The proclamation of favorite foods

1. Ramen Noodles
2. Cheese (muenster uber alles!)
3. China Buffet
4. Authentic Japanese California Rolls
5. Rabbit Stew
6. Italian Food (especially Kraft Cheese & Macaroni!)
7. Three Musketeers Bars
8. Red Dog Malt Liquor
9. Hummus (canned only, please!)
10. Wood Oven Roasted Oregon Wild Chinook Salmon with Horseradish Crème Fraîche

 places in the world that i love most

1. Going west towards Waskom on I-20
2. Driving Up Line Road at night with music blasting
3. The original Caribou Coffee store in Minnesota with Dana pretending to be a real Klondike prospector
4. Chicago Carry-Out in Chicago talking with friends over a double-bacon chili cheese dog and a paper cup of Old Style
5. Broadmoor Church with Scarlatti music playing
6. The Sunset Strip in West Hollywood alone at midnight
7. Stepping out of the bus station in Keokuk
8. The canals in Venice (California) during the Summer
9. The art deco building across from the clock in Stevens Square
10. Walking Barefoot at the Shuadagon Pagoda
11. The Gorge in Washington (state), me riding on an electric bus
12. Flying into Shreveport, Louisiana
13. The Ducks (amphibious car-boats) at the Wisconsin Dells in the early Summer
14. Wagon Road at Dusk with coffee or booze in me and Stacey still alive
15. climbing through the ruins at the southwest edge of Baton Rouge
16. The underground cities of Mars (never been there, but the pictures!)
17. The lakes & mountains of Flagstaff, Arizona
18. The desert and ruins surrounding Death Valley at Sunset
19. Hollywood Boulevard (particularly the prostitute's footprint)
20. 20 feet underwater in Mille Lacs Lake
21. Driving South on the 101 into Hollywood on a clear night
22. Arriving at Dana's cofee-shop job and seeing her face light up when she sees me
23. Entering the Lobby of the Saharan Motor Hotel in Hollywood, my home away from home
24. At the base of the mountain called "the big mountain," near San Bernardino in California
25. The view from the top of the rock hill in Galena, Illinois
26. Coming into Las Vegas at night with a pocket full of cash (has only happened once, but great feeling!)

 10 best movies ever

1. Save the Last Dance
2. Anywhere But Here
3. The Secret Garden
4. Contact
5. Blue Crush
6. The Red Violin
7. Stepmom
8. Amadeus
9. Weekend at Bernie's 2
10. All Dogs Go to Heaven

 My most read books as an adult

 The obligatory literate boyz list of the ten best books

1. West to Heatherborough by Greenfield McKenna
2. Flesh-Peddler by Greenfield McKenna
3. Fat Her by Greenfield McKenna
4. Couldn't Say No If I Tried by Greenfield McKenna
5. Regal Laugh by Greenfield McKenna
6. Assuage the Guilt by Greenfield McKenna
7. In Town Tonight... by Greenfield McKenna
8. Rain Upon My Skin by Greenfield McKenna
9. The Stranger by Albert Camus
10. Valiant Interests by Greenfield McKenna

 60 of the best books

1. Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
2. Waiting Period by Hubert Selby, Jr.
3. The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh
4. Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories by Chuck Palahniuk
5. A Country Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov
6. Oblivion by Jay Bonansinga
7. The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead by William S. Burroughs
8. Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
9. The Fall by Albert Camus
10. Sacred by Dennis Lehane
11. Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins
12. Glue by Irvine Welsh
13. Twisted by Jay Bonansinga
14. Betwixt and Between by Albert Camus
15. The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs
16. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
17. Head Case by Jay Bonansinga
18. Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh
19. Cocaine Nights by J. G. Ballard
20. Junkie by William S. Burroughs
21. Crash by J. G. Ballard
22. The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
23. Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr.
24. Cities of Red Night by William S. Burroughs
25. The Plague by Albert Camus
26. Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
27. Phantom Pain by Marek van der Jagt
28. The Last Words of Dutch Schultz by William S. Burroughs
29. Looking for It by Michael Thomas Ford
30. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
31. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
32. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
33. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
34. Black Mariah by Jay Bonansinga
35. Bricks and Anchros by Jon Longhi
36. The Ticket That Exploded by William S. Burroughs
37. The Sleep Police by Jay Bonansinga
38. The Compleat Witch, or, What to Do When Virtue Fails by Anton LaVey
39. The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
40. The Crystal World by J. G. Ballard
41. Anagrams by Lorrie Moore
42. Queer by William S. Burroughs
43. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
44. How the Hula Girl Sings by Joe Meno
45. Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
46. Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby, Jr.
47. My Sister's Continent by Gina Frangello
48. A Happy Death by Albert Camus
49. Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance by Irvine Welsh
50. The Killer's Game by Jay Bonansinga
51. Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
52. Nova Express by William S. Burroughs
53. American Skin by Don De Grazia
54. Sick by Jay Bonansinga
55. Frozen by Jay Bonansinga
56. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
57. Filth by Irvine Welsh
58. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
59. Port of Saints by William S. Burroughs
60. The Book of Ralph by John McNally

 30 books that I read over ten times each as a kid

1. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
2. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
3. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
4. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
5. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
6. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
7. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
8. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
9. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
10. Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
11. All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
12. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
13. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
14. Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
15. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
16. Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
17. When the Legends Die by Hal Borland
18. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
19. The Red/Blue/Green Mars Series by Kim Stanley Robinson
20. Ask the Dust by John Fante
21. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
22. The Imaginary by Jean-Paul Sartre
23. Whispers by Dean R. Koontz
24. Me by Katharine Hepburn
25. The Gor Series by John Norman
26. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
27. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
28. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
29. Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverly D'Onofrio
30. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

 Favorite Artists

• Salvador Dalí
• Giorgio de Chirico
• André Masson
• Man Ray
• Alberto Giacometti
• Joan Miró
• René Magritte
• Paul Klee
• Marcel Duchamp
• Luis Buñuel

 Music and musicians

• The Neon Philharmonic
• Pink Floyd
• Frank Zappa
• The Phantom Pregnancies
• Guns N' Roses
• Scratch Acid
• Abysmal Crucifix
• Couch
• AC/DC
• Japanther