Music:
sirsy, antigone rising, huey lewis and the news, alanis morisette, beatles, stones, dead.
Movies:
any woody allen flick, mixed nuts, mean girls, best in show, flirting with disaster, adam sandler anything, home alone, home alone 2: lost in new york, sister act, hocus pocus, empire records, adventures in babysitting, labyrinth, edward scissorhands, outrageous fortune, big business, breakfast at tiffany's, the princess bride, secretary.
Television:
arrested development, scrubs, buffy the vampire slayer, firefly, sex and the city, golden girls, weeds, anything on the food network (but especially ina garten), roseanne.
Books:
the secret history, any david sedaris, any dave eggers, any chuck palahniuk, any bret easton ellis, daniel quinn.