movies, especially foreign and biographical films, latin american and indian culture, korean life, political novels, purple chick (R.I.P.), fishes (the literal ones!), rock, reggae, and world music!
angels and devils, leftists and ultra-conservatives...basically anyone from any side of the political and moral spectrum!
Tori Amos! alternative/hardcore: Good Charlotte, Our Lady Peace, Kittie, No Doubt, Audioslave, Evanescence, Dishwalla, Jars of Clay, Silverchair, Linkin Park, Incubus, Taproot, Deftones, The Used, Simple Plan, Disturbed, The Perfect Circle and world music (Enigma), great stress-reliever. oh, and also Irish traditional music and Indian music (Bollywood)!
Angela's Ashes, Evelyn, Before Night Falls, Gandhi (art films!), The Guru, Death to Smoochy, Vanilla Sky, Heaven, Uncle Saddam, Primal Fear, Amistad, American History X, Fight Club, Philadelphia, Runaway Jury, The Count of Monte Cristo, A Time To Kill, The Firm, The Passion of the Christ, The Pianist, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Jackass! Y Tu Mama Tambien and El Crimen de Padre Amaro?(haha!), movies with Edward Norton, Johnny Depp and Jim Caviezel in it
all programs in Discovery Travel & Adventure, Spongebob Squarepants, X-men series (the old one), Cow & Chicken...cartoons!
Autumn of the Patriarch, Angela's Ashes & Tis, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Brethren, Women Lawyers, The Firm, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Purpose-Driven Life, International Law 2003 edition by Isagani Cruz (joke!)
Mary Robinson, Daredevil, Nelson Mandela and of course, mi padre, mi madre!