learning
archaeology/anthropology
ancient history
weightlifting
mixed martial arts/boxing
metal/hardcore/bluegrass
evolutionary theory
primates
blasphemy as comedy
star wars
positive atheism
native american culture
bikes
primitive toolmaking
tolkien
clif bars
organic, free-range skim milk
the will to act
her
the smiths/morrissey, converge, american nightmare, black sabbath, deftones, black flag, metallica from 1981-1991, cave-in, jawbreaker, only living witness, joy division, sepultura, nirvana, bloc party, the hope conspiracy, bad brains, shai hulud, alice in chains, quicksand, mewithoutyou, neurosis, isis, baroness, NILE, integrity, rollins band, pulling teeth, minus the bear, behemoth, mastodon, iron maiden, death, broken social scene, the first two weezer albums, at the gates, iron and wine, yaphet kotto, crowbar, johnny cash, woody guthrie, bjork, original star wars trilogy soundtrack, etc. etc.
original star wars trilogy, band of brothers, lost in translation, trainspotting, the dark knight, the big lebowski, o brother where art thou?, good will hunting, jet li's "fist of legend" and "fearless", kurosawa's "throne of blood" (pretty much any kurosawa movie actually), the fountain, closer, say anything, batman begins, the life aquatic, royal tenenbaums, american psycho, seven, amelie, 28 days later, what dreams may come, the twilight samurai, eternal sunshine, clockwork orange, gladiator, the princess bride, march of the penguins, romper stomper, shaun of the dead, i could go on but i won't.
the office, the daily show/colbert report, its always sunny in philadelphia, the ultimate fighter, arrested development
a primate's memoir, slaughterhouse-five (pretty much anything by vonnegut actually), lord of the rings, anthropology textbooks, ishmael, guns germs and steel, bertrand russell's "why i am not a christian" and "a history of western philosophy", the god delusion, the blind watchmaker, 300, bury my heart at wounded knee, homer's iliad and odyssey, howard zinn's "a people's history of the united states", lies my teacher told me, man without a country, autobiography of malcom x, autobiography of geronimo, survivor, johnny got his gun, girlfriend in a coma, the rise and fall of the third reich, brave new world etc.