In the NYT. (excerpts from susan sontag’s journals)
On Licorice, Bach, Jews and Penknives
“Things I like: fires, Venice, tequila, sunsets, babies, silent films, heights, coarse salt, top hats, large long- haired dogs, ship models, cinnamon, goose down quilts, pocket watches, the smell of newly mown grass, linen, Bach, Louis XIII furniture, sushi, microscopes, large rooms, boots, drinking water, maple sugar candy.
Things I dislike: sleeping in an apartment alone, cold weather, couples, football games, swimming, anchovies, mustaches, cats, umbrellas, being photographed, the taste of licorice, washing my hair (or having it washed), wearing a wristwatch, giving a lecture, cigars, writing letters, taking showers, Robert Frost, German food.
Things I like: ivory, sweaters, architectural drawings, urinating, pizza (the Roman bread), staying in hotels, paper clips, the color blue, leather belts, making lists, wagon-lits, paying bills, caves, watching ice-skating, asking questions, taking taxis, Benin art, green apples, office furniture, Jews, eucalyptus trees, penknives, aphorisms, hands.
Things I dislike: television, baked beans, hirsute men, paperback books, standing, card games, dirty or disorderly apartments, flat pillows, being in the sun, Ezra Pound, freckles, violence in movies, having drops put in my eyes, meatloaf, painted nails, suicide, licking envelopes, ketchup, traversins [“bolsters”], nose drops, Coca-Cola, alcoholics, taking photographs.”
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The Remix (mine)
Things I like: Venice, fires, tequila, sunsets, babies, coarse salt, the smell of newly mown grass, linen, boots, drinking water, sleeping in an apartment alone, cold weather, swimming, washing my hair (or having it washed), writing letters, taking showers, German food, architectural drawings, pizza (the Roman bread), the color blue, leather belts, making lists, asking questions, green apples, Jews, eucalyptus trees, television, baked beans, hirsute men, paperback books, hands, flat pillows, being in the sun, freckles, ketchup, Coca-Cola
Things I dislike: couples, football games, anchovies, umbrellas, being photographed, wearing a wristwatch, cigars, sweaters, staying in hotels, paying bills, caves, watching ice-skating, taking taxis, office furniture, standing, card games, dirty or disorderly apartments, violence in movies, suicide, licking envelopes, taking photographs
Things I have never considered and/or am indifferent to: silent films, heights, top hats, large long- haired dogs, ship models, cinnamon, goose down quilts, pocket watches, Bach, Louis XIII furniture, sushi, microscopes, large rooms, maple sugar candy, mustaches, cats, the taste of licorice, giving a lecture, Robert Frost, ivory, urinating, paper clips, Ezra Pound, having drops put in my eyes, meatloaf, painted nails, nose drops, alcoholics
Things I had to Google: wagon-lits, Benin art, penknives, aphorisms, traversins [“bolsters”]
