, Lucinda Williams, Jesus and Mary Chain, Meat Beat Manifesto, Johnny Cash, Boss Hog, Dan the Automator, Reverend Horton Heat, Muse, Riverboat Gamblers,The Smiths, Morrissey, Iggy and the Stooges, Missy Elliott, Stellastarr*, Primal Scream, KLF, The Cure, Suede, Thievery Corporation, Joy Division, MC Chris, Toadies, Massive Attack, Blur, Spiritualized, Bauhaus, Peter Murphy, Hector Zazou, New Order, Willie Nelson, Quanuum MCs, Beck, Sisters of Mercy, Timbaland and Magoo, ACDC, Adam Ant (and Adam and the Ants), Amon Tobin, Asylum Street Spankers, Billie Holiday, Cracker, Camper van Beethoven, Catherine Wheel, Kool Keith, Dandy Warhols, David Bowie, Deathcab For Cutie, Depeche Mode, Digital Underground, DJ Shadow, DJ Cam, DJ Krush, DJ Mel, Nicknack, Dot Allison, Duran Duran, Echo and the Bunnymen, Electric Six, Franz Ferdinand, Galaxie 500, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Hector Zazou, Her Space Holiday, Interpol, Joan Jett, John Lee Hooker, Junior Senior, Lamb, Spearhead, Moloko, Mos Def, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Nine Inch Nails, The Orb, Pete Miser, Atmosphere, Pigface, PJ Harvey, Lupe Fiasco... (I'm sure there's more, so let me ponder)
Movies
Children of Men, Pi, Velvet Goldmine, Saved, the LotR triology, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, A Christmas Story, Theater of Blood, Welcome to Sarajevo, High Fidelity, Office Space, The Matrix (first one only), Thank You For Smoking, Control, Kill and Kill Again, Alamo Sing-Alongs (I have an enormous crush on Henri!)
Television
The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, Adult Swim Comedy, House, Heroes, Hotel Babylon, Bones, Eureka!, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate Atlantis (Why, yes, I am a dork-- why do you ask?)
Oh, and BBC America newscasts are quite good. Seems a lot more like real news than what most of our networks put out.
Books
Fables, The Invisibles, Powers, American Virgin, Fun Home, The Sandman, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Within the Context of No Context, An Underground Education, Apocalypse Culture, Cryptonomicon, The Wee Free Men, Mountains Beyond Mountains,The Devil's Picnic, the "Revelation Space" series, American Gods, Julian, the "Dark Tower" series, Voluptuous Panic (about pre-war Berlin), Romantik, The Diamond Age, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters... and I looooove pragmatic books about stuff like wilderness survival and carpentry.
Heroes
All the Texas progressives who are standing and fighting the wack-a-doo fundies here in my much beloved, yet much beleaguered, Lone Star State.
About me: So, I'm just this gal. A bit eccentric, but mostly harmless. Any major character flaws, I tend to blame on Peabody (just ask if you don't know).
Thanks for the friendship! I've written a comic that is competing on Zuda this month, and I'm working hard at becoming Zuda (DC Comics') first female lead to win the competition. If you want a shot at one of two Pat's or Geno's gift certificates, while helping to raise money for the Police Survivor's Fund, then read and follow the strip below. Clicking on the strip will bring you right to the Zuda page. Thanks for your support!