FILMMAKERS

• Nicole Holofcner
• Adrienne Lynne
• David Lynch
• Orson Welles (mostly for Citizen Kane)
• Sam Mendes
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• Ang Lee
• Todd Solondz
• Catherine Hardwicke
• David Cronenberg

BARS/CLUBS/EATERIES

• Pizza Mein Liebe, Northcote
• NSC, Northcote
• Laundry, Brunswick
• Bollywood on the Park, Burwood
• Joe's Garage, Brunswick
• Icarusi II. St. K
• Sister Bella, City
• Rumi, Brunswick
• Cafe Soliel, City
• Ding Dong Lounge, City

FASHION

• knee hi socks
• chunky heel t-bar shoes
• oversized band shirts
• tartan mini skirts (go figure)
• oversized black anything
• sweater dresses
• fingerless gloves
• skinny jeans (but not those uglyarse cut off circulation type ones)
• burnt orange t-shirts
• anything hooded

DRINKS

• Best hot beverage: Hot chocolate from Koko Black
• Best coffee: Double shot caramel latte
• Best juice: Cloudy apple
• Best juice blend: Pineapple, orange, lemon
• Best Nutrient Water: Cranberry Grapefruit
• Best beer: Sapporo
• Best cocktail: Aphrodite from Ginger
• Best lazy cocktail: Vodka, lime, cranberry, soda
• Best wine: Anything not completely shit and red

WRITERS/THEORISTS

• Schopenhauer
• Kant
• Judith Butler
• Linda Williams
• Dostoyevsky
• Lyotard
• Montaigne
• Zizek
• Freud
• Nietzsche

GAMES

• the Halo trilogy on XBOX360
• Tekken 4 on PS2
• Fable on PC
• Psychonauts on XBOX
• Pokemon on GB/GBA (and ONLY on GB/GBA)
• Age of Empires on PC
• Bubsy on SNES
• Evil Dead Boomstick on PS2
• Sonic the Hedgehog on SEGA
• Worms on PC

MUSIC

• josh pyke
• jens lekman
• ben folds
• cyndi lauper
• guillemots
• darren hayes
• paul mcdermott/gud/daas
• DEVO
• samiam
• trial kennedy

FOOD

• best chocolate: toblerone
• best fruit(s): pineapple/watermelon
• best vegetable: corn
• best dinner: oven chops & vegetables
• best snack: popcorn
• best cheese: jarlsberg
• best dessert: tiramisu
• best 'foreign' cuisine(s): viet/thai
• best dip (s): tzatziki/hommus
• best pie: lemon merignue

SHOPPING

• camberwell markets (despite being overrun with wankers now), camberwell
• windsor (esp. fat helens), prahan
• the dodgyarse mall, heidelberg west
• the middle funky opshop bit of sydney road, coburg
• dfo, essendon
• retro rockstar, city
• brotherhood opshop, brunswick east (cheap furniture heaven)
• johnson st area, collingwood
• alley near the station, kew

ALBUMS

• Songs for Silverman, Ben Folds
• Bleed American, Jimmy Eat World
• Blue Skies, Broken Hearts..., Ataris
• Stunt, Barenaked Ladies
• Self-titled, (+44)
• This Delicate Thing, Darren Hayes
• Self-titled, Bodyjar
• Plans, Death Cab for Cutie
• Details, Frou Frou
• Oh You're So Silent Jens, Jens Lekman