Books, writing, publishing, music, movies, art, flea markets, theater, interesting hangouts, board games & cocktails, travel, pulp & pin-ups, collecting vintage matchbooks, rockabilly culture, live music, coffee and conversation, and, of course, animal husbandry.
Music
No particular order: Leonard Cohen, Muse, Social Distortion, Nick Cave, Nina Simone, Etta James, Flaming Lips, Flight of the Conchords, Radiohead, X, Otis Redding, David Bowie, T-Rex, Poe, Pulp, Conor Oberst, Kings of Leon, Elvis Costello, Morphine, Bettye LaVette, The Pogues, Velvet Underground/Lou Reed/Nico, Dusty Springfield, Buddy Guy, Cheap Trick, The Smiths, New Order, Catherine Wheel/Rob Dickinson, Brian Setzer, Cat Power, Ramones, Johnny Cash, Pink Martini, Damien Rice, Rev. Horton Heat, Jeff Buckley, Chet Baker, Live, Aimee Mann, Dandy Warhols, Tom Waits, Travis, Weezer, Sons & Daughters, The Ravonettes, Bad Religion, and Krokus (kidding!)...to name a few...Alt/Indie Rock,punk,jazz,blues,rockabilly,glam rock,rock,new wave,classical-a lil bit of everything. Feel free to suggest anyone, always on the prowl for more.
Movies
Anything by (in no particular order): Wes Anderson, Merchant-Ivory, Woody Allen, Todd Haynes, Billy Wilder, Mike Nichols, Coen Bros, Godard, Robert Altman, Orson Welles, Almodovar, Hal Hartley, and many more. I have a fondness for noir, indie, foreign, documentaries, classics, camp, quirk, comedy...
Television
"Mad Men", "Flight of the Conchords", "The Office", "Breaking Bad", "Lost", "SNL", "The Soup", "30 Rock", "Spaced", "Extras".
Books
Many, many, many. Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor, Haruki Murakami, John Irving, ee cummings, Mary Gaitskill, Andre Dubus, John Updike, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Eugenides, Ayn Rand, Nabakov, David Sedaris, Camus, EM Forster, Charles Bukowski, Douglas Coupland, Truman Capote, Rick Moody, Vonnegut, JD Salinger, Virginia Woolf, Milan Kundera, more, more, more.
Heroes
They say never meet your heroes. But as most of mine are dead, that's not really an issue. (writers, artists, philosophers, and other smartypants who have inspired me with their wit, insight, character, and creations.)
But, Wink Martindale, oh how you tempt, you minx.
About me: I am a writer from NYC who lives with my bulldog, Duncan. I recently returned after living in LA for a spell. I have a fondness for dive bars, great music, a book I can't put down, Bettie Page, that hour of the night when everyone seems asleep but you, Edward Hopper, "This American Life", pulp novels & old girlie magazies, people-watching, Modigliani, Sailor Jerry tats, John Register, a good movie and basically anything that opens my eyes and razzes by berries. Normally, I work as a full time and overtime as a writer and editor, but am currently on the mend with Lupus, my constant, unpredictable, and ever irritating companion. I have written and edited for a number of magazines, and subscribed to dozens--hey, I have the tote bags to prove it. I'm freelancing as a copywriter, proofreader, editor of novels and short stories, and a writer. I currently have two short stories published in an anthology entitled "Falling From The Sky" by Another Sky Press (www.anothersky.org). I am finishing my first book, a collection of short stories including (some glaringly autobiographical) tales about the unexpected sucker punch that is the craptastic impact of illness; working as a cigarette girl in the NYC club scene; living with a mentally ill family member; the basic complexities and occasional glimpses of rapture in our everyday life; kitchen sink looks at our real life; rave-ups and breakdowns...and so on. Despite the description, there is actually quite a lot of humor! When I am not writing, I am usually listening to my iPod too loudly, staying up too late, daydreaming, working, reading, walking the dog (literally-that's not a metaphor), plotting my next caper, and generally making merry. And remembering that all that wander are not lost as I enjoy the ride.
Happy birthday to the prettiest birthday girl. You rule. Apologies in advance for the picture below. I know those Gen-X 'Knight Rider' fantasies emerge upon sight of the 'Hoff...
