My favorite things

"Things happen! Things happen here and there!"

— Slavoj Zizek

Outside astronomy, I like many things. These are, in my opinion, the best things:

  • 20. Shiitake mushrooms.
  • 19. Gene Kelly dance numbers.
  • 18. The A Fondo interviews with Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar and Juan Rulfo.
  • 17. Kendrick Lamar.
  • 16. Food reviews of non-vegetarian food even though I am vegetarian.
  • 15. George Harrison.
  • 14. Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker at WrestleMania 25.
  • 13. The diaries of Franz Kafka.
  • 12. Water.
  • 11. YouTube video essays.
  • 10. Pan dulce from Chiapas.
  • 9. The combo coconut milk + turmeric when cooking.
  • 8. Scientific philosophy of mind.
  • 7. Octopuses.
  • 6. This passage from In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust.
  • 5. Any kind of sport with friends (esp. tennis, bouldering and basketball).
  • 4. Fluffy and thick pizza crust.
  • 3. Attack on Titan.
  • 2. The movie Portrait of a Lady on Fire, by Céline Sciamma.
  • 1. The concert The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965, by the Miles Davis Quintet.