Reciprocity. Jacaranda trees in bloom. Seashells (especially the Belgian chocolate kind). Pink flowers on first dates. The sound and feel of footsteps on wet gravel. Snazzy attire. Writer's ink. Unrelenting cerebral copulation.
Music
Tori Amos. Bjork. The Dresden Dolls. Imogen Heap. Roisin Murphy. Brazilian Girls. NIN. Kate Bush. Madonna. The Cure. Duran Duran. Depeche Mode. The Smiths. Siouxsie and the Banshees. Pet Shop Boys. Deep Forest. Delerium. Eliza Carthy. The Cranberries. Kylie Minogue. Kelly Clarkson (don't laugh)...
Movies
Typical: STAR WARS. Atypical: THE MISADVENTURES OF MARGARET. Recent: GIDEON'S DAUGHTER. Series: DEAD LIKE ME.
Television
Sci-Fi and CNN (it's hard to tell the difference these days). BBC. PBS. KCRW. KCSN.
Tina Fey is my goddess! Stephen Colbert is a lesser deity.
Books
Edmund Spenser. Joan Didion. Karen Armstrong. Neil Gaiman. Whatever is in the nightstand drawer.
