approximate, ill-defined, imprecise, inaccurate, indefinite, loose, not partial, not particular, not specific, uncertain, undetailed, unspecific, vague
enigmas, beings who have malleable yet resolute stances about the world, people who raise my level of consciousness or challenge me and my beliefs, abnormals, reprobates, dissenters with real motivations, people unaffiliated with the one political party (in the US - the Republicrats/Democlins), those who are sick of where they are and do something about it, doers, genuine/sincere/trustworthy/ecstatic people.we are all merely characters in each others' books, even if those books will never be written or read...
tom waits, guided by voices, tobin sprout, van morrison, the diableros, the killers, beck, m. ward, two gallants, the spinto band, CYHSY, muse, calexico, iron and wine, man man, migala, MMW, mew, public fucking enemy, my morning jacket, bright eyes, moth, sugar, manu chao, gecko turner, nightmares on wax, PLUMP DJs, tribe called quest, people under the stairs, okkervil river, new pornographers, arcade fire, postal service, paco de lucia, pinback, primal scream, tripping daisy/polyphonic spree, kyuss, early radiohead, rage against the machine, josh rouse, stereo mcs, spoon, secret machines, superchunk, snow patrol, james, sunny day real estate, sigur ros, cat stevens, buddy holly, dylan, cash, joselé santiago, springsteen, early tool, tv on the radio, 3rd eye blind, faith no more, urban dance squad, twilight singers, teenage fan club, tapes n tapes, the thorns, ugly cassanova/modest mouse, unida, wilco/golden smog/jayhawks, the walkmen, yo la tengo, weezer, neil young, year of the rabbit/on/failure, chicken lips, the anniversary, built to spill, blues explosion, lyrics born, belle and sebastian, solomon burke, antony and the johnsons, broken social scene/stars, david byrne, caviar/figdish, nick cave and the bad seeds, calla, louis XIV, eagles of death metal, catherine wheel/rob dickinson, crystal method, desaparecidos, del the funky homosapien, gorillaz, delgados, gregorian chant, elvis, gomez, galactic, idlewild, helmet, ali farka toure, ry cooder, jets to brazil, jack johnson, jane's addiction, kent, kings of convenience, kid loco, led zepplin, los planetas
the big lebowski, life aquatic, royal tenenbaums, v for vendetta, pi, team america, the three burials of melquiades estrada, infiltrados, el laberinto del fauno (pan's labyrinth), babel,
rarely or in winter when the frigid depression sets in (and then waaaay too much of nothing). 6'under, the office (british version only)
"rayuela"/"hopscotch" cortazar. "falling man" delillo, "no country for old men" mccarthy, "slow man" j.m.coetzee, "the language instinct" s. pinker, "infinite jest" and "oblivion" by DFW, "if on a winter's night a traveler" calvino, "unbearable lightness...", "immortality" and "identity" kundera
jim tobin, auster, king (stephen), bukowski, beckett, coetzee, saramago, carver, pk dick, camus, delillo, dahl (roald), carlos fuentes, miller (henry), heller, hemingway, kundera, marquez, palahniuk, listi, vonnegut, bellow, orwell, kerouac, kosinski, campbell (joseph), batchelor (stephen), zinn, chomsky, mailer, salinger, faulkner, ackerman (diane), dostoevsky, bowles (paul), saunders, diamond (jared) and way too many other GMNs (Great Male Narcissists), especially the one who coined that term - DFW