Travel, spending time with family and friends, mysticism/alchemy/past-life regression...etc, listening to music, reading good books (thriller, horror, suspense), enjoying good wine and hopefully getting back to snow skiing :-)
Tananarive Due~author. Judge Mathis (has street smarts + book smarts = no idiot). Michael Moore; Director/Producer/Writer of Fahrenheit 9/11 & Bowling for Columbine.
All kinds of Jazz (incl Latin and Funk Jazz), Housemusic, Afro-beat, Soul. I can't forget my lil brother, "Cream of Beats." Former MySpace, producer of the month :-).
The Joy Luck Club, The Usual Suspects, The Color Purple, The Pursuit of Happyness, Bad Santa, The Age of Innocence, Fahrenheit 9/11, Crash, The Last King of Scotland, Long Kiss Goodnight, Heat, Beloved, The Incredibles.
Top Chef, Project Runway, The Amazing Race, PBS "Masterpiece Theatre." Also, "Pink Panther" cartoons.
All the books by Tananarive Due; Brandon Massey and Steven Barnes. Need to check out "Dark Dreams," a collection of horror and suspense by black writers. Dan Brown's stuff is pretty good.
Dr. Martin Luther King, my parents..for being great parents. All the unknown ancestors that endured slavery and other brutalities...in order to pave the way in making my life better.