Learning anything, people who challenge me, doing things even though I know that it's going to hurt in the morning or when I sober up, drunken debauchery with my friends, asking myself "What would Tyler Durden do?", discussing the two subjects that should never be talked about: religion and politics, skinny dipping, night swimming, how things work, radical social change and revolution, trying my best to shop for things without brand names so I don’t feel like such a corporate whore and failing miserably at it, dadaism, sarcasm, cynicism, Jameson, imported beer, acting on impulse, going to the zoo, random weekend road trips, urban adventures, animals, acing tests without studying, art, bonfire parties, my bed, trying to achieve cirrhosis, jumping in puddles, being inspired, playing tag or hide-and-go-seek in the dark, camping, reading, travelling, dealing with uncomfortable silences, skepticism, food that fries my tongue off, poker, black jack, nudity, going running after midnight, people who put up with me, the great and divine Flying Spaghetti Monster, being outside, hiking, getting and making drunken phone calls at three in the morning, trying to comprehend infinity, trampolines, when people play with my hair, late night drives, referencing South Park whenever possible, fucking up and learning from it, sailing, concerts, writing, trying to solve all of the world's problems, being in love, being in lust, not coming home for days, skipping class, not remembering the night before, etc.
My ultimate fantasy is to be transported back to the golden age of ancient Greece to meet two of my biggest heroes: Epicurus the pleasure philosopher and Diogenes the cynic. That way, I could spend one day frolicking about Epicurus' garden philosophizing about (and more importantly taking part in) the pleasures of life (i.e. pretty flowers, wine, cheese, and a lot of sex), then spend the next with Diogenes in his tub eating nothing but onions, relieving our bowels all over the city's beautiful monuments, and harassing Plato… I'm not sure how down I'd be about the whole masturbating in the business district thing like he was, but I guess that'll all depend on how strong the wine is when I get there…
However, realistically, I'd be happy to meet people who also enjoy and are willing to partake in my love for intellectual conversations and drunken depravity. Extra points if they interrupt my sleep patterns; I'm too young to be this well rested all of the time.
Anyone angry with an instrument.
Mostly movies that weren't made solely for commercial interest. I can count my favorite "blockbusters" on one hand, but the others are mostly comprised of indies, really offensive and vulgar comedies, the few somewhat accurate historical dramas, foreign films, weird artsy movies, and biographical peices on my favorite intellectual libertines.
If it's not on LINK, FSTV, or CSPAN I probably haven't seen it. However, I have a soft spot for Comedy Central and it's stunting my mental growth, but I don't care.
Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Brautigan, Chuck Palahniuk, Charles Bukowski, Isaac Asimov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Daniel Quinn, Langston Hughes, Edgar Allen Poe, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Henry Rollins, and so many more. I can't fathom why some people hate to read.
In no particular order: Zarathushtra, Lao-tze, Sakyamuni Buddha, all of the Buddhas, all of the Mahaviras, John Kenneth Gallbraith, Milton Friedman, Marquis de Sade, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Diogenes, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Eli Wiesel, Stephen W. Hawking, Albert Einstein, the Dalai Lama, Albert Schweitzer, Henry David Thoreau, Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh, Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, Epicurus, Carl Sagan, Victor Frankl, Nelson Mandela, Mohandas Gandhi, Karl Marx, Giordiano Bruno, Niccolo Machiavelli, Friedrich Nietzsche, Mark Twain, Thomas Paine, Robert Green Ingersoll, and, of course, my daddy.