Summer, friends, family, good times.
Okay, I've come up with a decent answer for this one.
NEW UPDATE! I've met Mike Gansey, so I'm just going to stick to Paul McCartney.. he's my main man, John C. McGinley, John Krascinski, and anyone who's a cool person, really.
I need to shorten this list, so I'll hit the main ones. The Beatles, Jack Johnson, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews Band, The Killers, Blink 182, Brand New, Simon and Garfunkel, Sister Hazel, The Wallfowers, Ben Harper, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Dashboard Confessional, The Cure, The Eagles, James Blunt, Van Morrison, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Alan Jackson and all kinds of other stuff along these lines.
Eternal Sunshine, View Askewniverse films (Clerks and Mallrats, especially.. and I count Jersey Girl in there, too), Dead Poets Society, Walk the Line, Super Troopers, Little Miss Sunshine, Mel Brooks movies(especially Blazing Saddles), Forrest Gump(of course), Fox and the Hound, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Animal House, Office Space, zillions more.
Scrubs, The Office, Family Guy, All in the Family, House, Nip/Tuck, older SNL (ANY episode with Phil Hartman or Chris Farley), Still Standing, Daily Show, football, baseball, That 70s Show.. that's about it.
Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven both by Mitch Albom, Mystic River by Dennis Lehane, Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs(although it's definitely not what I expected), I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max, The Green Mile by Steven King, America the Book by Jon Stewart and the Daily Show people, ANYTHING by Nicholas Sparks.
My grandmother, the best friend an 8-year old could have.. 10 years this May =( Maxine, the nicest person that has ever lived, The cousin, still kickin' juvy diabetes ass.=)