Music:
basically anything that's soothing to my senses or what i'm feeling at the moment
Movies:
under the tuscan sun, my life without me, cinema paradiso, in the mood for love, 2046, an affair to remember, you've got mail, the shop around the corner, sabrina, roman holiday, breakfast at tiffany's, an american president, something's gotta give, music and lyrics, the holiday, legend of 1900, malena, sin verguenza, y tu mama tambien, hilary and jackie, lord of the rings trilogy, someone like you, dead poet's society, when harry met sally, forget paris, casablanca
Television:
laguna beach, sex and the city, oprah, are you smarter than a 5th grader, csi (las vegas, new york, miami), medical investigation, house, brothers and sisters, grey's anatomy, desperate housewives, the newlyweds, the price is right, crossing jordan, the west wing, dawson's creek
Books:
anything by peter mayle, frances mayes, banana yoshimoto, gail tsukiyama, amy tan, paulo coelho, amy bloom and judith mcnaught. other books are: shopgirl, only love, five days in paris, the notebook, memories of my melancholy whores, the unbearable lightness of being, animal husbandry and love in the time of cholera
Heroes:
i think everyone in my life is a hero in their own right for they have contributed something, whether knowingly or unknowingly, to my life. but definitely my mom pretty much ranks high in my list. :)