Swimming, guitar, writing, painting, drawing

Classic literature, music, journalism, foreign languages and cultures, art

Misery Signals, Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Modest Mouse, Bob Marley, Loreen McKennit, Cruachan, Dropkick Murphys, Gogol Bordello, Katatonia, Periphery, Deftones, Cat Power, Sarah McLachlan, The Pogues, Jack Johnson, Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service, The Cranberries, Fair To Midland, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amon Amarth, Anabantha, Chevelle, The Cure, Death, The Doors, Feetwood Mac, Janis Joplin, The Pixies, Serj Tankian, System of a Down, Sublime, The Toadies

V for Vendetta, Little Miss Sunshine, Garden State, Pan's Labyrinth, Eastern Promises, 500 Days of Summer, Kabluey, Fight Club, Benny and Joon, Ghost Town, Dan In Real Life, O Brother Where Art Thou, Juno, Sweet November, Constantine, Hot Rod, Pineapple Express, Slumdog Millionaire, Darjeeling Limited, The Royal Tenenbaums, Stranger Than Fiction, Someone Like You

Crime and Punishment, Pride and Prejudice, 1984, Fight Club, Jane Eyre, Brave New World, The Jungle, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, The Hobbit, Anthem, Macbeth, The Prince, The Scarlet Pimpernel

Invader Zim, U.S. of Tara, Weeds, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, House, Scrubs, My Name Is Earl

"We are not alone; everyone is lost, waiting on a second wind." ~lyrics to 'Parallels,' by Misery Signals

"They ruin every romance by trying to make it last forever." ~Oscar Wilde