I like: being cooked for and/or read to, big libraries, bloody marys, bubble baths, carnivals, cuddling, cupcakes, decorating, dim lighting, down comforters, Eddie Izzard, feminism, fondue, Hendrick's gin, hookahs, kissing, Lake Michigan, lotion, margaritas early in the day, nesting, the OED, pet names, planning parties, sleeping late, slippers, spreadsheets, toile, tulips, watching television, wearing boys' shirts, and the word 'cunt'.

I dislike: bad wine, cheap toilet paper, cilantro, driving on brick roads, dumb euphemisms for sexual acts and genitalia, Faulkner, 'heart' as a verb, militant Christians, organized fun, people who stand on the left side of escalators (seriously, move the fuck over), the Pierces, self-righteous non-smokers, Shakespeare, and sunburns.

Alphabetizing, baking, bantering, decorating, drinking, grocery shopping, kissing, listening, lounging, organizing (I'm not actually that organized myself, but I'm damn good at it), planning parties, remembering names and faces, sleeping, spelling, spending too much money and staying up mind-numbingly late.

I bet "I'm really bad at" would make for more interesting answers.

Whenever I've tried to answer this I've had a terrible time getting past the literal "well, it depends on where they see me!" nonsense. So, rather than trying to get past that, I will try to embrace it! If one notices me on the street, it's because I'm walking with purpose and fighting to not sing along with my ipod. If I'm noticed in the grocery store, it's because I'm wandering around aimlessly, going up and down the same aisles multiple times. If I'm at the bar, I'm noticed because I'm half in my cup and enthusiastically singing along to Queen, Styx or Journey.

Feel free to ask about specific locations and I'll give you descriptive answers!

Books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Baise-Moi, Egalia's Daughters, Geek Love, Sula, Valley of the Dolls, and Written on the Body. This isn't a book, but also, Archie Comics. Trust me - get drunk and buy one, you won't regret it.

Movies Alice in Wonderland (1985 TV version), the Breakfast Club, Desperate Living, Dummy, Harold and Maude, Heathers, the House at the Edge of the Park, Overboard, Pink Flamingos, the Princess Bride, Rushmore, Time of the Gypsies, Troop Beverly Hills, and any terrible horror movie. In short: the campier, the better.

Music Amadou & Mariam, Bob Dylan, CocoRosie, Devendra Banhart, Edith Piaf, Fiona Apple, the Howling Bells, Joanna Newsom, Leonard Cohen, Liz Phair, Magnolia Electric Co., Nada Surf, Neko Case, Nellie McKay, the New Pornographers, Nick Drake, Peaches, the Pogues, Regina Spektor, Sleater-Kinney, and Smog.

Food Almond steamers, bacon, bananas, blood sausage, breakfast sandwiches, butter cookies, croissants, foie gras, grilled cheese sandwiches, peanut sauce, pesto, quiche, red wine (Spanish, please), scallops (sea, never bay), sushi, and white cake.

A big glass of water after orgasming.

Chapstick.

Intelligent conversation.

Reading material.

Reckless abandon.

Wine.

Sex, money, which book to read next, people I see on the street, how to decorate my apartment, and all kinds of other things. I also have a really creepy habit of imagining all the terrible things that could happen to me in any given situation.

Anyone else notice that this is my only non-alphabetized list?

if out: probably drunk, with my friends.

if home: watching a really bad horror movie, or drinking and doing puzzles and singing along to whatever is playing.

I once made out with a carny. His name was Lumpy.

you know all the words to Warren G's "Regulate"

MOUNT UP.