MUSIC, the Howard Stern show, stand-up comedy, cooking, sports (MLB, NCAA football and NFL), hanging out with my friends
In no specific order: Alice in Chains, King's X, Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Queensryche, Platypus, the Jelly Jam, Chroma Key (Kevin Moore), Steve Vai, Planet X, Derek Sherinian, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Sevendust, Dark New Day, Taproot, Pulse Ultra, Ra, Heart, Winger, Life of Agony, Armored Saint, Anthrax (w/John Bush), any band Joey Vera is in, Thin Lizzy, Phantom Blue, Drain STH, Killswitch Engage, Fear Factory, Nevermore, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Breaking Benjamin, Dolly Trauma, Peace Tree, Disengage, Prism Theory...
Philadelphia, Platoon, Goodfellas, Ed Wood, National Lampoon's Animal House, The Seven Year Itch
Howard TV, Comedy Central, That '70's Show, MAD TV, 30 Minute Meals w/Rachael Ray, Top Chef
Well, I'm not sure about 'heroes', but more like role models...Ann and Nancy Wilson, Robin Quivers; basically any women who pursue what they want to do in life, regardless of any stereotypes that conservative and ignorant society tries to impose on them.