I am the resurrection

Okay, I know I've been crap about posting regularly but I've just been so gosh darn busy, that I simply haven't had the time. I'm back and raring to go though. Fear not.

Lessee...since I last posted, I've developed a penchant for lists. A fetish, if you will. So...


February 2005-February 2006 in cities:

Toronto
NYC
Washington DC
Toronto
Philadelphia
Toronto
Delhi
Haridwar
Hrishikesh
Jaipur
Agra
Bangalore


Bands I constantly listen to:

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Go! Team
Ladytron
Nouvelle Vague
The Greenhornes
Air (but only Moon Safari)
Suede (especially Suede)
Martha Wainwright (with a bit of Rufus thrown in)
Sugababes (only in moments of weakness)
Bloc Party
Kings of Convenience
Tallis
Byrd
Victoria


People I've met in the last year who've made my world a better place:

Annie M (the prettiest girl in school but doesn't know it)
Phil M (why won't you go out with me? Girls don't deserve you)
Mark K (sweet gym/cocktail buddy)
Mark B (hot, hot, hot; a cad and yet a gentleman)
Sophia S (a fratboy in a girl's body. HOT!)
James G (puts up with my crapness (and I, his)
Alexandra C (the cleverest girl in school but doesn't know it)


Some things I've read (and recommend) this year:

Porterhouse Blue
Grantchester Grind
Indecent Exposure
Vintage Stuff
Riotous Assembly
Wilt
Wilt On High
Blott on the Landscape
The Great Pursuit
Ancestral Vices
If God Spare My Life (a biography of William Tyndale)
The Collected Works of A.E. Hausman
Brideshead Revisited
A Room With a View

Lots of other stuff, but you HAVE to read those.


I've developed a taste for:

Whiskey
Whisky
Calimocho (red wine and Coke. The Spanish love this shit)
The colour black
Leather
Pointy shoes
Belts
Jazz
Hedi Slimane
Feather boas
Hands
Perfect Manhattans
Sweet Manhattans
Dry Manhattans
Bitter chocolate
Americans
Canadians


Vices, I'm trying (but not very hard) to overcome:

Jaffa Cakes
Porn
Figs
Fresh dates
Cashew nuts


Currently listening to: Love Will Tear Us Apart Again by Nouvelle Vague