I guess everybody's different, but I know that everybody's natural instinct is to remember the bad stuff more than the good stuff.

I'm horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad.

Yeah, I spent my teen years in West Virginia, and when I was a kid, in Louisiana. I definitely have that exposure to two different sorts of rural: the South and Appalachia.

I don't read a lot of magazines, but when I'm traveling, I'll pick up a copy of 'Vanity Fair' to read on the plane - it's like a full meal! The articles are so good, especially the crime stories. Browsing the Web is more like snacking - but I live on snacks.

When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.

I listen to KCRW in the car and Pandora radio, which I stream through the stereo from my iPhone. I've been listening to everything from Caribou to Conway Twitty. If I'm going on a longer car ride, I'll download some podcasts.

In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.