art, design, typography, sketchbooks, film, music, a good poem, creative writers, sharp little scissors, artists, books, perfectionists, fun words, surprises, office supplies, penmanship, astrology, libraries, the smell of bouncy balls, paper, contrasts, collective nouns, old things, smart people, collaborations, weird collections, strong connections, characters, cookies, funny names, scribble scrabbles
Cloud Cult, Miracle Fortress, Small Sins, The Weakerthans, Styrofoam, The Weepies, Great Lake Swimmers, The Shins, Snow Patrol, Spoon, I Love Math, Doves, Jaymay, Bird and the Bee, Fleet Foxes, Beirut, Tunng, The Polyphonic Spree, Band of Horses, Bright Eyes, Super Furry Animals, Vampire Weekend, The New Pornographers, Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Stars, Wye Oak, Cat Power, Mates of State, Postal Service, The Magnetic Fields, Elbow
All The Real Girls, Once, Lost in Translation, Being John Malkovitch, Adaptation, Waiting for Guffman, Rushmore, Election, Son of Rambow, Lars and the real Girl, Full Metal Jacket
Animal Planet, the science channel, ghost hunters, Arrested Development, Flight of the Conchords, Weeds, Californication, The Office
Providence of a Sparrow by Chris Chester, anything and everything by Lorrie Moore. Modern poetry. all nonfiction.