Playing badminton and 5-a-side football, collecting Comics and CDs, reading (books and comics), Guardian Crossword, Sudoku/Kakuro and most of the new Japanese puzzles, Arsenal and Preston North End FC, Lancashire CCC, Gloucester RFC, Baltimore Orioles. Cycling.
Frankie Boyle - can't believe he says what he does and gets away with it. What a funny guy.Emmanuel Petit - the coolest footballer ever. He wasn't the best at anything in particular but he made the best of himself and played at the very top. Still wear #17 on my football shirts in his honour.Warren Ellis - writer of some of the darkest but funniest comics around. Same goes for Brian Michael Bendis.Alan Moore - not just to pay homage to his work on Watchman and V for Vigilante but to beg him to get back together with Dave Gibson and finish the Ballad of Halo Jones! I've always said that if I ever won the lottery, I'd underwrite the book like a shot.
Pixies, Comsat Angels, Stars of Heaven, Alkaline Trio, Blink 182, The Killers, Biffy Clyro, The Crimea, Coldplay, The Smiths/Morrissey, Maximo Park, Good Charlotte, Sum 41, New Found Glory and thousands more. Blame Peelie for getting me hooked.
Matrix, Butterfly Effect, Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner, Alien,
Lost, Skins, Heroes, Spooks, Mock the Week, 8 out of 10 Cats, Family Guy, Futurama, Blake's 7, Shameless, The IT Crowd
Jack Vance (especially Demon Princes), Terry Pratchett, Dave Duncan, Stephen Donaldson, Diana Wynne Jones, Robin Hobb, Barbara Hambly, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Jude Fisher, Powers, Rising Stars, Authority, Astro City, Y - The Last Man, Fables, The Punisher, Transmetropolitan
John Thomas Ravenscroft Peel, Samuel L Jackson, Jean Jacques Burnel, Ivo Watts-Russell, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Carlos Ezquerra