Music:
The Mars Volta, Tortoise, DJ Shadow, Shuggie Otis, Sunny Day Real Estate, Elbow, Madlib, Radiohead, Andrew Bird, Calexico, all genres.
Movies:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, A Thin Red Line, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fargo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Annie Hall.
Television:
Seinfeld, CNN, History Channel, AMC, old Twilight Zone episodes.
Books:
To Own A Dragon, The Paradox of Choice, A Road Less Travelled, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Stranger, The Graduate, Skeleton Crew, Running with Scissors.
Heroes:
My parents and anyone who's managed to retire on the beach.