I love:

the perfect pair of shoes

midnight in Paris

avocado-based cuisine

dusk in the summer

transfecting mammalian cells

pressed sandwiches (or the croque monsieur)

TV on the Radio

my husband

cornichons

the J train going over the Williamsburg Bridge

down comforters

vintage Pyrex

burritos

sunset at Corona del Mar

the New York Public Library

frip-frops

Hendrick's gin

Carolyn Cassidy

the scientific method

I hate:

my government

Williamsburg trust fund snots

people who scream about Jesus on the subway

rude clerks at Duane Reade

working

the Meatpacking District

chauvinists, jingoists, evangelicals and small-minded people

clubs with covers

boredom

chicken liver schnitzel

mosquito bites

ex's

Bill Frist

doggy handbags

Wonder bread

suburbia

money

passive-aggressive, micro-managing moronic bosses