1) Donnie Darko (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005V3Z4/qid=1073795884//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl74/104-0618650-2044755?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846). Cuz the Gyllenhals are hawt. But really because the movie is marvelous and surreal. Always manages to make me relate to the characters, even though I've seen it a million times, and several of the characters can be construed as stereotypes of the not-super-flattering type.
2) Kitchen (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671880187/qid=1073795986/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/104-0618650-2044755?v=glance&s=books). Banana Yoshimoto. One longer and one shorter novella. Both about characters dealing with death. Sort of magical realism (or is it surrealism?). Beautiful and touching and manages to avoid melodrama, which I appreciate. Not a whole lot of plot, so you may find it irritating.
3) 16 Horsepower (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009UW2G/qid=1073796842/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-0618650-2044755). Any of the albums, really. Sort of an Appalachian goth sound, but don't let that put you off. Lots of banjos and accordions and singing about God. Even leaning to atheist, I find it moving and applicable to me (and I have a horrible habit of assuming applicable to me is the same as universally applicable). Plus, they do a deadly cover of Dylan's "Nobody 'Cept You." Yum.
4) Hrm. This one's a bit harder. I'm going to go with zoe_trope because I'm fascinated by her book, and her entries are sort of random.
5) Spend a half-day (or whole one, if you're ambitious) in silence. No radio/tv/phone/talking. It's usually hard if you have lots of commitments, but I feel so much more centered after doing this. It's sort of like a mini-retreat, even if just done at home.
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I fear they won't be to your taste. . .
Date: 2004-01-10 09:03 pm (UTC)1) Donnie Darko (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005V3Z4/qid=1073795884//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl74/104-0618650-2044755?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846). Cuz the Gyllenhals are hawt. But really because the movie is marvelous and surreal. Always manages to make me relate to the characters, even though I've seen it a million times, and several of the characters can be construed as stereotypes of the not-super-flattering type.
2) Kitchen (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671880187/qid=1073795986/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/104-0618650-2044755?v=glance&s=books). Banana Yoshimoto. One longer and one shorter novella. Both about characters dealing with death. Sort of magical realism (or is it surrealism?). Beautiful and touching and manages to avoid melodrama, which I appreciate. Not a whole lot of plot, so you may find it irritating.
3) 16 Horsepower (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009UW2G/qid=1073796842/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-0618650-2044755). Any of the albums, really. Sort of an Appalachian goth sound, but don't let that put you off. Lots of banjos and accordions and singing about God. Even leaning to atheist, I find it moving and applicable to me (and I have a horrible habit of assuming applicable to me is the same as universally applicable). Plus, they do a deadly cover of Dylan's "Nobody 'Cept You." Yum.
4) Hrm. This one's a bit harder. I'm going to go with
5) Spend a half-day (or whole one, if you're ambitious) in silence. No radio/tv/phone/talking. It's usually hard if you have lots of commitments, but I feel so much more centered after doing this. It's sort of like a mini-retreat, even if just done at home.