Reading, creative writing, aviation, listening to music, socialising and avoiding the gym.
The anonymous man with the shopping bags at Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Radiohead, Tool, King Crimson, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Alice In Chains, Porcupine Tree, Pearl Jam, Kyuss, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Portishead, Primus, Naked City, Don Caballero, Neurosis, The Melvins, Can, Do Make Say Think, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pigmy Love Circus, David Bowie, The Beatles (1966 - 1970), Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, anything Mike Patton touches and other stuff that other people touch as well.
Natural Born Killers, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Casino, City of God, The Big Lebowski, This is Spinal Tap, Zoolander, Dumb and Dumber, The Libertine, Withnail and I, Amelie and any of the Monty Pythons.
South Park, The Office (the English series), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Extras, Top Gear, any documantaries, any Chris Morris projects, Monkey Dust, Magnum P.I. (a guilty pleasure), Futurama and The Simpsons.
Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson, The Real Fidel Castro by Leycester Coltman, The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, River God by Wilbur Smith, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, many Terry Pratchetts and High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.
Imaginary beards.