Favorites

¤ musical interests ¤

The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Beatles, cranes, Tori Amos, Lycia, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, R.E.M., Ulrich Schnauss, The Smiths, Broadcast, Philip Glass, Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Boards of Canada, Bjork, Neutral Milk Hotel, Interpol, Squarepusher, Kate Bush, nine inch nails, The Creatures, Death Cab for Cutie, Casino Versus Japan, Diamanda Galas, The Dresden Dolls, Beethoven, Global Communication

¤ female voices ¤

Siouxsie Sioux, Tori Amos, Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins), Bjork, Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance/solo), Kate Bush, Fiona Apple, Joan Baez, Beth Gibbons (Portishead), Enya, Nina Simone, Annie Lennox, Dolly Parton, Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls), Sarah McLachlan, Sarah Harmer, Neko Case, Tracey Thorn (Everything But the Girl), Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond)
¤ male voices ¤

Robert Smith, Peter Murphy, John Lennon, Robert Plant, George Michael, Neil Finn (Crowded House, solo), Morrissey, Sufjan Stevens, Tim Kashen (Cursive/The Good Life), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel), Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie/The Postal Service)

¤ writers ¤

Sylvia Plath, bell hooks, Eckhart Tolle, David R. Hawkins, Gangaji, Anais Nin, Howard Zinn, J.R.R. Tolkien, Derrick Jensen, James Joyce, David Sedaris, Carlos Castaneda, Annie Dillard, Pablo Neruda

¤ magazines ¤

The New Yorker, Harper’s, Bust, Utne, LiP Magazine, Earth First!, The Sun, Adbusters, Green Anarchy, Bitch, To-Do List, Resurgence, Fifth Estate, Z Magazine, The Progressive, WorldWatch, The Atlantic Monthly, Mother Jones, Off Our Backs, What Is Enlightenment?, NYT Book Review

¤ movies ¤

Persona, E.T., Brokeback Mountain, In the Name of the Father, Thelma & Louise, The Constant Gardener, A Clockwork Orange, The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet), Ruby In Paradise, In the Name of the Father, American Beauty, True Romance, Citizen Kane, Wings Of Desire, The Hunger, Schindler’s List, Night And Day (Nuit et jour), The Celebration (Festen), Magnolia, Amadeus, The Eighth Day (Le Huitieme Jour), Before Sunrise, Until The End Of The World, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), The Graduate, Heavenly Creatures, Baraka, Secretary, Amores perros (Love’s a Bitch), The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Phantom India

¤ film directors ¤

Ingmar Bergman, Pedro Almodovar, Ang Lee, Wim Wenders, Richard Linklater

¤ actors ¤

Liv Ullmann, Susan Sarandon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Day-Lewis, Kate Winslet, Julianne Moore, Jessica Lange, Paul Newman, Liz Taylor, Juliette Binoche, Peter Sellers, Sean Penn

¤ sexiest famous people ¤

Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, Jude Law, James Spader, Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Laetitia Casta, Robert Smith (of The Cure), Tori Amos, Paul Newman and Marlon Brando back in the 50’s

¤ artists ¤

Van Gogh, Parrish, Klimt, Dali, O’Keeffe, Magritte, Escher, Matisse, Waterhouse, Blake

¤ TV shows ¤

Kids In the Hall, Freaks and Geeks, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Fawlty Towers, Ren & Stimpy, All In the Family

¤ colors ¤

black, deep red, white, forest green, ivory, midnight blue, silver

¤ foods ¤

chocolate, salmon, asparagus, fuji apples, pasta, chicken, noodle soup, ice cream, citrus, tomatoes, tiramisu, mashed potatoes, raw oysters, avocado, mushrooms, green beans, eggplant, Brazil nuts

¤ drinks ¤

water, good coffee, soy latte, Earl Grey tea, V8, cocoa, high quality root beer over ice, Long Island iced teas, wine (esp. reds), Skinny Dip beer

¤ animals ¤

kitties, dogs, squirrels, crows, sheep, all of them really

¤ smells ¤

musty basement, a forest post-rainshower, black tea w/bergamot, rose, garlic sauteed in olive oil, Silver Lotus incense, tangerine, gourmet coffee, dark chocolate, good man smell

¤ places ¤

Glacier National Park, London, Wales, New York City, the Redwoods, Olympic National Forest, Oregon coast, Harvard Square, Smokey Mountain National Park, Portland

¤ I like (in no particular order) ¤

forests, candles, sensual kissing, diversity, foreign film, being silly, really good food, the ocean, introspection, dancing, trivia, local economies, cedars, really good food, really hot sex, white gold, poker, snuggling, community-building, Nia, fair trade, Pilates, foot massages, peaceful protest, cross stitch, hammocks, French, philosophy, felt tip pens, crossword puzzles, interspecies communication, feminism, haunting songs, bookstores/libraries, sleeping in, community radio, dusk, fur (to pet, not to wear), graveyards, Mad Libs, collage, proofreading, community radio, England, new ideas, learning, traveling

¤ I dislike (in no particular order) ¤

stupidity, dumbing down, ecological destruction, “war is human nature” rhetoric, patriarchy, jingoism, close-mindedness, sexism, racism, the Republican Party, superficiality, free trade, prejudice, mindless consumerism, homophobia, corporate globalization, the exploitation of the poor, right-wing Christian conservatism, Star Trek (esp. the new ones), frou-frou, bric-a-brac, pork, most television, most movies, black licorice, poor spelling, wasting time, growing older

¤ things to do in my lifetime ¤

travel around the world, skydive, become fluent in another language, publish my poetry, have children, make a lasting difference…