The Hours by Michael Cunningham
My favorite book of all time (better than the movie). There are passages that I cannot read aloud without almost crying. “Here is the world, and you live in it, and are grateful. You try to be grateful.“
The Good Wife
When it was on the air it was both the best drama AND the best comedy on television — so good the word “prestigural” was invented to describe it. Anytime someone tells me they’ve never seen it, I’m jealous they get to experience it for the first time.
Fiona Apple’s “When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ’Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won’t Matter Cuz You’ll Know That You’re Right”
My gateway album to an all-time fave — “When the pawn…” spoke to the angsty, romantic, depressive gay teen dreaming of a grown up life and its attendant passions. Nobody does it better than her.
Magnolia (1999)
Wild and messy and completely rewrote my DNA when I saw it in 8th grade. Magnolia being my favorite movie may be the most BFA-in-film thing about me, but I stand by it. Not for everyone, sure, but for those for whom it is for? You’ll want to inject it right into your veins. “Oh, these strange things happen all the time.”
