this is the kind of thing i find is fun to talk about in person
rather than making a list as long as several of your earth arms, so
i'll just hit the highlights, hmm? haha just kidding here is a list
as long as several of your earth arms<br />
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philosophy: ludwig wittgenstein, mary wollstonecraft, william
james, william blake, john stuart mill.<br />
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books: strunk and white. philip k. dick. j.g. ballard. bill
watterson.<br />
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others? if i must: nabokov, borges, blake, calvino, david markson,
david mitchell, terry pratchett (can anyone name a more
consistently funny (n.b. <em>funny</em>, not "humorous") author?),
julian barnes, roland barthes, frederick barthelme, jennifer egan,
stephen millhauser, margaret atwood, john crowley, china mieville,
gene wolfe, ray bradbury, ted sturgeon, clifford d. simak, doris
lessing, ursula k. leguin, oscar wilde, george orwell. david foster
wallace, of whose <em>infinite jest</em> i can now honestly say i
was incorrect in my first estimation.<br />
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films: werner herzog's hilarious german voice. errol morris
shouting from offscreen. capillary dilation of the so-called blush
response. my god, it's full of stars.<br />
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and alien, and raiders of the lost ark, and rosemary's baby and the
shining.<br />
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comics: calvin and hobbes (duh). will eisner. dave mckean. jon j.
muth. charles vess. dinosaur comics, ms paint adventures, exploding
dog, pictures for sad children, a softer world.<br />
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shows: sure, i like shows. i saw godspeed you! black emperor a few
weeks ago and that was mindwreckingly good. i believe david byrne
and st. vincent will be at the orpheum in september so i'm excited
for that.<br />
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food: opportunist! i love making and eating bread, but i've been
trying to get off white flour, and seriously fuck spelt. so
vegetables, i guess. lentils, broccoli, brussels sprouts, carrots,
celery. these are all examples of vegetables. i don't like raw
tomatoes, though, so if you're into that kind of freaky shit then
you can pass right by me, sister.<br />
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music.<br />
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music music music. hmm. how can i put this. listening to,
discussing and thinking about music takes up a lot of my free time.
i *love* music, which means i don't like a lot of music, especially
bad music. i am always willing to give anything at least two
chances (in case i was in a bad mood the first time).<br />
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my favorite band? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n55xn_yuiac&amp;hd=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cult of luna</a>.<br />
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andrew falkous, matthew dear, j.k. broadrick, barney greenway,
mikko aspa, mieszko talarczyk, chris colohan, adam yauch, mike
diamond, and adam horovitz, hayden thorpe and tom fleming, john
darnielle, bill callahan, jack dangers, daniel myer, eskil
simonsson, ronan harris, michael gira, elvis costello, steve
naghavi, ian mackaye, annie clark, jaz coleman, eric bachmann, rob
and john wright, ritzy brown, david yow, evan patterson, andrew
elstner, demian johnston, ryan olcott, nick thorburn, donald fagen,
arthur russell, jay reatard, anders trentemller, richard d. james,
phil and paul hartnoll, mark hollis, mark knopfler, mark kozelek,
john k. samson, jenn wasner, liz fraser, diamanda galas, scott
kelly and steve von till, aaron weiss, jhonn balance, john
congleton, regan farquhar, rob crow, damon che, yoni wolf, allen
epley, james blackshaw, will sheff, jonathan meiburg, john fahey,
leo kottke, robbie basho, and anything involving j. robbins.<br />
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i listen to a lot of metal, hardcore punk, and the kind of
electronic music that isn't easily categorized/stuff i will fucking
challenge you to dance to in front of other people.<br />
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[sidebar! dance is for spazzing out. dance is the ceremony
ek-stasis. <a href="http://youtu.be/mqamemibpiw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">how do i know?</a> it annoys me when people look "cool"
when they're dancing. save it for salsa class, asshole.]<br />
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<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/adamhellbound" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inaccurate</a>, as i listen to a lot of music on vinyl,
but it might give you a fairly good idea of what mood i'm in on any
given week.