Music, languages, design, book-making, globe-trotting, wine-tasting, running, yoga every now and then, hiking and camping when it's not raining
The Arcade Fire, Mum, Stereolab, Rainer Maria, Notwist, The Postal Service, Iron & Wine, Built to Spill, The Decemberists, Bjork, My Favorite, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Four Tet, Billie Holiday, The Sparrows, Beck, The Shins, Radiohead, Beta Band, Interpol, The Doves, Thievery Corporation, Boards of Canada, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, Sigur Ros, John Coltrane, The Be Good Tanyas, Electric President, Sufjan Stevens, The White Stripes, Flaming Lips, Belle & Sebastian, Yo La Tengo, Viva Voce, Paul Desmond, Electrelane,The Lucksmiths, M.I.A., Point Juncture Washington, Mates of State, The American Dollar, Lily Allen, Peter, Bjorn & John, Ratatat, Tullycraft, Rogue Wave
Cinema Paradiso, Old School, Whale Rider, Watcher in the Woods, Lost in Translation, Amelie
Illusions, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Poisonwood Bible, Lord of the Rings, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Snow Falling on Cedars, A People's History of the United States, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter