Jowly. Jolly. Jelly.
Puppies and kitties. Really.
The Last Cannibal.
Trenchtown grunge. Whistling.
Grease 2, The Tennent, Evil Dead, High Tension, Nausica and the Valley of the Winds, Strictly Ballroom, Muriel's Wedding, Big Lebowski, Ratcatcher, The Wicker Man (the original), Funny Games (the orig) and all things Haneke, good horror and comedy in general.
The IT Crowd, Mighty Boosh, Extras, BBC Office, Seinfeld, American Idol (guilty pleasure!!!), House (sorta guilty about that one, too), Freaks and Geeks
Henry James, Paul Auster, Joyce Carol Oates, David Foster Wallace, Zadie Smith, Deptford Trilogy, stuff you wrote.