Finding words that rhyme with "residuals" while chanting on a picket line. Plus: writing, movies, TV, music, comic books, books, hockey, beer, golf, mix CD's, used music stores, zoos, wandering California w/ JC, finding ways to make my cat sleep past 7am, discovering decent bars in LA, learning how not to be afraid of kitchens thanks to Jenn, anything relating to monkeys (the animal, not the band - although Daydream Believer kicks ass)
Monkeys, robots, ninjas, pirates, zombies and other popular geek cliches.
I don't believe in God, but I do believe in The Replacements and Paul Westerberg. Also: The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, Jesse Malin, Ben Folds, Ramones, Fountains of Wayne, Belle & Sebastian, Wilco, Old 97's, The Hold Steady, Ryan Adams, Marah, Urge Overkill, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tommy Stinson, Slim Dunlap, The Star Spangles, The Killers, Kanye West, The Ark, The Minus 5, Guns N Roses, Johnny Thunders, The Pixies, Jenny Lewis/Rilo Kiley, Elvis Costello, Common, Outkast, Jurassic 5, Liz Phair, The Shins, The Futureheads, Golden Smog, Matthew Sweet, Scissor Sisters, Girl Talk, All Girl Summer Fun Band, New York Dolls, Flogging Molly, Joan Jett, Marshall Crenshaw, The Figgs, The Refreshments, Jay-Z, Mando Diao, a good dose of emo from Saves the Day and Fall Out Boy, Journey, those 80's songs "What Do All The People Know" by the Monroes and "Your Love" by The Outfield, and the beat goes on...
Brazil, Fight Club, Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity, Better Off Dead, The Iron Giant, Dazed and Confused, Night of the Living Dead, Chinatown, It's A Wonderful Life, Adaptation, The Fisher King, Goodfellas, Say Anything, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Annie Hall, Trainspotting, 25th Hour, Lone Star, Out of Sight, Orgazmo, Wet Hot American Summer, Pulp Fiction, Do the Right Thing, The Thing, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Incredibles, far too many more... Best recent movie? No Country For Old Men
30 Rock, The Simpsons, The Shield, King of the Hill, The Venture Bros, Weeds, South Park, Burn Notice, How I Met Your Mother, Reno 911!, Chuck, The Office (both versions), Scrubs, The Soup, Project Runway & Top Chef (thanks JC!) and - in moderation - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Oh, and as of Nov. 20th - Frank TV.As for those no longer with us: Arrested Development, Newsradio, Angel, Veronica Mars, Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Firefly, Kids In The Hall, The State, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The Tick, Chappelle's Show, my gay duo of My So-Called Life and Felicity, and the first 3 seasons of Buffy.
anything by Jonathan Lethem, most by Nick Hornby, Brian K. Vaughan, Chuck Palahniuk, and John Irving, The Beach by Alex Garland, Tokyo Suckerpunch by Isaac Adamson, the Harry Potter books, The Contender by Robert Lipsyte, Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain, Joe Kelly's run on Deadpool, Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons, Preacher by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon, Hitman by Garth Ennis & Joel McCrea, that anonymous short story "I Like Monkeys." I also have a love/hate relationship with Motley Crue's The Dirt and all books by Chuck Klosterman
Paul Westerberg and Terry Gilliam, though both would hate being called heroes. My Pops. Hundreds of writers. And loads of fictional characters like Jesse Custer, Tommy Monaghan, Rob Gordon, Billy Chaka, and the late Blue Beetle.