Books: I like books which may or may not have "protagonists" or
"antagonists," which includes nonfiction as well as unorthodox
fiction. Lately, some books I have really enjoyed have been:
Jitterbug Perfume
Geek Love
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Great Gatsby
Like Water for Chocolate
Timequake
Movies: I have seen so many God damn movies. Some that I have seen
recently which exceeded expectations were:
Secretary
Carnival of Souls
Death Proof
Margot at the Wedding
Vampyr
The Dark Knight
The Trouble with Harry
The Hands of Orlac
Synecdoche, New York
The Spirit of the Beehive
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Music: Let's play the "shuffle music on the iPod and see what comes
up" game. First twenty artists are:
Brian Eno
Of Montreal
Ghost of Monkshood
The Beach Boys
The Strokes
The Moldy Peaches
Syreeta
Angelo Badalamenti
They
Might Be Giants
The Cardigans
Sly & the Family Stone
Andrew
Bird
Elmer Bernstein
Rilo Kiley
Cab Calloway & his Orchestra
Ronald Stein
Danny
Elfman
Ennio
Morricone
The
Magnetic Fields
David Byrne
Food: I keep finding good food, and then forgetting about it, only
to rediscover it. There's something joyous about that.
Generally:
Indian (although of all that I've had, the curries are my least
favorite. Saag is really underrated.)
Middle Eastern (this includes Greek, Iranian, Israeli-stinian, and
Turkish)
Mexican (with a "shout out" to Tex-Mex, the redheaded
stepchild)
Pasta in white sauces (or just things with white sauces in
general)
Boba tea
Artichoke with lemon butter sauce
Mint chocolate chip or coffee ice cream
Heinz chili sauce
Pomegranates
Australian wine
Goat cheese
Dark, dark chocolate.