About Me

  • About Me: I am . . . whatever you say I am. Personality is in the eye of the beholder, really.

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Oh, here we go. Ryan Adams, Old 97s, Hold Steady, Van Morrison, Jeff Buckley, Wilco, Josh Ritter, Iron & Wine, Rilo Kiley, Imogen Heap, Neko Case, Bright Eyes, Ben Lee, Ben Kweller, The Beatles, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Weezer, Cat Power, Tift Meritt, Kathleen Edwards, Crosby Stills and Nash, Travis, Arctic Monkeys, Dave Brubeck, Hot Hot Heat, Donavon Frankenreiter, Amos Lee, PJ Harvey, Annie Lennox, Modest Mouse, Vampire Weekend, Charles Mingus, The Shins, Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie, Jimmy Eat World, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, so many more . . .
  • Favorite Albums: Easy Tiger, Revolver, Plans, Sha Sha, In Rainbows, Bleed American, Moondance
  • Favorite Genre: Rock/Indie/Alternative
  • Favorite Songs: St. Dominic's Preview, Oh My God Whatever Et. Cetera, Lilith's Song (Evening on the Ground)
  • Favorite Lyrics: If i could i'd fold myself away like a card table A concertina or a murphy bed, i would But i wasn't made that way so you know instead I'm open all night and the customers come to stay *** In the front row at the Melt show I fell in love with you and that was three weeks ago. We fooled around, you let me have it for free. Yeah it worked out real nice I showed you how to and you showed me paradise. Now you're killing time, and it's killing me. *** Love feels good when it sits right down, puts its feet up on the table it Sends a bowl around Ain't nobody gonna see eye to eye With a girl who's only gonna stand collarbone high Rain's gonna come in fair-sized drips And we're gonna go to heaven wearing paper-hat ships You're pretty as a penny, roller-skate skinny Pretty as a penny, roller-skate skinny I believe in love, but it don't believe in.... I believe in love, but it don't believe in me I believe in love, but it don't believe in me
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Dashboard by Modest Mouse, Here Comes the Sun by George Harrison, Another White Dash by Butterfly Boucher
  • Guilty Pleasure: Justin Timberlake
  • Songs I repeat the most: The Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley, Barrier Reef by the Old 97s
  • Band I wish I was in: The Hold Steady

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Across the Universe; The Science of Sleep; The Royal Tenenbaums; Desperado; Juno; Volver; Motorcycle Diaries; Stranger Than Fiction; Rushmore; Possesion; Lord of the Rings; Eastern Promises; Pride and Prejudice; Elf; Almost Famous; Super Troopers
  • Favorite Actors: Gael Garcia Bernal, Aaron Eckhart, Viggo Mortensen, Penelope Cruz, Zoe Deschanel
  • Favorite Genre: Comedy, weirdo-indie
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Practical Magic, Juno
  • Movies I can watch over and over: If I love a movie, I can watch it a hundred times.
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: have no idea. No celebrities look like me . . .

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Japanese, Thai, Mexican
  • Favorite Dishes: Sushi, panang curry chicken, tamales
  • Favorite Desserts: Tiramisu, fleur de sel caramels
  • Favorite Drinks: Green apple soda, sparkling water, vodka and cranberry
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Salt and vinegar chips, Snickers, Dr. Pepper, Combos
  • Best meal ever: Greek lamb in Chicago at the Greek Islands
  • My Original Recipes: Cowboy casserole, chili, cherry creamcheese brownies
  • Favorite Restaurants: Mi Ranchito, Kyoto, Greek Islands, Potbelly's, Pangea
  • Foods I hate: Okra, strong cheeses, peppers

Books

  • Favorite Books: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson; Until I Find You by John Irving; Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne; Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve; Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver; The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan; Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman; The Blind Assasin by Margaret Atwood; Girl With the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier; The Corrections by Johnathan Franzen; The Source by James Michner; too many to count . . .
  • Favorite Authors: Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris, Amy Tan, James Michner, Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Hoffman, Donna Tartt, Michael Crichton, etc.
  • Favorite Genres: Historical fiction, magical realism, history, social sciences
  • Favorite Characters: Chuck Klosterman as Himself, Adah in The Poisonwood Bible, Lily in The Secret Life of Bees, Meg Giggs in Portrait of an Unknown Woman
  • Recent Reads: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver; The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd; Princesses: The Daughters of George III by Flora Frazier