Music:
rock, hip hop, 80s new wave, spanish
Movies:
favorite movie right now: Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Television:
TV sucks; even the learning channel has gone downhill and succumbed to mindless sensationalism and dribble. I can't think of a single show I'd bother to turn on the TV for.
Books:
Unfortunately, the only books I read nowadays are textbooks for work! ug! :( I've wished to read Durant's History of Civilization series for years, however it sits, collecting dust on my bookshelf as the pages turn yellow.
Heroes:
I've been most recently inspired by the genetic engineering work of Jay Keasling at the Berkely Lab; he transfered the genes necessary to make an antimalaria drug from artemesin annua to a microbial host and is making the drug available to the third world at cost (with the help of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).