birthday week seems a good time to do this sort of thing…

[five songs that have been stuck in your head lately]
1. led zeppelin – dyre maker
2. ben gibbard – carolina
3. magnetic fields – heather heather
4. babyland – gehry

[four beverages you drink frequently]
1. tazo joy tea
2. water
3. pabst
4. milk

[five tv shows you liked when you were a little kid]
1. today's special
2. fraggle rock
3. small wonder
4.
5.

[four places you go most often in your neighborhood]
1. hawthorne market
2. movie madness
3. watertrough
4. dingo’s

[four things to do when you're bored]
1. sleep
2. wander around
3. clean
4. watch stupid movies

[four things that never fail to cheer you up]
1. buying/seeing new art
2. indian buffet
3. shoe shopping

[four things you cannot live without (other than the basic necessities)]
1. indian / mexican food
2. good art / music/ film
3. my phone
4. a black hoodie

[about ten years ago…]
1. i was a freshman in high school (jesus christ!)
2. i drove a ’78 diesel mercedes benz
3. i was straight edge

[about two years ago…]
1. i visited my hometown for the last time
2. i started sleeping with a boy who had a girlfriend
3. i was answering phones & wondering if my degree would ever prove useful

[about one year ago…]
1. i decided i was ready to leave this city
2. i started working in the music industry
3. i fell in love

[today...]
1. i just had lunch with garnett
2. i know how to drive a standard
3. my evite responses look like yearbook signings

[seven things you love]
1. making things
2. big cities
3. shoes
4. my friends & family
5. mixtapes
6. my kitties
7. medical models

[seven things you hate]
1. traffic
2. stupid people
3. getting up early
4. manipulation and/or guilt trips
5. the smell of fish
6. roommates who don’t do dishes
7. unrequited love

[seven things on your desk at work]
1. aspirin
2. snow globes of the kölnerdom & statue of liberty
3. phone, computer, stereo, barcode scanner, address labels
4. pictures of yves montand, sufjan stevens and tom welling
5. magazines
6. CDs
7. NewSound catalog samples

[six facts about you]
1. i am a good driver
2. i am obsessed with structure: blueprints, skeletons, medical models, etc.
3. i sleep a lot
4. i have two cats
5. my bedroom is 10 feet x 30 feet
6. i generally hate people when i first meet them

[five traits you like in members of the opposite sex]
1. shoulders and backs
2. a sense of style
3. a firm grasp of grammar / the ability to spell
4. smell good (cologne, etc.)
5. ambition

[four things you would eat on the last day of your life]
1. aloo mutter, brocooli curry, chana masala
2. my mom’s stuffed portobello mushrooms
3. a super-spicy burrito, guacamole
4. dutch apple pie

[four cds from your collection that you will never get tired of]
1. postal service – give up
2. tom waits – closing time
3. crooked fingers – reservoir songs
4. the softies – holiday in rhode island

[three celebrities you would have sex with]
1. todd baechle
2. tom welling
3. sam rockwell

[four things you'd like to learn]
1. how to fly a plane
2. greek
3. to stop biting my nails
4. how to cook excellent indian food