Tony

Brown, Columbia

Self-Flatterer, Trouble-Maker

The Not-so-secret cult of "The Secret."

performing anthropological studies, searching for voyeuristic pleasures, feeling okay about self-indulgence, eating fried chicken... extra crispy.

Lover's Discourse (Roland Barthes), The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde), Glamorama (Bret Easton Ellis).

In no particular order: Mysterious Skin, Strictly Ballroom, In the Mood For Love, My Life as a Dog, CQ, Irreversible, Chungking Express, Spirited Away, Far From Heaven, Little Miss Sunshine, Brokeback Mountain, Requiem for a Dream, Whale Rider, Billy Elliot, Notes on a Scandal, C.R.A.Z.Y.

Olive (for sunny summer 6AMs), Serge Gainsbourg (for kinky Sunday afternoons), The Carpenters (for rainy days and Mondays), George Michael (for wine-induced lethargic late-nights), The Sounds (for weekend trips to IKEA), Muse (for all occasions).

Anderson Cooper 360, Heroes, Friday Night Lights, Weeds, Project Runway, 7th Heaven (just kidding). On Syndication: Buffy, X-Files, Baywatch (just kidding... sort of).

Aquarius

i'd like to meet someone who's like strawberry yogurt a day or two past its expiration date but was the only thing left in the fridge to save me from starvation. or someone who's like a nice lacoste shirt that happened to be slightly defective and was sent to marshalls to be sold at 50% off. which just means i'd really like to meet a person who is a bit flawed... perhaps slightly off in an indiscernible kind of way. i think that's endearing.

one of these days i want to have an encounter that leaves me feeling like a 12 yr old latina girl at my first menudo concert... an emotive rite of passage and a little piece of heaven experienced at the peak of my pubescent glory.