Foreign languages, Tai Chi, beautiful remote places, traveling, getting lost. Ancient temples and big cities. subways and meditation cushions. Incense smoke and smoky jazz clubs.
George W. Bush. I have a few suggestions for him.
Jazz! And therefore all the American Art Forms: MoTown, Soul, Blues and Hip-Hop, classical. Yeah, my iPod is random. and the unclassifiable, M-flo, yo!
Movies with good stories, good martial arts flicks, but mainly art house films, foriegn flicks and stuff most of America does not watch.
Television? What's that? Well Ok, This Old House, Discovery Channel, TLC, and shows that teach you how things are done. But my real love is NPR, BBC, PRI...Radio people...it's the wave of the future.
All of (types of) them. If you don't believe me, check out the home library...oh except for fiction, just don't have the time you know. (Unless a friend recomends something good.) I recomend you start with the Tripitaka... ;-)
Kukai!