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. Pan dulce from Chiapas.
- 19. Gene Kelly dance numbers.
- 18. The A Fondo interviews with Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar and Juan Rulfo.
- 17. Kendrick Lamar.
- 16. The humor of Kurt Vonnegut (c.f. The Shapes of Stories).
- 15. George Harrison.
- 14. Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker at WrestleMania 25.
- 13. The diaries of Franz Kafka.
- 12. Water.
- 11. Bob Dylan.
- 10. The concert Juan Gabriel en el Palacio de Bellas Artes (1990), by Juan Gabriel.
- 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.