In no particular order: People, television, film, planes, trains, and automobiles, life, love, sand, water, SUN, adventure, making adventure out of nothing, sleeping, dancing (especially when slightly drunk), learning new things, mastering new things, ZEN, throwing a really good spiral football, frisbee, tennis, boogie boarding, surf, cool sounds, MUSIC, funny smart things, blonde, sweet, ENERGY, positive outlook, reading for days straight, food that is so good it makes you moan, good hair, clothes that fit like they were made for your body, warmth, rich sugary citrus smells, dessert, FIRE, faith.
Matt & Trey - those boys are geniuses.
The list goes on and on... anyone who knows me knows I love John Mayer, The Police, Sting, old school jazz - Miles, Monk, Coltrane, Blakely, Silver, Bill Evans, Diz - the great big bands - Ellington, Basie - and the voices - Ella, Billie, Diana Krall, Jane Monheit. Then there's the hip hop and rap - Beatie Boys, Tribe, Rakim, Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick, Biggie, Tupac, Jay-Z, LL, Luda - some good new stuff - Mat Kearney, Jessie Baylin, David Ryan Harris, Tim Fagan, Jordan Lawhead, Ernie Halter, Jay Nash... I even dig the top 40 pop stuff from time to time - JT and Timbaland especially - and a little bit of country (sue me).
A small highlight reel, strictly off the top of my head: The Usual Suspects, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, LA Story, Top Gun, Serrendipity, High Fidelity, Say Anything, (big fan of John Cusack), LOTR, Star Wars, Team America: World Police, The Incredibles, 7even, X2, When We Were Kings, The Thomas Crown Affair, Goonies, The Pink Panther, Golden Eye, For Your Eyes Only, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Singing in the Rain, Charade, High Society, Doctor Zhivago, The French Connection, The Matrix, Beverly Hills Cop, Casino Royale
One name: Thomas Magnum.... and of course Entourage, House, Heros, Numbers, The Office
Just read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - great book. Reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson, and the usual magazines
My parents - wonderful, loving people and a great example of committment.