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I'd like to meet:

- Anyone with an open mind.
- Anyone who still wants to better themselves.
- Anyone who can enjoy life without getting caught up in their constructed life.
But if we're talking about famous people...
Well, I met Quentin Tarantino back in '94, so... I'd still like to meet...

Anyone related to Lindsay Lohan Anyone who serves me pork products to eat.Republicans who want a return to the "Ronald Reagan" era. Why would this country want that again? We've already had a repeat of Nixon. Anyone who focuses on the differences between people rather than common ground Tom Sizemore. Lock him up already. Fat people who use all the motorized carts at the grocery store, then camp out in the ice cream aisle. Stupid tubbies.

Music:

But also anything on my iPod (Including, but not limited to):
Pearl Jam, Liz Phair, Rolling Stones, Ozomatli, Aimee Mann, Aerosmith, Beastie Boys, Beck, Beta Band, Bjork, The Cars, The Clash, Counting Crows, Cowboy Junkies, The Cranberries, The Cure, Daft Punk, Danny Elfman, David Bowie, Dean Martin, De La Soul, Dust Brothers, The Doors, Eminem, Fatboy Slim, Feist, Fiona Apple, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Frank Sinatra, Franz Ferdinand, Garbage, Gorillaz, Grandmaster Flash, Green Day, Gwen Stefani, Iggy Pop, Issac Hayes, John Williams, Johnny Cash, Lauryn Hill, Lenny Kravitz, Leonard Cohen, Lisa Loeb, Luscious Jackson, Madonna, Miles Davis, Ministry, Missy Elliott, Moby, Mos Def, Nelly Furtado (pre-hooker days), Nirvana, No Doubt, Norah Jones, Oasis, Offsring, Orbital, Outkast, The Pixies, The Prentenders, Public Enemy, The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rob Zombie, Seu Jorge, Sheryl Crow, Stereolab, Talking Heads, Tenacious D, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, U2, Weezer, The White Stripes, Young Holt Unlimited, The Zombies... too tired to type more...
But Also...
Old School Favorites:
Blondie, Cat Stevens, Creedence, The Delfonics ("They're Pretty Good..."), Devo, Dire Straits, Dusty Springfield, ELO, Elton John, Elvis, Frankie Valli, Hall and Oates, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, The Kinks, The Knack, Kool & The Gang, Michael Jackson (anything before the awful "Dangerous" album), Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Pat Benatar, Patsy Cline, Paul Simon, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, Santana (old 70s, not this new pop shit), Steve Miller Band, Stevie Wonder, UB40... that's enough for old school. You get the picture.

Movies:

This is the long part...
These are the favorites. HUGE influences on my life:
Citizen Kane, The Godfather, The Third Man, The ORIGINAL Star Wars Trilogy, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Casablanca, Garden State, Pleasantville
I love the films of the following directors:
Kubrick, Welles, Spielberg, Scorsese, Hitchcock, Tarantino, Altman, Gilliam, PT Anderson, Stone, Mann, Cameron, Ridley Scott, Soderbergh, Wes Anderson, Egoyan, De Palma, Fincher
The following tiny sampling of films are each a tiny part of who I am (and I like them too):
About A Boy, Abre Los Ojos, Adaptation, Alien, Aliens, Almost Famous, American Beauty, Anchorman, Apocolypse Now, The Aviator, Best in Show, Big Fish, The Big Lebowski, Big Night, The Black Hole, Boiler Room, Boogie Nights, Bound, Brazil, Broken Flowers, A Bug's Life, Chinatown, Clerks, Commando, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Deer Hunter, Die Hard, Diabolique (the French one), Donnie Darko, 8 Mile, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Evil Dead Trilogy, Exotica, Eyes Wide Shut, Fantasia, Fargo, Fight Club, Finding Nemo, Forget Paris, 40 Year Old Virgin, Get Shorty, Go, Good Will Hunting, Halloween, Hard Eight, Heat, Hoffa, High Fidelity, I Heart Huckabees, The Ice Storm, The Incredibles, Jackie Brown, Jerry Maguire, L.A. Confidential, Magnolia, Napoleon Dynamite, Out of Sight, Paper Moon, People vs. Larry Flynt, Pi, Punchdrunk Love, Quiz Show, Requiem For A Dream, Reservoir Dogs, Robocop, Rounders, The Royal Tenenbaums, Run Lola Run, Rushmore, Scream Trilogy, Seven Samurai, Shaun of the Dead, Sideways, Silence of the Lambs, Spiderman 2, Super Troopers, Swingers, The Sweet Hereafter, Taxi Driver, The Terminator, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, Three Colors Trilogy, Time After Time, Titus, There's Something About Mary, This Is Spinal Tap, Touch of Evil, Traffic, Trainspotting, Tron, True Romance, 25th Hour, 12 Monkeys, Uncle Buck, The Untouchables, The Usual Suspects, V For Vendetta, Vanilla Sky, Waking Life, Walk The Line, The Wild Bunch, Wonder Boys, Wyatt Earp...
Way too many to list here...

Television:

Actually, not a big fan of the boob tube. Amazing that so many channels offer so little imagination. I don't give a damn about who can dance, or top comics, or biggest losers, or any other "reality shows." They all seem to serve cell phone companies by asking you to vote or register for some prize.
That being said, I still find myself watching things (some with appropriate guilt) like:

24 (I'm totally hooked on this show. Just finished Season 3) Heroes (although the season finale was balls disappointing) Car Chase shows and Court TV R.E.D. Cheaters (I HATE that I watch this regularly) Ninja Warrior (on G4) King of the Hill Curb Your Enthusiasm

Arrested Development (god, I'll miss it) Mr. Show Seinfeld (until the last season) Friends. (except the last two lazy seasons) The Price is Right (until Bob's replaced) FAMILY FEUD!!! Richard Dawson was straight pimp! Sex and the City (Yes. I've seen every episode. Yes, I'm Mr. Big...)

Double Dare: Only the really old ones with Marc Summers & Harvey Danger Mouse Darkwing Duck Animaniacs ESPN, back when it was good (pre-Stuart Scott days. Like Kilborn and Olberman old) And does anyone else remember that show on GSN called Inquizitor? It had the back of some old guy's head asking questions rudely to three people jeopardy-style. I used to LOVE that show...

Books:

Another potentially long list...
I'll keep it short and sweet:
Chuck Palahniuk, Anthony Bourdain, Bret Easton Ellis, Stephen King (The Dark Tower series is amazing... okay, well... the first four books are), Daniel Clowes, Pablo Neruda, and Peter Bogdanovich (This is Orson Welles is required reading for any artistic creative mind).
The lovely Kara Hawker turned me onto Chuck Klosterman, but I've only read Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. (sidenote: my personal blogs sound an awful lot like Klosterman... weird)
And what can I say?
I'm a HUGE fan of the Harry Potter series. I did think that Goblet of Fire was the best one, and it is still the most epic of them all, but let it now be said... Half-Blood Prince is now the best one.
And oh yeah, my life is a Nick Hornby novel... I swear.