numerous and varied. ask me and find out.
kindred spirits
rock rock rock. long time favorite bands include: the tea party, live, coldplay, soundgarden, system of a down, stp, queen, the beatles, a perfect circle, the rolling stones, pink floyd, the moody blues, pepper's ghost. new favorites include kaiser chiefs, franz ferdinand, kasabian, the mars volta, mike doughty, the secret machines, people in planes and many many others. i also have a taste for ethnic music, in particular middle eastern, favorites there include john belizjikian, nusrat fateh ali khan, the buena vista social club, daby toure, and taraf de haïdouks. i'm a big proponent of local music (favs include pepper's ghost (duh), jealousy curve, pawnshop roses, and ike). i also enjoy classical, but my preference is always rock.
i currently detest anything depressing. i prefer comedies and cartoons.
yes, please. big reader. huge harry potter fan... no, not one of those dorks who dress up and go to midnight book releases... but i do enjoy the books. other favorite authors include sherman alexie (reservation blues, the lone ranger and tonto fist-fight in heaven), dan brown (angels and demons, da vinci code), john welter (night of the avenging blowfish)... other more adult things include the bourne series by robert ludlum, kurt vonnegut. recently discovered laura weisberger's sense of humor and the beauty of john steinbeck's east of eden. other "kids" series i enjoy include artemis fowl, bartimaeus, prydain chronicles, the mortal instruments & eragon, among others. generally there are too many for me to remember.
this is a vastly over used word. perhaps it should read "role models" or something like "people you look up to".