mary gaitskill, shoegaze, french new wave films, "sometimes" by my bloody valentine, techno, david lynch, "common people" by pulp, the beats, less than zero, jd salinger, jangle pop, kleiner feigling, purple mountains, gin & tonics, early morning fog, fidlar, nowhere (1997), horsegirl, sofia coppola, palo alto (2013), cortázar, brogues, joy williams, christiane f.

• i can recite jesse's whitney monologue from in treatment
• kerouac is my muse
• the goldfinch is my favorite novel ever, followed by the catcher in the rye
• my dream is to start run an organic farm, start a co-op, and write in a house in the countryside