Green roof technology, learning German, interior design, running another marathon, living in a high rise -or- above a cafe, crystal chandeliers, skydiving, short haircuts, reading War and Peace, and getting a dog. But I haven't done anything about these yet. Stay tuned. I do live in NYC now (finally) and get paid to do what I love doing–it is a great feeling.
Brett Bretterson.
My Morning Jacket, Cat Power, Silversun Pickups, Her Space Holiday, Band of Horses, the Streets, Arcade Fire, Wilco, Broken Social Scene, Elbow, Mercir, Postal Service, Metric, Bonnie Prince Billy, Talk Talk, John Mayer (yes he's back on the list with Continuum), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Feist, Goldfrapp, Justin Timberlake, Radiohead, Counting Crows, the Cure, Death Cab, Missy, Modest Mouse, Bloc Party, Sufjan Stevens and Guns & Roses when I'm cleaning.
Favorites are: Tombstone, Much Ado About Nothing, Bandits, Amelie, A Christmas Story, Office Space, Wicker Park, Bridget Jones, Love Actually, Lucky Number Slevin, Dead Poet's Society, The Emperor's New Groove, Fallen, The Usual Suspects, Crash, Garden State, the Kill Bills and Saved.
When I can, I enjoy watching: 24, Arrested Development, Myth Busters, The Office, The Simpsons, and right now I'm hooked on HEROS.
I am now reading The Count of Monte Cristo, it's great so far. I also very much enjoyed: Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, Good Business, the Harry Potter Series, the Great Gatsby, and work by C.S. Lewis, although there is so much I have yet to read.
My Mom (this is not a mom joke), because she influences others positively through example. Empty words are meaningless, but a quiet humble spirit that creates meaning through action--that is nice.