bands:

1. Tori Amos, Rasputina
2. They Might Be Giants, Robyn Hitchcock, Sparks
3. Loud Family, XTC, Beatles
4. Dar Williams, Ani DiFranco
5. Jethro Tull, Rheostatics, Ford Pier
6. Dresden Dolls, Amy X Neuburg
7. Nine Inch Nails, Midnight Oil
8. Yes, 5uu's, Science Group
9. Sage Francis, the Coup, Rise Robots Rise
10. Amy Rigby, Dan Bern

films:

1. Lawn Dogs
2. Dead Poets Society
3. Henry Fool
4. Labyrinth
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Spirited Away
7. Urbania
8. Donnie Darko
9. Secretary
10. Before Sunrise / Before Sunset

books:

1. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
2. the Fermata (Nicholson Baker)
3. Love, Etc (Julian Barnes)
4. Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler)
5. the Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
6. Now Wait for Last Year (Philip K. Dick)
7. the Stand (Stephen King)
8. Everything is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
9. Glimpses (Lewis Shiner)
10. Moo (Jane Smiley)

tv shows:

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Angel
3. Queer as Folk
4. Six Feet Under
5. the West Wing
6. My So-Called Life
7. Freaks and Geeks
8. the Simpsons
9. Coupling
10. 30 Rock

into: Food (spicy). Conversation (spicy, or free-associative or silly or intellectual or chatty, for that matter). Cats. Bad puns. Ridiculously complicated games invented on the spot (emphasis on "ridiculous"). Singing. Drumming. Synthesizers. Books. Pictures of naked women. Actual naked women. Actual clothed women, if I really like them, or if they're paying me to teach them something.

not into: Violence. Car crashes, despite David Cronenberg's best efforts. Joe Scarborough. Toe fungus. 3-card monte. 8-card monte. Eight is Enough. Commercials that think they're hip and "subversive". Commercials of any kind. Fox News. Bleeding pustules. Oil spills.

occupation: Teacher, rabble-rouser, synth player.

sign: Slow Children.

i lost my virginity: Naah, I disposed of it on purpose.