Nintendo Wii, downhill skiing, water sports (water skiing, kneeboarding, wakeboarding, tubing), ice skating/hockey, attempting to play the guitar, improvisation, scuba diving, pretending I can cook, and listening to music.
Madonna. I've had some close calls, but haven't "officially" met her...yet.
Madonna, Tori Amos, Nelly Furtado, Hole, Our Lady Peace, Better Than Ezra, Pearl Jam, The Killers, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Cranberries, Michael Jackson, Genesis/Phil Collins and Journey, among others.
Truth or Dare, Death Becomes Her, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Wet Hot American Summer, Little Shop of Horrors, Meatballs, Gia, Scary Movie, Airplane, HouseSitter, She Devil, Closer and Garden State, among many others.
Late Show with David Letterman, Family Guy, most everything on Bravo (My Life on the D List, Project Runway, Workout, Top Chef), Food Network, and the Upright Citizens Brigade, formerly on Comedy Central. The greatest show in the history of television is Pop-Up Video (VH-1).
I've recently starting reading Michael Connelly's books and I love them. I also thoroughly enjoy The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Honestly though, anything by him...his entire body of work is amazing. This guy was a genius - a genius I tell you!
I don't really know that I have a hero, but I do look up to my cousin Tina a lot; most everything that she does is really admirable. If there's one person that I strive to be like in multiple facets of life, it's her.