a more clever drinker, a tireless thinker & overthinker, a relentless squirmer, an advocate of the underappreciated, & a hater of movies with unnecessary dance sequences.

a lover of most.

remembering all the words to all the best songs, accumulating a lot of miles in my car in search of the perfect place, being awed by birds in flight, making heroes of the mountains & the seas, taking everything apart just so i can put it back together again, being fascinated by trains, & making sure not to forget anything or anyone.

holding my breath.

making little things which are of no significance to anyone but me & the people to whom i give them.

being an animal magnet.

that i'm probably pretending not to notice them noticing me.

books: raymond carver. david barthelme. jd salinger. flannery o'connor. dave eggers. richard brautigan. john steinbeck. harper lee. kurt vonnegut. dc berman. craig thompson. nothing you haven't heard of, pretty much. mcsweeney's mcsweeney's mcsweeney's because i, apparently, am that girl. i like library & used books because they pretty much always smell good.

movies: i like the ones that make me snort-laugh, give me shivers, make me kind of want to puke, & the ones that make me bawl like a big ol' baby. documentaries. french new-wave. andrei tarkovsky. errol morris. werner herzog. robert altman. hal ashby. peter weir (picnic at hanging rock is one of the most beautiful things i have ever seen). david gordon green. michael powell. wim wenders. vittorio de sica. jim jarmusch. ingmar bergman. david cronenberg. monte hellman. john duigan. ridiculous blown out '70s shit. carl dreyer. most anything from iceland. incredible, forever & ever perfect '80s movies...you know the ones.

& in tv town, i like the wire & anything narrated by sir david attenborough. i could watch twin peaks marathon style 20 times over. hbo is pretty all right, in general. freaks & geeks is the best television show ever. EVER. i will fight you on this.

music. yes, please: loud & pretty. right now: MASERATI. silver jews. silver apples, too. bill callahan/smog. jason molina/songs:ohia/magnolia electric co. spacemen 3/spiritualized. neil young. galaxie 500. old modest mouse. joanna newsom. windy & carl. bedhead/the new year. 31 knots. shearwater. richard buckner. the entire constellation records empire. the sonics. the shangri-las. fugazi. magnetic fields. neutral milk hotel. leonard cohen. dolly parton. satisfact. tom waits. gram parsons. david bazan. modern lovers. mission of burma. microphones. songs of green pheasant. old cat power. townes van zandt. the smiths. the drones. emmylou harris. bill withers. king khan & the shrines. ty segall (obsessssssed). csny. lee hazlewood. phosphorescent. white rainbow. dirty three. low (for 12 years have been in love in love in love & still listen to 'i could live in hope' most nights as i fall asleep). mono. yo la tengo. grouper. chad vangaalen. stooges. arab strap. will oldham. unwound. the clean. x. akron/family. mogwai. television. etcetcetcetcetcetcetc until you don't give a shit anymore.

AND: strawberries are my favorite food. now & forever.

i also like tacos. & giant bowls of fruit. & bbq. & vegetables (with the exception of bell peppers). & seafood.

if i'm hungover, give me a dr. pepper, a cigarette, & some fruit. i'm golden & good to go.

(1) ice water (2) a pen (3) music (4) my driver's license (5) a camera (6) trust

also: hamilton & oliver (my cats).

not tripping over that last step or bumping my knee on that table. also, bill callahan, atticus finch, ira glass, snowfall, everyone i've ever known, aquariums, music that makes me shiver, what jason molina would say, & people i want to touch.

not sleeping.

nah.

you like to do any of the following:
(a) watch trains.
(b) go swimming & jump into really cold water & immediately suck it up & get your head wet (because it is just BETTER that way).
(c) hug dogs.
(d) hug cats.
(e) hug mostly anything.
(f) make stuff.
(g) drive forever & ever & not be afraid of getting lost.
(h) sit on warm pavement or curbs or porches or grass on hot summer nights drinking & talking about EVERYTHING.
(i) just be simple.