Aikido,
Art,
Martial Arts,
Billiards,
Cultures,
Music,
History,
Vegetarian/Vegan food,
Spirituality,
Philosophy,
And just hanging out with friends.
The Beatles,
John Lennon,
Ravi Shankar,
James Taylor,
Yusuf Islam(Cat Stevens),
Van Morrison,
The Gorillaz,
The Hush Sound,
Hootie and the Blowfish,
Goo Goo Dolls,
Oasis,
Bobby McFerrin,
All sorts of Jazz and Rock
and all good music of that sort.
Across the Universe,
Garden State,
The Last Samurai,
Fearless,
Seven Years in Tibet,
Legends of the Fall,
Yellow Submarine,
Princess Mononoke,
Adventures of Mark Twain,
The Hitman (Jet Li),
Cowboy Bebop the Movie,
.....
the Stargates, especially SG-1 way back,
Human Weapon,
Bleach,
Naruto,
Gintama,
Scrubs,
Futurama,
....
Tao Te Ching,
The Spirit of Aikido,
Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere,
Dueling with O'Sensei,
The Art of Peace,
The Art of War,
The Art of Thinking,
The Art of Friendship,
books by Alan Watts,
A Thousand Splendid Suns,
and any other texts that I can find that help me enjoy life to its fullest.
I also enjoy any good Non-Fiction, Fiction, Sci-Fantasy novels, or manga.
My parents,
Yusuf Mehter Sensei,
Ueshiba Morihei O'Sensei,
Lao Tzu,
Alan Watts,
my friends,
everyone that I train with,
and anyone who strives for personal improvement.