Generally, just good stories. I can sit and listen to hours to someone who has the ability to tell a story. Or a good book. Or comics. I write stories because I can't tell them very well. (My mind has a hard time trying to look for the right word to use. So if you've ever talked to me and find that I sometimes pause mid-sentence now you know why.)
Whoever. For the most part, people are cool. Then you get those stupid ones. damn stupid ones...
I've been listening to a lot of different stuff lately. But I'd have to say that at the moment my favorite band is MeFirst and the Gimme Gimme's, a cover band that turns everything they play into a rockin' punk song. I'm equally as surprised as most people who know me when you can open up my cd case and find KISS, Anthrax, Hank Williams, H.I.M., Etta James, Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine, and a lot of other junk you've probably never heard of.
The weird stuff.
Aside from catching the news every now and then, I don't watch much TV.
For quite a while now I've been reading stuff mostly from Hunter S. Thompson and Chuck Palaniuk. I guess a good way to get into their books is through the movies based on their books. A couple of films you might have heard of called Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fight Club.
Believe it or not, there are too many to name. My heroes range from historical figures to some guy I saw last week who did the right thing. Heroes are out there. You just have to look.