Music is the absolute most important thing in my life. SKIING! WRC. Existential philosophy. History. People, or rather, why most are so fucked up! Off-color jokes. REALLY off-color jokes. Politics. Raspberries. Chocolate ice-cream. The sound of wind passing through trees in full bloom. Thunder. Polar bears. Grizzly bears. Orca. European cars. Feet and digits. Honestly, aren't Social Tea Biscuits the BEST DAMN COOKIES OF ALL TIME??? Learning new words. The quiet of winter (isn't that a powerful sound?)People smarter than me. People dumber than me, but only to figure out if it's by choice. The list goes on and on...
Ludwig Van Beethoven. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Dimebag Daryl. Janis Joplin. Jimi Hendrix. Gengis Kahn. God (if he/she exists) as I've some choice words for said deity;-) Anyone who could teach me something about life, music, literature or nature (be it human nature, or Mother nature)
Slayer, Megadeth, Pantera, Dave Matthews (no word of a lie, by far the BEST live performance I've ever seen),Mozart, Beethoven, Martyr, Ice T, Wagner, Eat Static, Alien Project, Iron Maiden, Dire Straits, Nightmares On Wax, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Cosmosis, Hallucinogen, GMS, Transient Records, TIP Records, Children Of Bodom, Lamb Of God, Cacaphony, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Testament, Alex Skolnick Trio Band, Ella Fitzgerald, Deep Dish, Digable Planets, Tribe Called Quest, Death, Carcass, Tool, Overkill, Paganini, Neil Young, Yes, From Autumn To Ashes, Infected Mushroom, Deviant Electronics, Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Supertramp, Ozric Tentacles, Ozzy, B.B. King, Robert Johnson, Astral Projection, Vivaldi, Exodus, Bob Marley, The Police (Stuart Copeland is arguably the best drummer, ever), Elliot Fisk, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, etc., etc....
Movies. Always a tough one, 'cause I love movies. I'll give a few of my favorites to get an idea... On Golden Pond, The Princess Bride, Dracula (F.F. Capola), Jaws, Braveheart, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, American History X, Once Were Warriors, Blade (only the first one) There's Something About Mary, Pay It Forward, What Dreams May Come, Saving Private Ryan, The Usual Suspects, Fearless, The Father Of The Bride, Baraka, Lady and The Tramp, Amadeus, Iron Monkey, The Commitments, The Power Of One, Fist Of Legend, The Notebook, Terms Of Endearment etc., etc....
I don't really watch TV, except for HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA, baby!!!
Again, a few of my favorites to give you an idea. Watership Down (my very favorite book that I can read over and over and over again) Old Yeller, Swan Song, The Art Of Happiness, Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People, The Wheel Of Time series (Robert Jordan) Skinny Legs & All (Tom Robbins...absolutely brilliant) anything by Guy Gavriel Kay (Tigana is AWESOME) Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) Tad Williams, James Lee Burke,etc., etc....
My Mum. Trust me, putting up with me definitely warrants hero status ;-) Sir Winston Churchill, Pierre Elliot Trudeau AND LAST, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, ALL THE CANADIAN, AMERICAN & BRITISH SOLRDIERS OVERSEAS FIGHTING FOR MY (OUR) FREEDOM!!!