• Teaching English and literature at a two-year college
• Working as a librarian in an amazing academic library or really cool archives
• Operating an animal sanctuary of some kind
• Working as a personal assistant to a reclusive novelist
• Doing almost anything (behind the scenes, that is) in movies or television

• "Talamak"-Toro y Moi
• "Make Something Good"-Laura Veirs
• "South Carolina"-Tennis
• "Icarus"-White Hinterland
• "Buster Keaton"-Quadron
• "Mr. Peterson"-Perfume Genius
• "No, My Heart Will Go On"-Gigi
• "When I'm With You"-Best Coast
• "Stephen"-Veronica Falls
• "Dilly"-Band of Horses
• "Good Intentions Paving Co."-Joanna Newsom
• "Cold War"-Janelle Monae
• "Walls"-Shout Out Louds
• "Wait & See"-Diamond Rings
• "Crash Years"-New Pornographers
• "Specks" matt pond PA
• "David"-Radio Dept.
• "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"-Arcade Fire
• "Dancing On My Own"-Robyn

Seen

• Greenberg
• A Prophet
• The Secret in Their Eyes
• Toy Story 3
• Hot Tub Time Machine
• Get Him to the Greek
• Inception
• Alice in Wonderland
• Splice
• Ghost Writer
• Ajami
• Sweetgrass
• Shutter Island
• 45365
• Please Give
• Prodigal Sons
• The Runaways
• The Secret of Kells
• Dinner for Schmucks
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

• Graham
  • or Gram
• Cary
• Elliott
• Francis
• Eugene
  • or Gene
• Julian

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• 30 Rock
• The Office (UK)
• The Office (US)
• Mr. Show
• Strangers with Candy
• Community
• The Larry Sanders Show
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• The Dick Van Dyke Show
• The Cosby Show
• Roseanne
• The Kids in the Hall
• The Simpsons
• Futurama
• Mystery Science Theater 3000
• NewsRadio
• Will and Grace
• Sex and the City
• Freaks and Geeks
• Seinfeld

Soul/R&B

• I Believe In You-Sam Baker
• Nobody Has To Tell Me-Lattimore Brown
• Why Must It End-Roscoe Robinson
• Can't Find Happiness: The Sounds of Memphis Recordings-Barbara & the Browns
• The Complete Ty Karim: Los Angeles' Soul Goddess-Ty Karim
• Shades Of: The Chess Singles 1961-1968-Mitty Collier
• Collection-Barrett Strong
• Motown Anthology-Bobby Taylor
• Greatest Hits & Rare Classics-Brenda Holloway
• The Best of-The Velvelettes
• Greatest Hits & Rare Classics-Kim Weston
• Soul Sounds-Chris Clark
• The #1's-Diana Ross
• Shake a Tail Feather: The Best of-James & Bobby Purify
• Rescued: Best of-Fontella Bass

• Beyonce Knowles
• Christina Hendricks
• Regina King
• Faye Wong
• Nico
• Michelle Williams
• Kate Moss
• Mandy Smoker
• Gene Tierney
• Meryl Streep
• Audrey Hepburn
• Gaye Advert
• Drew Barrymore
• Debbie Harry (70s/early 80s)
• Gong Li
• Katharine Hepburn
• Tilda Swinton
• Diane Keaton (especially Annie Hall era)
• Williams sisters
• Shu Qi
• Rihanna

With no regard for their marital status, sexual orientation, or failure to still be living (or for the total implausibility of being asked)

• Richard Armitage
• Matt Pond
• Tony Leung
• Damian Lewis
• Daniel Craig
• Peter Sarsgaard
• Steve Carell
• Rupert Graves
• Javier Bardem
• Paul Rudd
• Viggo Mortensen
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Cillian Murphy
• Justin Kirk
• Montgomery Clift
• Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Kyle Secor (as Detective Tim Bayliss)

• Frances
• Eugenia
• Virginia
• Madrigal
• Olive
• Opal
• Enid
• Esther
• Millicent
• Mildred

• Homicide: Life on the Street
• Mad Men
• Lost
• Twin Peaks
• Six Feet Under
• Freaks and Geeks
• Oz (but not necessarily the last couple seasons)
• Breaking Bad (just started watching, but already stellar)
• Dexter (have only seen the first season, but quite good)
• Masterpiece Theatre
• The House of Eliott

• too-loud TV
• crumbs on the counter
• laundry, at least the folding and putting away of it
• Wheel of Fortune contestants who solve the puzzle before calling letters with multiple entries on the board
• nutjobs placing unsolicited right-wing propaganda printed from the internet on my windshield
• Scratched and skipping DVDs
• overripe or underripe avocados
• Modern TV police procedurals (all kinky teenage sex murders; implausible and overly referential office banter; and stupid goth, emo, and indie-kid nerd-hipster supporting characters)
• Internet "comment"ers, especially Tea Party instigators and catty girls who like to post comments regarding female celebs' oldness or fatness

• IMDB @ http://imdb.com/
• Metacritic @ http://www.metacritic.com/
• Roger Ebert @ http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs...
• Sartorialist @ http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
• Hype Machine @ http://hypem.com/
• Got a Girl Crush @ http://gotagirlcrush.tumblr.com/
• Yard Sale Bloodbath @ http://www.yardsalebloodbath.com/
• Thrift Store Art @ http://www.thriftstoreart.com/
• Reading Blog @ http://reading-log-blog.blogspot.com/
• YouTube @ http://youtube.com/
• Amazon @ http://amazon.com/

• hand weights
• running shoes
• lip gloss (colored)
• quick-drying nail polish
• iPod headphones for exercising
• workout pants/shorts
• prescription sunglasses
• small mesh bag for loose tea leaves

English

• The Buzzcocks
• The Clash
• The Adverts
• The Damned
• Wire
• The Slits
• The Raincoats
• The Jam

American

• Television
• Patti Smith
• The Ramones
• Richard Hell and the Voidoids
• X

• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
• 120 Minutes
• Alternative Nation
• Project Runway
• Band of Brothers
• Angels in America
• Planet Earth
• Masterpiece Theatre
• Reverb
• The Amazing Race