| General | cycling, roller derby, books, music, girls with red hair, boys who can track stand | | Music | bjork, sugar cubes, cocteau twins, bethany, franz ferdinand, gang of four, taj mahal, ditty bops, erin mckeown, dixie chicks, adam ant, the strokes, the clash, violent femmes, prince, mo horizons, mark farina, mary j., beastie boys, gang starr, guru, tribe called quest, digable planets, luscious jackson, pixies, the cure, portishead, minutemen, firehose, tenacious d, bow wow wow, hole, green day, mc solaar, fugazi, midival punditz, tracy bonham, new order, marilyn manson, the skatalites, richard cheese, primus, the radio department, black eyed peas, pharcyde, brand new heavies, the rolling stones, jack johnson, nick drake, india arie, imogen heap, fiona apple, the squirrel nut zippers, norah jones, the shins, elvis costello, karsh kale, lily allen, moby, no doubt, jamiroquai, kaya project, massive attack, tricky, flunk, everything but the girl, anonymous 4, art of noise, deee-lite, django reinhardt, ella fitzgerald, getz/gilberto, bebel gilberto, the sundays, they might be giants, yppah, DANCE BAND! | | Movies | 'fight club', anything by hayao miyazaki or wes anderson or errol morris or christopher guest or jim henson | | Television | nope | | Books | 'eat pray love', 'the gnostic gospels', anything by oliver sacks, diane ackerman, david sedaris, | | Heroes | "Here’s what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on." - Kurt Vonnegut
"I'll tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat; and away she goes, the picture of untrammelled womanhood." - Susan B. Anthony
"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart." - Iris Murdoch
"When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race." - H.G. Wells
"When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day's sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay's call, ice melting and so on. This helps me transcend the traffic, ignore the clamorings of work, leave all the mind theaters behind and focus on nature instead. I still must abide by the rules of the road, of biking, of gravity. But I am mentally far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart." - Diane Ackerman
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