books, music, movies, politics, (i sould like one of those survey questionnaires), people, cultures, travels, values, morals, service, radicalism
Everyone.
architecture in helsinki, owen pallett, arcade fire, mirah, modest mouse, le tigre, sanawon (jenny choi), j-rock, the streets, eisley, tan dun, indian musicals, vivaldi, fischerspooner, etc. ad nauseum.
STAR WARS (empire's the best one - and i'll lightsaber anyone who disagrees), STARGATE, Dead Poets' Society, Hotel Rwanda, War Photographer, Sin City, Kill Bill 1&2, Jet Li's Hong Kong films
Harry Potter books, Rules for Radicals, Sagan's more esoteric lit (hehehe), Hemingway's short stories, and Fitzgerald, Amy Tan's. Some good case law here and there. -there's waymore but I can't think of any - but you get the gist -
C. Amanpour, J. Nachtwey, Robert Capa, Al Franken, Gandhi, Saul D. Alinsky, J.K. Rowling, Jet Li, my mom.