I like reading, movies, going to concerts, art, sushi, greek mythology, frida kahlo, dorothy parker, flannery o'connor, history, religious studies, roman catholicism, judaism, sarah vowell, david sedaris, vegetarianism, montgomery clift, james dean, blackadder, eudora welty, mark rothko, european art history, london, world war ii, archives, english breakfasts, ewan mcgregor, sarah polley, scruffy boys, hugh laurie, uk accents, the tube, looseleaf tea, coffee, television-that-is-so-bad-that-it-is-good, good beer, better wine, conversation, gay rights and icons, chain smoking, mining songs, thrifting, murder ballads, castles, cemeteries, old houses, mason jars, banjos, autoharps, cupcakes, michael keaton in the '80s, jenny holzer, documentaries, instruments that aren't guitars, old english and scottish ballads, Appalachian music, railroad songs, Depression-era music, obscure pop culture references, Tin Pan Alley era music, the 1920s, glockenspiels, accordions, dulcimers, pedal steel, slide guitar, Bob Dylan's hair in 1966, dead musicians, typewriters-instead-of-computers, overcast days, summer showers, Catholic icons, Eastern Orthodox icongraphy, androgyny, glam rock, Cajun music, international relations, sarcasm, just the right amount of cynicism, Victrolas, Russian history, dissecting musical arrangements, the Reformation, minor keys, story songs, writing letters, skeleton keys, Super Ninja hugs, cuddling, napping, mary roach's footnotes, nikola tesla, anne sexton, lee miller, art deco jewerly.

I am shy, sensitive, and snarky

working at a library, only some librarian stereotypes need apply.

remembering things. Seriously my friends call/text/msg me regularly to ask me to remember inane details about all manner of things.

how short I am.

Books: a confederacy of dunces, wise blood, the collected works of dorothy parker, catcher in the rye, ghost world, me talk pretty one day, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, the ballad of the whiskey robber, will you miss you when i'm gone, one hundred years of solitude, empire falls, the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay, the time traveler's wife, the heart is a lonely hunter, black hole, watchmen, persepolis.

Movies: say anything, the graduate, secretary, a place in the sun, rebel without a cause, from here to eternity, y tu mamá también, harold and maude, the notorious bettie page, velvet goldmine, you can count on me, reality bites, the waitress, his girl friday, to kill a mockingbird, the great dictator,

TV Shows: the daily show with jon stewart, the office, community, how i met your mother, top chef, travel shows, lucy daughter of the devil, frisky dingo,it's always sunny in philadelphia, 30 rock, the big bang theory,cbs sunday morning, mad men, nova,glee

Music: jeff buckley, tori amos, the shins, hem, fiona apple, nickel creek, chris thile, the carter family, sarah harmer, patty griffin, rilo kiley, rhett miller, old 97's, the smiths, john mayer, sondre lerche, rufus wainwright, ryan adams, gillian welch, aimee mann, simon and garfunkel, the beatles, poe, nick drake, teddy thompson, tift merritt, wilco, xtc, belle and sebastian, ben folds, elliott smith, ani difranco, silverchair, andrew bird, the arcade fire, blur, the decemberists, eisley, neutral milk hotel, jon brion, the be good tanyas, iris dement, jonatha brooke, nina gordon, sigur ros, veruca salt, k's choice, the beatles, nellie mckay, brendan benson, over the rhine, lucy lee, letters to cleo, jump little children, the new pornographers, cat power, martha wainwright, bela fleck, lucinda williams, mates of state, jens lekman, feist, my morning jacket, kings of leon, the silver jews, stars, broken social scene, goldfrapp, neko case, joan as policewoman, jonathan richman, nick cave, the avett brothers, dizzee rascal, the knife, M.I.A., patrick wolf, serge gainsbourg, toyko police club, blonde redhead, the national, battles, st. vincent, joanna newsom, sam cooke, george harrison, the shangri-la's, hank williams sr., dusty springfield, betty davis, the modern lovers, antony and the johnsons, nicole atkins, britt daniel, the punch brothers, amedee breaux, tift merritt, the black keys, tom waits

my ipod
a good book
my text msg box (i rarely use it for actual phone calls)
people who 'get' me
chapstick
water

my job/career prospects, what i want my eventual *nice* apartment to look like, where i will travel to when i have the funds, what i find aesthetically pleasing in all matters.

Having a drink out with friends after work before retiring to my humble abode.

Ha. I'm not sure. Maybe how much I long for companionship, romantic or otherwise.

you want to?