acting, singing, writing/screenwriting (I'm actually going to commit to it this time...thanks to "The Artist's Way"), film, theatre, snowboarding, guitar, tai chi, yoga, video games, superheroes, NBA basketball, the bizarre and peculiar, karaoke, paradigm shifting, poker, general enlightenment
Co-conspirators, mad scientists, rebels with a cause, kindred spirits, international persons of mystery, people who rock and/or kick ass, people who make up good stories while watching other people, admirers of Twin Peaks, despisers of decorative fireplaces, people who can explain the cult following of Parker Posey, and genuine, open-minded, creative people who can make me laugh until I fall over.
Thievery Corporation, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Desmond Williams, LTJ Bukem, dZihan and Kamien, Thunderball, Ursula 1000, Blue States, Everything But The Girl, Hooverphonic, Ivy, Zero 7, Alias, Sage Francis, Atmosphere, Kool Keith, Prefuse 73, Aim, DJ Cam, Blackalicious, Boards of Canada, Rae and Christian, RJD2, Outkast, U2, The Beatles, The Killers, Black Tie Dynasty, Daniel Johnston, Wild Man Fischer, The Who, Neil Young, George Thorogood, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, David Bowie, Mike Patton's various projects (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk), Deftones, Marilyn Manson, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Silversun Pickups, just about anything from the 80's (hair bands to new wave)
The Big Lebowski, Forrest Gump, This Is Spinal Tap, Lawrence Of Arabia, Sunset Boulevard, The Pianist, Casablanca, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Chinatown, Heat, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Taxi Driver, The Matrix, Rushmore, John Hughes movies from the 80's, Dazed and Confused, American Movie, Dog Day Afternoon, Cecil B. Demented, Pi, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, any David Lynch, Terry Gilliam, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Robert Duvall, Charlie Kaufmann
Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, Inside The Actor's Studio, Alias, Da Ali G Show, I'm Alan Partridge, Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Chappelle's Show, South Park, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Reno 911!
Youth In Revolt, Snow Crash, Don Quixote, Guns Germs and Steel, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Artist's Way, a lot of books on acting, White Jazz, Big Kiss, Zen for Dummies, The Power of Now, Hidden Messages In Water. I seem to rarely read fiction unless it's a play.
Paul Newman, Dale Cooper, David Lee Roth, Charlie Chaplin, Jim Carrey, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Bill Hicks, William Shakespeare, Ray Kurzweil