Other than the things listed below, I enjoy the beach in particular and swimming in general, photography, editing, playing with sound, baseball, dogs, the history of Chicago, and other things.
Nice people who share a few of the same interests as me. People who I can call a friend even if we haven't talked in 4 months. People who I might one day run into on a train in Germany, or a plateau in Zimbabwe.
Let's see...I'm not picky at all. I'll listen to just about anything. Some of my favorites are Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Otis Redding, Ella Fitzgerald, Peaches, Imogen Heap. Others include Anita Baker, Prince, Michael Jackson, Chicago, Michael McDonald, Sade, anything that has a good beat that I can dance to...
Crash, Lost in Translation, Virgin Suicides, My Fair Lady, The Magnificent Seven, Wayne's World, Gladiator, Breakfast Club, Intimate Strangers, Coming to America, Three Kings, A Bronx Tale, Dog Day Afternoon, Taxi Driver, Tokyo Godfathers, Kill Bill Vol. I and II, The Deer Hunter, Barbershop, Bad Education, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Snakes on a Plane, Half Nelson, Antwone Fisher, Monster, Hollywood Shuffle, Jarhead, The Science of Sleep
The Simpson's, The Cosby Show, 227, Oprah, Chappell's Show, Law & Order: SVU, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force (and a few others).
Well, my favorite author is Toni Morrison, so I pretty much like all of her books, I like the books Memoirs of a Geisha, She's Come Undone, Angela's Ashes, Devil in the White City, Middlesex, Push, The Spook Who Sat by the Door. David Sedaris is entertaining.
Anybody out there doing what's right, trying to make this world a better and more positive place even when it's hard and it seems like the bad stuff just won't quit.