- A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley
- There Will Be Blood
- The Fragile, Nine Inch Nails
- the smell of new pointe shoes
- “When the Stars Go Blue” Ryan Adams
- Remarks of Senator Barack Obama at the New Hampshire primary, Jan. 8, 2008
- The Big Lebowski
- Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos
- A Single Man
- an empty dance studio