Music (playing and listening), watching wrestling (guess I never completely grew up), running, politics, TV news (both style and substance), Chargers, Padres, USC football. Don't drink, smoke, or gamble, but for some reason love Las Vegas anyway.
David Blaine, if for no other reason than to see him do a trick in person. I'm not all into magic or anything, but the guy is a trip...in a good way.
311, blink-182, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Jack Johnson, The Lashes, The Lemonheads, The Living End, The Muffs, Nirvana, Pennywise, Phantom Planet, The Rentals, Silverchair, Stone Temple Pilots, The Strokes. San Diego bands, mid-'90s (fluf, inch, Rocket From The Crypt, Lucy's Fur Coat, Buck-O-Nine). Unwritten Law, before they tried to be important. And the Beatles. Seen McCartney three times, but I'm more of a John Lennon guy. Happy to have seen a bunch of now-defunct bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine in concert, plus legends like Pink Floyd, James Brown, Prince (twice...the first time was when he was that symbol or whatever) and Tony Bennett. Been to one Coachella festival, two Lollapaloozas, three Street Scenes, and three Warped Tours.
Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers, Best In Show, Election. Too many '80s movies to mention, but the '90s was my favorite movie decade for sure.
WWE Monday Night Raw, The Ultimate Fighter, Married With Children, The Simpsons, Frasier, Family Ties, The Golden Girls (don't try to say Blanche wasn't a hottie). Dee and I are couch potatoes and have made a nightly ritual of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy (or, if the questions are too hard, we'll switch to Judge Judy).
For a former doctoral candidate, my tastes are pretty underwhelming. WWE autobiographies, Into Thin Air, The Perfect Storm. I've only gotten through about half of Barrel Fever so far, but it's probably the funniest book I've ever read. In terms of magazines, I'm a Blender fan. I used to read Playboy (for the articles), but stopped when they started trying to rip off Maxim's writing style. They used to be fairly intellectual and thought-provoking; now they've become something they're not. I love Maxim...and you can't out-Maxim Maxim. So don't try.
In general, people who are courageous, and who have genuine integrity.