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The Big List of Things I Could Honestly Say I Am "Interested in" or "Intrigued by"
a work in progress

The Arts
Latin America
soccer
gay culture
pop culture
religion
spirituality
language
mapmaking
men
women (in a different way)
origami
seasonal-affective disorder
civil rights
human rights
demographics
human failings
cultishness
utter catastrophe
country-rock/altcountry
time: perception, measurement, denial and evasion of the passage of
Texas
comedy
improvisation
ritual
public service
categorization
graphic design
festivities/celebration
dialogue among strangers
novelty in general
India, Hindi, and Hinduism
Pico Iyer
Joan Didion
Lorrie Moore
Michael Nava's Henry Rios books
insanity
New York City
persons who have a "favorite animal" and how they chose it
transportation
Europe vs. America
Will Turkey be accepted into the European Union? How "European" is it?
human migration
the works of David Foster Wallace
the Stations of the Cross
aging
mobility, esp. social
eloquence
the backlash against political correctness, which at the outset was really just supposed to be the introduction of less-offensive terminology into sociological discourse, right?
Britpop
bells
taboos (sex! nudity! sex! asking people to think! sex!)
fate
why some people like reggae and why it drives me up the wall
diplomacy/politeness
self-discipline and where mine went
the color brown
California: the popular myth, the contentiousness of its regions, its Central Valley, why I keep coming back, where else I could possibly live, stuff like that
porn and why I have no interest in it
how vanilla I really am
self-disclosure
shoe-gazing, navel-gazing, solipsism, me-ing, and all the rest
love, lovers, loving
knowing when to stop
why brands matter
deserts/water
dark, dark eyes
"I don't know, what do you want to do?"
my future
my career
my voice
how incredibly hard it must be to sit down and write a novel, and whether I'll ever summon up the focus to try
waiting/anticipation
people who don't really give a shit and appear quite happy with their lives
beliefs (non-religious)
how to make my life more interesting for when I'm older and would like to have outrageous stories to tell (and how to limit the things I try to those that will allow me to grow old enough to look back at fondly)
youth, of course
nudity, baby
extroversion, a.k.a. How the Other Three-Quarters Live
people who claim that their biological sexes doesn't match their gender identities and how they rectify that
the amalgamation of LGB and T, seeing as they're very different things
psychology (as an alloy)
Jacob Vargas
what my life would be like if I had the conviction that I am pretty damn lucky and I could be a lot more self-assured (not to mention compassionate toward others who aren't so fortunate)
community service
biking
my parents
balancing independence and community-orientation
dancing
disease
irreversible injury (amputation, blindness, etc.)
the gaps in my memory
this list
my affection for lists
hair
class in America, and why we say it doesn't exist
names
empty spaces
feedback
peachy as always, Mike at 6:37 PM