Video games, hiphop, movies, science fiction, writing, rock climbing, biking, jazz, web design, politics
People. Robots. Fruit bats. People who don't enjoy hurting or messing up other people. People who like jazz.
De La Soul, Mr. Lif, A Tribe Called Quest, U2, Radiohead, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Bruce Springsteen, The Postal Service, Beth Orton, Outkast, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Aimee Mann, Elvis Costello, Guns N' Roses, Okkervil River, The Decemberists, Yoko Kanno, Call and Response, all sorts of others I can't think of right now
The Fifth Element, Die Hard, Spirited Away, The Iron Giant, Blade Runner, Alien, Batman, Akira, Dr. Strangelove, The Graduate, Serenity, Good Night and Good Luck, Three Kings
Robotech, Firefly, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Cowboy Bebop, The Wire, Deadwood, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Simpsons, Futurama, Adult Swim, Batman the Animated Series, Sports Night, Alias, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Samurai Jack, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Any Shakespeare, Oryx & Crake, No Logo, Pattern Recognition, Neuromancer, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, On the Road, Dance Dance Dance
Martin Luther King, Jr., The Dalai Lama, Batman, Rick Hunter's Hairdo