Three New Things You’re Into

I asked folks on Facebook and Twitter to tell me three new things they’re into. I took the idea from Danny Barnes. Here’s what they said.

• Julie White: The show Scandal, Dharma yoga, the 7 minute workout.
• Brad Brickley: The Flash t.v.show, G.R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice books, my health…again.
• Robin Yukiko: 1. D&D 2. Coconut oil (cooking with/eating it and using it on my crazy hair 3. DIY shows and fantasizing about having a house I can fix up
• Josh Rutner: Frankie Trumbauer, Frankie Trumbauer, Frankie Trumbauer.
• Ren Ostrofsky: Arson, vigilante justice, and building strong interpersonal relationships
• Daryl Shawn: The last tomatoes of the year, rye flour, Yob’s “Clearing the Path to Ascend”.
• Jenn Weinzierl Binus: tea, knitting socks, teaching Josef to sew.
• Jason Parker: Roasted cauliflower, Treme and walking in the rain
• Tim Niland: King Crimson, Thich Nhat H?nh, New York Giants
• Carter DeShazo: Sia’s Chandelier (song), Tazo Zen tea, and some new organic dog food for my Ellie
• Sally Gustavson: Fires in the fireplace, Dr. Frank Semi-dry Reisling, and crockpot dinners
• Caitlin Wynn Destiny: (video game), 90s indie and emo, and The Following (tv show).
• Jack Wright: Latin bugaloo music movement, Roberto Roena, and New Orleans brass bands.
• Martin Porter: I only eat various varieties of chicken and broccoli as per instructions from a nutritionist. I play Street Fighter 4 competitively. Brahms.
• Christopher Gordon Forbes: Experimental metal…Henry Threadgills later work…n acrylic retarder gel….makes acrylic blend like oil paint.
• Danny Barnes: homeboy sandman, mndsgn, and delayed gratification magazine.
• Camille-Yvette Welsch: radar poetry magazine, Paper Doll Fetus (book of poems), throwing shit out. Does the last one count?
• Hilary Gardner: Nyquil, Kleenex, cooking shows.
• Betsy Hill Saueressig: Cough syrup, my Nebulizer in bed, and ibuprofen.
• Jim Colbert: Cubism, songs about artists (this morning we listened to “Cezanne” by 5 Chinese Brothers, Stabil Ethanol gas treatment.
• David Gibson: Commodore 64, cordless telephones, Friendster
• Chris Hults: 1)Spanish pop music (Mana) 2)Augusto Boal 3)”The Diviners” by Jim Leonard, Jr. because I’m directing it next semester.
• Chuck Ingersoll: 1. Champian Fulton (I didn’t know that, at times, she is an adventurous, female Mark Murphy. And that’s not sexist. It’s laudatory.) 2. http://blackjazzradio.com/bjradio.html It’s all dashiki jazz all the time. Great playlists. 3. Stitcher. Did not realize how functional, friendly, and handy it is until I got it on the Chromebook.
• Bill Thompson: 1)Hats-Its getting cold 2)Raking-There’s a shit ton of leaves 3) Jackets-See 1)
• Laura Waldhier: Mass Effect (video game), Unwritten (comic book), and The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (book)
• Ross Hammond: IPA, Robbie Basho, vests
• Irene Jaglowski: I second “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up”, also, Emily Wells and cartwheels.

Singer/songwriter Robin Yukiko also asked her friends this question. Here’s what they said:

• Kori Beyer: Cooking with pumpkin, ed sheeran (don’t judge), push ups.
• Daniel Feit: Doctor Who, Desert Golfing (smartphone game), “Shia LaBoeuf” by Rob Cantor
• Ben Bausher: San Fermin (the band), figuring out how to cook the rest of the cabbage from my CSA in a way that everyone will eat, and battlestar galactica.
• Joanna Bridge: Books by Jill Shalvis, NCIS: New Orleans, how cosmic filaments affect star formation histories in galaxies.
• Tosha Crow: American Horror Story, Artist Trading Cards, and my current book, “Summer of Night,” by Dan Simmons.
• Jason Crane: XTC, Lonesome Dove, the poetry of Zbigniew Herbert
• Dana Barattin: making pies, hibiscus tea, and personality disorders (i work with severe mental illness, and i feel like this group is very neglected and misrepresented!)
• Marshall Biever: Four Year Strong (go down in history E.P. no shame.) Hanging out on the #4 and major 7th when soloing in Lydian, and mixed modality within a solo.
• Jessica Henninger Crock: Pots, pirates, and striving for minimalism.
• Christine Libutti: Amy Poehler’s book “Yes Please”, using coconut oil as make-up remover, and drinking hot cider before bed.
• Keiko Takamura: Brendan Jordan (I am obsessed with this kid!), looking at #inktober drawings, Pentatonix (kinda guilty pleasure, but GAH they are so talented!)
• Melissa Nilsson: Finally getting on the Parks & Rec train, the new podcast from This American Life, Serial (one story tod over many weeks), and pining for my Halloween yarn dreads. Haha, just kidding. XKCD dude’s book, What If.
• Holly Chandler: eating low sugar/ketogenic, snow queens and wintry folklore, fragrances (candles and oils and the like) that smell like cedar, pine or the woods in general
• Alicia Parker: 1. YA post apocalyptic fiction 2. Fancy picnics in hikes and 3. Going to bed early