Writing and composing music, listening to music, watching movies, hanging out with friends, trying to figure out how Criss Angel does what he does.
Billy Joel, Bruce Hornsby, Danny Elfman, Criss Angel and The Phantom of the Opera.
Just to name a few: Counting Crows, Sister Hazel, Howie Day, Jeff Buckley, Metallica (Old School), Dream Theater, Linkin Park, Evanescence, Ben Moody, System of A Down, Cold, Evans Blue, Opeth, Korn, Live, Dry Cell, Ben Folds, Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Coldplay, Sense Field, Incubus, Vertical Horizon, Death Cab For Cutie, Our Lady Peace, Copeland, Goo Goo Dolls, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jordan Rudess, REM, Gin Blossoms, Gus, Jump Little Children, Trading Yesterday, Dave Matthews (and Band), Pearl Jam, Breaking Benjamin, The Rasmus, Alice N' Chains, Nirvana, Stabbing Westward, Killswitch Engage, Seemless, In Flames, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Avenged Sevenfold, System of a Down, 311, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (And Savatage), Guns N' Roses, The Crue, Radiohead, Enigma, Enya, Dead Can Dance, Loreena McKennitt, Bruce Hornsby, Harry Connick Jr., Dave Brubek, George Winston, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Philip Glass, Gabriel Faure's "Reqiem" (The Film Scores of) Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, James Newton Howard, Gabriel Yared, James Horner, Rachel Portman, John Ottman, John Carpenter, John Debney, Craig Armstrong, Harry-Gregson Williams, Aaron Zigman, Mark Isham, Mark Snow, John Barry, Mark Knopfler, and Michael Andrews, and the man... Billy Joel.
Donnie Darko, The Phantom of the Opera (2004), The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Illusionist, The Ring, What Dreams May Come, Dead Poet's Society, Flatliners, V For Vendetta, Dragonfly, Big Fish, King Arthur, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Red Violin, The Pianist, The Piano, Cloak And Dagger, JFK, Nightmare Before Christmas, All of Kevin Smith's movies, All M. Night Shyamalan movies, To many horror films to name, and my all time favorite The Neverending Story.
Fraggle Rock, The Wonder Years, CSI (Las Vegas), Criminal Minds, Law And Order (SVU), 24, Due South (Seasons 1 + 2), Everybody Loves Raymond, The Pretender, Picket Fences, Dawson's Creek, Mindfreak, ER, and the best of the best F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Online Status Icons
As far as books go, I haven't read very many. The Chronicles of Narnia, The Phantom Tollbooth, A Wrinkle In Time, On The Street Where You Live, The Secret Life of Bees, All of the poetry of Robert Frost and Stephen Crane, E.B. White's novels, and a select number of Stephen King novels/stories. My favorite story/book is "The Neverending Story". I loved the adventure as a child and now that I've grown up, I've learned to apreciate the magic along with the beautiful story of following your heart and never forgetting your dreams.
Billy Joel, Danny Elfman, Adam Duritz, Jordan Rudess, PK, my little Chi Bear and the person she wanted me to be.