This is a living document that I will update from time to time with new favorites and old favorites that slipped my mind when I first posted. Bulleted lists are in no particular order.
Favorite books
- The Night’s Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton
- Every book, novella, graphic novel, and short story in Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere
- Kalpa Imperial by Angélica Gorodischer (translated by Ursula K. Le Guin)
- Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran For
- A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry by Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre
- The Dark Tower by Stephen King
- His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
- The Dreamblood Duology by N. K. Jemisin
- The Inheritance Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
- The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
- The Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Favorite movies
- The Fountain
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Ink
- Cloud Atlas
- 1917
- The Matrix Trilogy
- Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings
- FFVII: Advent Children Complete
- Earthlings
- The Bomb
- Arrival
- Annihilation
- Prospect
- Dark City
Anime
Favorite shows
- Everything BBC Earth
- Maniac
- The Magicians
- Band of Brothers
- The Pacific
- His Dark Materials
- The Expanse
- Watchmen
- Raised by Wolves
- The Feed
Anime
YouTube Channels
- Animalogic
- Bizarre Beasts
- CGP Grey
- ERB
- Journey to the Microcosmos
- Kuma Films
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
- MinuteEarth
- minutephysics
- PBS Eons
- Second Thought
- SciShow
- SciShow Psych
- SciShow Space
- zefrank1
Favorite music
This one is really fucking hard for me! Every time I think I have a set of restrictions that will keep this list to a reasonable length, I find that I’ve severely underestimated myself. So here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to allow myself 10 favorites for this list.
In no particular order, but numbered to check myself:
- Sad, Fat Luck by Ceschi
- We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
- White Lighter by Typhoon
- Lonesome Dreams by Lord Huron
- Baralku by Emancipator
- The Centennial Trilogy by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
- Where Owls Know My Name by Rivers of Nihil
- Snotty Nose Rez Kids by SNRK
- Trans-Continental Hustle by Gogol Bordello
- Every Kingdom by Ben Howard
Fuck.
A.
Duck.
I might have to periodically rotate favorites through this list, or… I’ll have to think of something, because it feels wrong to leave out so many of the records that I love.
Favorite video games
I don’t actually play video games these days, except for the occasional few minutes of casual mobile gaming, but the following games will always have a special place in my heart:
- Xenogears
- Xenosaga
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- FFVII thru FFXIII, with the exception of FFIX
- The Legend of Dragoon
- Dead Space and Dead Space 2
Favorite road trip
US 101 along the Oregon coast
Favorite phrase in the English language
I love you
Favorite spice
Cumin (for the obvious, immature reason; also: I’m Mexican-American and, though I’m far from the Chicano side of my family, I’ll always be a frijolero at heart)
