Favourites
“big secret to happiness is just liking stuff. finding more stuff to like. finding ways to like stuff you didn’t before. recognizing what it feels like to like something and doubling down on that. what feels frivolous is actually the whole ballgame.” – Lauren Wilford
Some of my favourite things:
- cats (aka, the universe’s greatest invention)
- pizza (aka, humankind’s greatest invention; aka, the greatest cheese-delivery system)
- time travel
- Bigfoot
- a snow day (the more unanticipated the better)
- Burgertime (favourite classic 80s arcade game)
- Lotsa Fizz candy
- petrichor (favourite word and, quite possibly, favourite aroma)
- Peter Pan’s Flight (favourite Disneyland ride)
- Dairy Queen chocolate dipped cone
- The Abyss (favourite movie)
- Anvil: The Story of Anvil (favourite documentary)
- Flow (favourite animated movie)
- A Bug’s Life (favourite Pixar movie)
- Bottle Rocket (favourite comedy)
- Halloween (favourite horror movie)
- Jerry Maguire (favourite rom-com)
- Hard Core Logo (favourite Canadian movie)
- Warrior (favourite sports movie)
- John Carpenter (favourite director)
- Superman (favourite movie score, favourite comicbook movie, and favourite opening title sequence)
- “Oh.” Michael Nyqvust, John Wick (favourite line reading in a movie)
- “But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters.” Luke Skywalker/Mark Hamill (favourite line from a Star Wars movie)
- Canada Dry Ginger Ale
- Salsa Verde Doritos
- Cheezies
- Conner O’Malley
- John Titor
- Jack Reacher
- Jonathan Carroll (favourite writer)
- James and the Giant Peach (favourite book)
- Andy Kindler (favourite comedian)
- 100 Grand chocolate bar
- new comicbook Wednesday
- Batman
- Matches Malone
- Deadman
- The Sandman (favourite comicbook)
- the sound of rain on a window at night, when I’m lying in bed
- the smell of burning leaves in the fall
- physical media
- Freaks & Geeks (favourite hour-long TV show)
- SCTV (favourite half-hour TV show)
- “Honk if you’re horny” (favourite sketch from I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson)
- “Night of the Cow” (favourite sketch from The Kids in the Hall)
- “Gremlins 2 Brainstorm” (favourite sketch from Key & Peele)
- “The Boyfriend” aka, the one with Keith Hernandez (favourite episode of Seinfeld)
- Amarok, Mike Oldfield (favourite album)
- Frightened Rabbit (favourite band)
- Tori Amos (favourite female musician)
- Peter Gabriel (favourite male musician)
- Gowan (favourite Canadian male musician)
- Chantal Kreviazuk (favourite Canadian female musician)
- Nintendo Donkey Kong Game & Watch
- Triscuits
- Halloween