designing clothes, wine+friends+conversation, cocktail dresses as casual wear, franks and little frankies, late nite wikipedia surfing, accidental anosmia, self-imposed amnesia, star gazing, weather so cold it anesthetizes the soul, analog everything, lo-tech, anything arabesque, macabre or slightly morbid in aesthetic, daydreaming, fits of giggles, people who bring on fits of giggles, practical jokes, absurdity, friends who randomly call/message/text and say "hey, i was thinking about you", remembering smells, remembering smiles, soundbites and quotes, witticisms, kindred spirits and genuine weirdos, lost causes, bete noir, 60's European pop culture, big cities, moments of epiphany, jazz age, the darkness beneath the surface, lapses/warps in consciousness, art history, the paranormal and ghost stories, psychology, geneology
Music
dreamboat<3
Movies
Amadeus, Caravaggio, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Blue Velvet, 13 Tzameti, Casino Royale, CQ, Dark Knight, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Virgin Suicides, Dead of Night, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Elizabeth, Shoot the Piano Player, The Dark Crystal, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Metropolis, Trainspotting, Desperately Seeking Susan, The Great Gatsby, Pretty in Pink, Labyrinth, Edward Scissorhands, Freaks, The Public Enemy, Orchestra Wives, The Time Bandits, most kubrick, lots of Lynch, silent films and noir (even though its beyond cliche now), Gone With the Wind (cliche but required)and of course.... INLAND EMPIRE
Television
OMGing to gossip girls. falling asleep to twin peaks. sewing to perry mason. reminiscing to liquid television. relaxing to twilight zone. laughing my 'tocks off to flight of the conchords.
current tv show obsession: "every picture has a story" on ovation. love, love love it!!!
Books
The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby, anything Fitzgerald, Still Life with Woodpecker, Edie- an American Girl, The Bell Jar, Little Women, Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin, Lulu Goes to Hollywood, art history books, my old chemistry textbooks, Salinger, Poe, David Sedaris, Wikipedia, biographies, my sketchbook, my horoscope journal, the onion
currently: double fisting "this is your brain on music- the science of a human obsession" by Daniel J Levitin and "the last tycoon" by F Scott
Hi, you. Happy Birthday dear. I hope you are having a lovely day and that you have a lovely evening as well. Wish I were there to celebrate with you. I'll try and ring you later on today or tomorrow. Much love and hugs, Joseph
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