I love: cars, music of all varieties (see below); Indian, Hungarian, British and North/Latin American literature; cooking; Art - especially Edward Hopper, Alphonse Mucha, Aubrey Beardsley, and Jan Vermeer; ancestry research; travel; Mexican soccer; museums; beaches; plants and peacocks.
My grandads, who both died before I was born.
Yo La Tengo, Pavement, Belle and Sebastian, The American Analog Set, Spoon, The New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, France Gall, Francoise Hardy, Wilco, The Rolling Stones, The Jam, David Bowie, Mexican/Puerto Rican/Columbian music, rap, 60's Soul, Old French music, pre-1970's Bollywood soundtracks, other old music, especially classical piano or symphonies, Jazz, Discos vinilos viejos, musica de los 60s...
Trainspotting, y tu Mama Tambien, Wonder Boys, Donnie Darko, Goodfellas, Casino, Sin Noticias de Dios, 8 1/2, Boogie Nights, Lost in Translation, Salaam Bombay, Like Water for Chocolate
News, Military History, Antiques Roadshow
Salman Rushdie, Jhumpa Lahiri, Michael Chabon, Milan Kundera, Irvine Welsh - these are my favorite authors. Some favorite books include: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Interpreter of Maladies, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Native Son, A Tale of Two Cities, The Namesake, Nine Stories, The World According to Garp, Glue, Stonewall, Lolita, The Elements of Grammar, The Elements of Style, and the latest edition of the Scrabble Dictionary. And National Geographic, even though it's a magazine.
It varies day by day - people constantly inspire me.