Playful Conversation, the Outdoors, Food, Novels, New (and talented) Musicians, Technology and Gadgets, and yes, Superheroes of all kinds.
Anyone with inspiration or a driving ambition. Maybe Benjamin Franklin, Robert Frost, Herman Hesse, Tolkien, or Stan Lee. Or even Jesus.
A Perfect Circle, The American Analog Set, The Beatles(+Lennon&McCartney), Billy Joel, Brand New, Cary Brothers, Cat Stevens, Coldplay, Colin Hay, Chevelle, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Del Amitri, Dredg, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Five for Fighting, Foreigner, Foo Fighters, Howie Day, Incubus, Iron and Wine, Josh Groban, Journey, Keiko Matsui, Luther Vandross, Maaya Sakamoto, The Mars Volta, Michael Buble, Muse, The Moody Blues, Pinback, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Santana, Saosin, Sounds of Animals Fighting, Stevie Wonder, Three Doors Down, Tenacious D, Tool, Toto, Williams Joseph, Yoko Kanno, Zero 7
The Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, and Pirates trilogies, of course. The Hunt for the Red October, Equilibrium, The Matrix, Donnie Darko, Memento, Boondock Saints, Ocean's Eleven, Good Will Hunting, Jackie Chan flicks (Drunken Master!), Tarantino flicks, Pixar flicks, Star Trek flicks, Miyazaki flicks, Kenshin OVAs, Tommy Boy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Eurotrip, The American Pies, Dodgeball, X-Men 1&2 + Spiderman 1&2 + Batman Begins (Superheroes!), Julia Roberts, Jessica Biel, Audrey Hepburn, Scarlett Johansson, wait what... they aren't movies?
I don't watch TV often, but there are some shows I like: Scrubs, The Office, Star Trek: The Next Generation, West Wing, House, Lost, Futurama
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
The Ender Saga, by Orson Scott Card
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Universe, by Douglas Adams
The Homecoming Saga, by Orson Scott Card
Rainbow Six, by Tom Clancy
Siddartha, by Hermann Hesse
Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein
Wizard's First Rule, by Terry Goodkind
There are many people who have given me great gifts throughout my life, but my sister, my parents, and my friends are the people I find myself looking up to.
Oh! And of course...
Dr. Daniel Jackson. He's such a studly nerd!