aikido, fly fishing, beekeeping, western Africa, the body and how it functions, religion, biking, backpacking, music, drums, dancing, river rafting, hiking, exploring, culture, food, race, beauty, sexuality, love, above all things love.
O'Sensei, The Dalai Lama, Paul Farmer, Kwame Nkrumah, the President of any nation, Prince Henry
(in no special order) Cat Stevens, Billie Holiday, Tracy Chapman, Elliot Smith, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Black Crow Medicine Show, Baka Beyond, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Backstreet Boys (no comment), Frank Sinatra, George Winston, Yo-Yo Ma, Jack Johnson, Barry White, Elton John, Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin, Manu Chao, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Radiohead, Stevie Miller Band, Lisa Haley, Tom Waits, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Ziggy Marley, Aretha Franklin, Enya, Ben Harper, Cream, The Who, Jackson 5, Temptations, Spoon, Rilo Kelly, Fiona Apple, Julian Lennon, Keller Williams, Zap Mama, Jethro Tull, and others that don't come to mind.
ER, Project Runway, Sienfeld, Friends
The Giving Tree, Mutant Message Down Under, African history books
my dad, my mom, my grandma, Amber, Yoshi, Jeanne', Loren, Cailin, Michelle, Kathryn, O'Sensei, Buddha, Sam from Lord of the Rings, and Dusty