stuff i like: black tights. slow jamz. hugs. high fives. bowler hats. thunderstorms. mexican candy. phở. nag champa. catch phrases. chicago. paris. philadelphia. schwinn bicycles. malted milkshakes. my record player. old books. good beer. shit beer. gin gimlets. bourbon. rock. roll. twist. shout.

buying groceries. watching movies. making lists. writing. drawing. learning french-- très lentement.

parallel parking. cutting my own hair. wearing dresses. drinking tea. avoiding cameras. jokes. making "wooden leg" cocktails. (trust me, they are awesome. best when served in mason jars.) laughing too loudly.

a friend told me i am "the most consistently good-smelling person" he knows.

books.
e.e. cummings. anaïs nin. the book of laughter and forgetting. danny the champion of the world. franny and zooey. harry potter. just kids. this side of paradise. a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. valley of the dolls. a moveable feast. cahiers du cinema. godard on godard.

shows.
arrested development. 30 rock. the wire. party down. louie. tim & eric. community. parks and rec. game of thrones. breaking bad. lots of bbc/channel 4.

movies.
i gravitate toward stylish, auteur-y stuff and cult-films, but here's a random smattering of movies i really love.... baisers volés. a woman is a woman. pierrot le fou. le mepris. the royal tenenbaums. sweet movie. sedmikrásky. keoma. bird with the crystal plummage. phantom of the paradise. harold and maude. mommy dearest. dressed to kill. persona. the enigma of kaspar hauser. the bad seed. in the mood for love. chungking express. beyond the valley of the dolls. the vengeance trilogy. battle royale. what time is it there? the beaver trilogy. withnail & i. the birds. his girl friday. kicking & screaming. stuart saves his family. groundhog day. what about bob? scrooged. lost in translation. elf. national lampoon's christmas vacation. grey gardens. bigger than life. the knack... and how to get it. dolls. from beyond. rom coms. dude-movies. bill murray movies. this is a longlonglong list.

music.
the kinks. the rolling stones. magnetic fields. david bowie. joy division. new order. eno. talking heads. the beach boys. television. nick drake. bob dylan. patti smith. harry nilsson. the zombies. the left banke. love. donovan. fleetwood mac. the jesus and mary chain. velvet underground. nico. lou reed. galaxie 500. my bloody valentine. slowdive. spacemen 3. simon & garfunkle/paul simon. the white stripes. yé-yé/60s french pop. sparks. beirut. jens lekman. bon iver. joanna newsom. wooden shjips. little teeth. devendra banhart. fuck buttons. yeah yeah yeahs. king khan & the shrines/bbq show. ariel pink. tune-yards. ponytail. lightning bolt. pattern is movement. daniel francis doyle. grizzly bear. jay reatard. fucked up. folklore. van dyke parks. grimes. zola jesus. ssion. spank rock. jay-z. kanye. mos def. das racist. kendrik lamar. frank ocean. nicki minaj. ludacris. really raunchy, nasty rap/hip-hop. rilo kiley. deathcab for cutie. saves the day. wilco. the new pornographers. yo la tengo. guided by voices. owen. joan of arc. bikini kill. sleater-kinney. the get-up kids. dismemberment plan. hermit thrushes. power animal... but, like, seriously... so much. also, i love all the hits, but usually three months after everyone else is sick of them.

food.
phở. crepes with banana and nutella. good cheese. les croissants buerre. breakfast. burritos. (surprisingly, though, not a huge fan of breakfast-burritos.) tamales. pizza.

epic lolzzz. "this must be the place (naive melody)" by the talking heads . vicks vapo-rub. bubbly water. black tights. netflix.

what to wear.

unlikely crushes include: louis ck, vincent d'onofrio, anthony perkins, tom haverford, dwayne wayne, peter dinklage, zac efron, zach galifianakis, district attorney jack mccoy, alan rickman, neil degrasse tyson, arthur rimbaud, detective john munch, stephen merchant, the geico gecko.

you can make me laugh. you think i will respond. i messaged you.

i am also looking for a legit way to move to london when my french visa expires. if you have any suggestions, or you are a british dude who wants to marry me, let me know.