photography, philosophy, writing, reading, researching, weaving, emroidery, chainmail(maille), music (local and otherwise), Christianity, Wicca, Taoism, religion, religious thought and theology (they are different), movies, metalworking, Dungeons and Dragons, swimming, animals, walks/hikes, cooking, brewing cordials, drawing, comics (strip and otherwise), anime/manga/doujinshi, online games (a few), Wiki-surfing, Worms World Party (by myself and with others), Tetris, beading, gardening, Solitaire, Kingdom of Loathing. And a few other things. ^_^
Emily Dickenson, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Billy Joel, Freddy Mercury, Edgar Alan Poe, Gengis Khan, Ghandi, Joan of Arc, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkein, Stephen Hawkins, Joni Ericson Tada, Jesus, Mercedes Lackey, John Cage, Dane Cook, Mitch Headburg, Samuel Beckett, James Joyce ...... and a few dozen others. Those're just the main ones.
Do not ask me 'What music do you like to listen to?'. Rather, ask me 'What music do you *not* like to listen to?'. Yes, I'm that eclectic. (Generally dislike most rap though.)
Life is Beautiful; In Good Company; Practical Magic; The Matrix (I); Triplets of Bellville; Amelie; Pinnochio; Lilo and Stich; The Princess Bride; Shindler's List; Sin City; Big Fish; My Fair Lady; Mary Poppins; Twin Dragons; Shakespeare in Love; Terminator (I-III); In God's Hands; Starwars (I, IV-VI); Star Trek III/IV: The Search for Spock/The Voyage Home; Star Trek: First Contact; Matchstick Men; The Sting; Indiana Jones In Search of the Holy Grail; The Last Unicorn; Ferngully; Willow; The Lost Boys; John Carpenters' Vampires; What Lies Beneath; Resident Evil (I and II); The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship most of all); Sailor Moon S/R the Movies; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the "Johnny Depp One"); The Longest Yard (the "Adam Sandler One"); Empire Records; Snatch; 50 first dates; The Wedding Singer (yeah, I'm a bit of a Sandler fan); Stephen Lynch live at the El Ray (not really a movie, but still very good); So I married an Ax Murderer; Monty Python's the Meaning of life, Quest for the Holy Grail, Life of Bryan; Serenity; Edward Scissorhands; Dogma; Finding Neverland; Thelma and Louise; To Catch A Thief; Dancer in the Dark; Rushmore; Garden State; Finding Nemo; What's Eating Gilbert Grape; The Terminal.... And many, many more.
Alton Brown's Good Eats; Ham on the Street; Iron Chef (both Japanese and American); Mythbusters; sometimes the History channel has something interesting, Modern Marvels is nice; Adult Swim, particularly Robot Chicken and Futurama; Dinner: Impossible; Six Feet Under; Heroes; Battlestar Galactica; No Reservations; Ang: The Last Air Bender; How It's Made.
Nearly everything by Mercedes Lackey; The Lily Theatre; Absolutely Normal Chaos; the Hobbit; A Night Without Armor; The Hitch Hiker's Guide; Dirk Gently's Hollistic Detective Agency; the Giver; Falling Up; A light in the attic; Where the sidewalk ends; A Clockwork Orange; Angelwalk; This Alien Shore; Space, Time, and Einstein; Tales of a Chinese Grandmother; The Harry Potter series; Star Wars: The Corellian Trilogy; Locker Room Diaries.... Some more, of course, but those're the main ones.
People who genuinely care and try, who don't give up just because their life isn't exactly what they want it to be. People who realize that striving to be perfect is all well and good so long as you remember you will always fail; people who revel in that imperfection.