film, music, TV, reading, dancing, big cities, travelling (though I haven't done much lately), art museums, sarcasm, hysterically bad grammar and writing, snarkiness, bizarre news stories, pop culture, blue and green, scarves, crisp fallen leaves and the smell of autumn, walks outside when the weather's nice, driving people around (as long as traffic's not bad), storms (when I'm not actually out in them), staying up too late, sleeping, yoga, green tea, cheese, bossa nova (and a lot of music sung in a foreign language), long talks with friends, getting to know fun new people, not being as shy as I used to be, trivia, board games (I'm the Balderdash master!), mix CDs
Music
radiohead, björk, air, depeche mode, elastica, ladytron, jon brion, gabriel yared, movie soundtracks, ennio morricone, michael giacchino, jeff beal, thomas newman, wendy carlos, angelo badalamenti, travis, fiona apple, blur, bob hund, talking heads, devo, can, weezer, stereolab, red hot chili peppers, nirvana, sahara hotnights, ella fitzgerald, billie holiday, patsy cline, johnny cash, hank williams, rufus wainwright, martha wainwright, tricky, pj harvey, the cardigans, pizzicato five, the clash, david bowie, the smiths/morrissey, tori amos, sinéad o'connor, pixies, the raveonettes, shakira, tom petty, portishead, massive attack, aimee mann, kraftwerk, the fall, iggy pop/the stooges, adult., beck, the beatles, the doors, the knife, honey is cool, cibo matto, inxs, the sounds, early u2, the hives, franz ferdinand, the vines, sleater-kinney, t. rex, the stone roses, garbage, no doubt, the cranberries, liz phair, kaizers orchestra, pulp, blondie, suede, madonna, jeff buckley, tim buckley, schubert, chopin, johann strauss jr., tchaikovsky, beethoven, prokofiev, boccherini, coldplay, ima robot, thee michelle gun elephant, mono, green day, crowded house, shivaree, gershwin, emiliana torrini, poe, morcheeba, lauryn hill, the shins, interpol, the white stripes, pearl jam, junior boys, brazilian girls, the killers, gorillaz, the strokes, mia doi todd, mando diao, le tigre, hooverphonic, jurassic 5, the libertines, dusty springfield, nancy sinatra, roy orbison, the ditty bops, nouvelle vague, the killers, the dandy warhols, kasabian, the von bondies, maximo park, holly golightly, shout out louds, the arcade fire, hard-fi, the subways, editors, the organ, of montreal, juliette and the licks, gogol bordello, echo and the bunnymen, arctic monkeys, citylights, the kinks, kaiser chiefs, gang of four, goldfrapp, CSS, persephone's bees, dengue fever, mew, emily haines, the decemberists, neutral milk hotel, deerhoof, hot chip, ananda shankar, josef k, devotchka, firefox ak, camera obscura, röyksopp, lcd soundsystem, blonde redhead, midnight movies, the veils, blood red shoes, the dresden dolls, the radio dept.
Movies
Historical drama, ensemble drama, fantasy, some sci-fi, '80s kids' stuff, and smart and/or stupid comedy (this all applies for TV as well). Specifically, though: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch, Bernardo Bertolucci, Peter Weir, The Graduate, French New Wave, Maya Deren, Blow-Up, The English Patient, Punch-Drunk Love, Amélie, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Shawshank Redemption, Dead Man Walking, The Usual Suspects, La Jetée, Sunrise, Kill Bill 1 and 2, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, Fucking Åmål, The Princess and the Warrior, The Lovers of the Arctic Circle, Pulp Fiction, Daisies, Memento, Before Sunrise/Sunset, Festen (The Celebration), The Dreamlife of Angels, Rebel Without a Cause, Network, Broadcast News, The Last of the Mohicans, The General (Buster Keaton), The Nightmare Before Christmas, the Matrix films (yes, all of them), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Piano, Metropolis, Dead Man, School of Rock, Office Space, Serenity, Little Miss Sunshine, Children of Men, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, There Will Be Blood, Persepolis
Television
Shows with lots of well-drawn characters, shows set in the past with lots of well-drawn characters (yay, cable TV!), shows that are so bad they're good...and these awesome shows specifically: Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Carnivàle, Deadwood, Rome, Alias, Six Feet Under, The L Word, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, South Park, The Daily Show, My So-Called Life, Daria, Freaks and Geeks, The Wonder Years, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Da Ali G Show, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, House, Everybody Hates Chris, The Office (US), Arrested Development, Firefly, Big Love, Spaced, Ugly Betty, Dexter, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, 30 Rock, Mad Men, Pushing Daisies, The Wire, True Blood
Books
Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, Toni Morrison, Anne Rice, Brave New World, Lolita, The Color Purple, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Alienist, Age of Innocence, The English Patient, Things Fall Apart, Harry Potter books, The Time Traveler's Wife
Heroes
Joss Whedon, David Lynch, J.R.R. Tolkien, David Bowie...
I can resist anything but temptation.
(Oscar Wilde)
I may seem quiet to a lot of people. Once the ice is broken with a person, then I'm really a talker.
I'm a night person. I mean, I like the sun and all...but I love the night and all the things that come with it.
Though I love movies, I couldn't live without music. I don't like to pick favorites, thus the exhaustive list. I have a bit of an addiction to new music. I guess I crave variety...
I'm also a TV connoisseur. Anyone who says they don't like television AT ALL just isn't watching the right program(s). Good television shows are special in that one is able to develop a connection with characters that movies can't match -- plus the stories last a lot longer! I mean, I'm still a movie geek too, but I spend more time with TV shows.
I have a podcast about TV that I record with a couple of friends:
Who I'd like to meet: People who know that this should read "Whom I'd like to meet." :P
Interesting people (with whom I can have good conversations). I don't really like too much BS. I'm pretty straightforward, and I appreciate the same from others. Anyone who can bring out my outgoing, hyper side. People whom I can make laugh and who make me laugh.
***Also, I will not add you if you request my friendship without first sending a message, unless I know you in the "real" world. I still may not add you even if you do send a message. I especially won't add you if any of the following is true: you can't be bothered to use punctuation, you write in IM/text message shorthand, you have so little in common with me that it makes no sense for you to write to me (think sports lovers, hunters, men with topless pictures of themselves, etc.), you have a stable of MySpace hoes in your friends, you have sparkly shit all over your page.
