Music:
fiona apple, ani difranco, feist, wilco, the shins, rogue wave, coldplay, radiohead, brandi carlile, band of horses, pj harvey, camera obscura, damien rice, tori amos, regina spektor, ingrid michaelson, ben folds, patty griffin, david gray, rufus wainwright, kristin hersh, throwing muses, ben harper, modest mouse, birdwall, patty griffin, REM, hem, neil young, jude, jump little children, badly drawn boy, talking heads, juliana hatfield, samuel barber, thom yorke, mark kozelek, david bowie
Movies:
american beauty, happiness, magnolia, secretary, the departed, life is beautiful, secrets and lies, the royal tenenbaums, about a boy, the breakfast club, buffalo '66, the station agent, spirited away, punch drunk love, lost in translation, ponette, reality bites, kill bills, being john malkovich, fight club, whats eating gilbert grape, heavy, dreamlife of angels, dirty dancing, smoke signals, affliction, pulp fiction, the piano, sling blade. top 5 directors: pt anderson, todd solondz, wes anderson, mike leigh, jane campion.
Television:
lost, top model, project runway, american idol, freaks and geeks, felicity, what not to wear, curb your enthusiasm
Books:
she's come undone. the bell jar. the handmaid's tale. the robber bride. anything by margaret atwood. the lone ranger and tonto fistfight in heaven. a thousand acres. wasted. sassy magazine.
Heroes:
kitty (R.I.P.), misty peppers.