| General |  Writing, history, corny TV shows about hauntings, paranormal stuff in general, Britain, 
the power of intention,  granny boots, booksbooksbooks, HALLOWEEN!!!!,  early '80s New Wave pop culture, creaky floors, brownstones,  stationery stores, open-minded/open-hearted people, gingerbread beach cottages, swimming, Jack the Ripper, 
fun lil' projects, the stock market, Manhattan, autumn, designing/patternmaking/
sewing, Home Depot, NaNoWriMo,  
cozy cafes, snow,  flea markets, roadside produce stands, vintage toys, 
learning new things, painting... | | Music | Duran Duran, 
Tears for Fears,  
Nik Kershaw, The Police, Squeeze, early Crash Council, Howard Jones, The JoBoxers, General Public, Cocteau Twins, The Pursuit of Happiness, Carmen Miranda, the Andrews Sisters, Barry Manilow, certain operas ("Carmen", "Marriage of Figaro"), The Water Music... | | Movies | Now Voyager, Groundhog Day, Jaws, Sweeney Todd, Heavenly Creatures, Dolores Claiborne, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?,  Dead Ringer, The Nanny, Giant, Gone With the Wind, Anne of Green Gables/Anne of Avonlea, Sixteen Candles, 
Just One of the Guys,  anything Shirley Temple, This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Desk Set, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Pillow Talk, 
The Birds, Psycho,  The Others, The Shining, Arthur, Moonstruck, House of Wax (the Vincent Price version, naturally!), Trading Places, Edward Scissorhands, Bringing Up Baby... | | Television | BRING BACK "CARNIVALE"!!! 
The Tudors, Mind Control with Derren Brown, The Office, Ghost Hunters, Most Haunted, Mad Money,  all those PBS reality series like 1900 House, Frontier House, Manor House, etc.; Eastenders, 
The Golden Girls, 
The Brady Bunch, AbFab, Chef!, Prime Suspect... | | Books | Oh my...too many to mention them all! EVERYTHING by Sarah Waters, Erik Larson. Loved "Misfortune" by Wesley Stace, "Heyday" by Kurt Andersen. Grew up on "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" and "The Great Gilly Hopkins", everything by S.E. Hinton. Ugh, just too many to list! |
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