Christian spirituality, reading, dogs, live music, guitar, snow skiing, SCUBA diving, the ocean, the Dallas Cowboys and NFL football.
I'd like to meet:
Rob Bell, Donald Miller and John Eldredge.
Music:
Todd Snider, Jack Ingram, Will Kimbrough, Tommy Womack, Daddy, Reckless Kelly, the Bottle Rockets, the Old 97s, Slobberbone, Steve Earle, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Joe Ely, Alison Krauss + Union Station, Sunny Sweeney, Kasey Chambers, the Dixie Chicks, Patty Griffin, the South Austin Jug Band, the Greencards, Matt Powell, Brian Rung, Adam Carroll, Hayes Carll, Kelly Willis, Bruce Robison, Charlie Robison, Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, Tift Merritt, etc etc etc... then of course there's Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, and more... oh and don't even think of forgetting about JOHNNY CASH!!!!!
I also like some of the modern/alternative rock Christian bands that have come around lately including Switchfoot, Sanctus Real and The Afters.
Movies:
Walk the Line, Almost Famous, High Fidelity, Swingers, Shaun of the Dead, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, V for Vendetta, Braveheart, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Dances with Wolves, Dead Poets Society, and the Godfather Trilogy. Ok throw in Napoleon Dyamite too.... gosh....
Television:
My Name Is Earl, The Office, 30 Rock, Lost, Survivor, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Dog Whisperer and most HBO original series. Flight of the Conchords is the funniest thing I've seen since Arrested Development.
Books:
The Bible.
Velvet Elvis and Sex God by Rob Bell,
Blue Like Jazz and Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller,
No Perfect People Allowed by John Burke,
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge,
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis,
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel.
Heroes:
Jesus Christ, Johnny Cash, Pete Coatney and anyone else who is not afraid to tell the truth no matter how much they are ridiculed or what it costs them.
