Philosophy, litereature, kungfu, cooking, Chinese, logic, friends, calligraphy, taiqi, or anything that adds general enjoyment to my everyday life (any suggestions)
Anyone who can say something interesting without prompting, or anyone who needs a little prompting. Funny people are cool, inspirational people are awesome, and friends are the best.
Leonard Cohen, the Pixies, Morphine, Jets to Brazil, Jawbreaker, Fugazi, the Mr. T Experience, Stan Getz, Otis Redding, Miles Davis, John Coltraine, Cecil Taylor, Oscar Peterson, Cock rock, Johnny Cash, Succesion Movement, Jurassic 5, Landspeed Records, Pogues, Thelonius Monk, 80's bands, Tom Waits, Violent Femmes, Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Modern Lovers....
Reservoir Dogs, Secret of Nimh, Star Wars, Dr. Strangelove, Usual Suspects, Matrix, Being There, O Brother Where Art Thou, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Ben Hur, Fight Club, Cube, Excalibur, The Pirate’s Bride, Heathers, The Birds, Memento, Trainspotting, Ghostbusters, Taxi Driver, Office Space, Chocolat, Dead Poet’s Society, Groundhog Day, Blue, White, and Red
Haven't really watched much TV since the Gummie Bears. My wife is addicted to watching CSI but it never really appealed to me.
John Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion, anything by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Descartes, Keneth Rexroth, Plato's Republic, Thomas Berger's Neighbors, Goedel Escher Bach, anything by Italo Calvino, Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Bonfire of the Vanities, A Confederacy of Dunces, JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Steinbeck's Cannery Road, anything by Charles Bukowski.........
Lots of heroes. My mom for her cooking among other things. My dad for his all around greatness. My wife for her persistency. Jet Li for his kungfu. I guess this list could go on for a while so I'll stop with those three.