Ultravox, graphic design, web design, walking, reading, cinema.
Elizabeth Mitchell.
Ultravox, Ultravox!, John Foxx, Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Helden, The Messengers, Vitamin Z, The Dear Janes, Talk Talk, The Durutti Column, The Chameleons, Sarah McLachlan, Butterfly Boucher, Pink Floyd, Eurythmics, Peter Gabriel, THC, Alex Parks, Eddi Reader, Alanis Morrissette, Amanda Ghost, Cocteau Twins, Alison Moyet, Melissa Etheridge, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Keane (to name but a few).
Serenity, A League of Their Own, Back to the Future, The Abyss, Terminator 1 & 2, Alien, Aliens, Imagine Me & You, The Matrix, Spider-Man 1 & 2, Better Than Chocolate, Men of Honor, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, Bring It On, Tomb Raider, Austin Powers, The Pirates of Silicon Valley, Spinal Tap, American Pie 1 & 2 (not 3. Never 3).
Firefly, Lost, Veronica Mars, Desperate Housewives, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons, The L-Word, CSI (all), Doctor Who, Torchwood, Twin Peaks, Boston Legal, Bones, Law & Order: SVU, Xena, Star Trek, Quantum Leap. Hmm, distinctly sci-fi heavy there.
Terry Pratchett - absolutely everything. Stephen Donaldson - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever. Stephen King. James Patterson.
Lots of musical and film/TV heroes. Have been lucky enough to meet most of them.
A shout out to createblog.com for the nice template that I've been fiddling with. ;o).