Martial Arts, Magic and Illusion(particularly Bizarre and Asian-themed), Haunted and Spooky Things, Special Effects, Halloween, health and fitness, massage, Movies and filmaking, old classic films like Casablanca, Samurai and Kung Fu flicks, horsebback riding, Japanese,Okinawan, and Hawaiian dance and culture,TAIKO drumming, sword fighting, foreign languages, travel, archery, Disney, comic books, science fiction, BOOKS, Shakespeare, theatre arts, Audrey Hepburn, Pirates and COFFEE.
Shimada, Genkai Ryuji, Johnny Depp, Jane Leeves, Patrick Stewart, Sean Connery, Muhammed Ali, James Earl Jones, Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Master Shuguro Nakazato, Max Maven, Eugene Burger, Luna Shemada, Hugh Jackman, Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, Ken Watanabe, Cyril Takayama, Peter Jackson, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Clint Eastwood, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamil, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Sam Mendes,Christopher Nolan, Quinton Tarantino, Robert Rodriquez, Al Pacino, Robert Deniro.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson, System of a Down, Marisa Monte, The Yoshida Brothers, Sam Cooke, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Grobin, Eva Cassidy, The Drifters, The Platters, The Zombies, The Doors, Elvis, The Beatles, Pink Martini, Caetano Veloso, Tommy Emmanuel, Danny Elfman, James Horner, John Williams, Midnight Syndicate, Gilberto Gil, Brian Setzer, The Eagles, Boston, Kansas, Norah Jones, Movie Soundtacks. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Bob Marley, IZ, Etc.
- Casablanca is my favorite movie of all time. Roman Holiday is 2nd. Then in no particular order: Star Wars Episodes IV and V, Road to Perdition, Blow, The Prestige, The Secret, Kung Fu Hustle,Shaolin Soccer, Blade Runner, The Princess Bride, It's a Wonderful Life, Citizen Kane, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Road Warrior, Bringing Up Baby, Gladiator, Kozure Okami(Lone Wolf and Cub), The Godfather Parts 1 & 2, Angels in the Outfield(The original), Field of Dreams, Braveheart, Pirates of the Carribbean, Enter The Dragon, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, Cinema Paradiso, Mulan, Finding Neverland, The King and I, Etc, Etc.
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The original Twilight Zone, I Love Lucy, Star Trek, History Channel, True Crime shows, Discovery, TLC, Inside the Actor's Studio.
"Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill, Psycho-cybernetics(not to be confused with Dianetics. I am not a Scientologist) by Maxwell Maltz, "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran, "Othello" by Shakespeare, "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers" by Alexander Dumas, "The Five People You Meet in Heaven",by Mitch albom "The Book of 5 Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi.
Bruce Lee, Zatoichi, Master Tadashi Yamashita, Rickson Gracie, Shimada, Genkai Ryuji, Muhammed Ali, Audrey Hepburn,Jeff McBride, Ogami Itto, Samurai Jack, Bugs Bunny, Superman, Batman, Spider-man, my mom, my kids, my wife.