Likes & Dislikes

Oh yeah:
Office Supply Stores, coffee, H. L. Mencken, jaw lines, chocolate, ice water, marble floors, Spielberg, black and white photos, fireworks, porcelain bowls, fresh flowers, Anne Bancroft, palm trees, hardbacks, softbacks, philologists, Macdonald’s French fries, Autumn afternoons, malachite, Spinoza, surround sound, silk scarves, church bells, new socks, frosted windows, baby mammals, cell phones, grit, full-length mirrors, red lips, mashed potatoes, blue jeans, convertibles, the smell of vanilla, wrought iron, shrimp cocktails, Hesse, Dickens, white pillars, black leather, kids' laughter, baseball caps, cheap whiskey, candles, Shakespeare, baked clams, cathedrals, movie popcorn, seashells, Twain, CDs, cotton sweaters, red wine, paper plates, large screen TVs, gold leaf, Emma Thompson, motorcycles, cherry wood, exact change, Michelangelo, Auntie Mame, sidewalk cafes, slingbacks, tall women, The New Yorker, John Irving, Indiana Jones, Bangkok, Pachelbel, Von Williams, Paris, big band music, eyelashes, Bali, pipe smoke, Merchant-Ivory, the underdog, Maggie Smith, black sedans, the Ritz, monograms, memories, orchids, Kenneth Branagh, wooden pencils, Bach, cold pizza, Voltaire, the Epicurean Renaissance, maps, Roseanne, remote controls, home movies, thunderstorms, flannel sheets, open source, The News Hour, swimming pools, cheesecake, Pacino, Grace Jones, ikat, balconies, batik, brass, baby powder, Christmas music, snow, sunglasses at night, Anthony Hopkins, two aspirin, train rides, hands, Charlie Rose, chess, pianos, Woody Allen, 28 inch waists, Cole Porter, electric blankets, castles, mossy steps, sushi, black gloves, fountain pens, Linda Evangelista, cold noses, high winds, bow ties, stars, fireplaces, Dr. Seuss, creme brulee, margin notes, electric fans, pills and liquor.

Oh no:
power walking, the ocean at night, alarm clocks, cartoons, rap music, Beaudelaire, cheap crystal, black coffee, white wine, MTV, wet dogs, shower curtains, sandy beaches, pony tails on men, unframed posters, macramé, golf, spiral notebooks, plaid pants, modern art, Jim Carrey, snakes, Freud, folksongs, Keanu Reeves, wicker, hairy bodies, white belts, Steven King, snobs, musk, Anne Rice, most jazz, pretension, betamaxes, David Lynch, ibuprofen, John Maclaughlin, hospitals, New Delhi, chain link fences, floral drapes, Jakarta, dirty talk, lacquer furniture, Elvis, Berlin, Kevin Costner, cheap beer, linoleum, arcades, porn, Wagner, the Hard Rock Cafe (anywhere), tarot cards, new agers, watermelon, atheism, Christianity, shopping, black tennis shoes, body piercing, Mickey Mouse, accordions, Caesar cuts, fundamentalism, Hegel, colored contacts, yuppies, drizzle, football, Cindy Crawford, soap operas, professional wrestling, b-movies, cigar smoke, Nagels, Baywatch...