animal behavior/cognition
animatronics
aromatherapy
artificial intelligence
castles
collage/altered art
coffee
colors
communing with Nature/animals/friends
computers
creative journaling
discovering new music
dragons
ephemera
experimental photography
faeries
feathers
foreign places
handwritten correspondence
herbal tea
hiking
landscapes
outreach education
performance art
reading
red lipstick
renaissance faires
robots
silky things
sketch comedy
stained glass
the UK
vintage clothing, etc.
web design
writing
adam yauch
tori amos, björk, andrew bird, underworld, animal collective, the beatles, led zeppelin, the who, pink floyd, the doors, dj shadow, the stones, rufus wainwright, david bowie, the flaming lips, steely dan, franz ferdinand, leonard cohen, violent femmes, cake, depeche mode, aphex twin, raymond scott, danny elfman, the white stripes, the cure, the dresden dolls, catfish keith, bo diddley, peter gabriel, the autumn defense, dead can dance, ELO, hem, afro celt sound system, elvis, nina simone, damien rice, r.e.m., the tossers, yes, neil young, beck, the cars, soul coughing, presidents of the united states of america, sarah blasko, beastie boys, bob dylan, jethro tull, alanis morissette, talking heads, radiohead, owen pallett, nine inch nails, ray lamontagne, fiona apple, sarah mclachlan, dave matthews band, queen, u2 ...
breakfast at tiffany's, garden state, v for vendetta, as good as it gets, a fish called wanda, meet the parents, french kiss, trainspotting, awakenings, k-pax, monty python and the holy grail, monty python's the meaning of life, brazil, the adventures of baron munchausen, pan's labyrinth, what's up tiger lily?, blazing saddles, napoleon dynamite, beetlejuice, ace ventura: pet detective, fight club, walk the line, crossing the bridge, UHF, 50 first dates, meet joe black, the truman show, lost in translation, a christmas story, my big fat greek wedding, the fifth element, harry potter, lord of the rings, labyrinth, dark crystal, dragonworld, legend, paulie, austin powers, pirates of the caribbean, planes trains and automobiles, short circuit, *batteries not included, babe, the birdcage, the iron giant, the princess bride, young frankenstein, robin hood: men in tights, airplane!, dracula: dead and loving it, hot shots, wayne's world, shrek, you've got mail, the lost skeleton of cadavra, it's a mad mad mad mad world, the aristocats, the lion king ...
with the exception of a few good shows, television is pretty much a waste of time.
as much as he'd probably disapprove, i really look up to my buddy tim , who currently lives and teaches in daegu, south korea.