yoga, organic lifestyle, outdoor life, hiking, humanitarianism, running, music, movies, reading, etc., etc., etc.
A genuine, mature person with a similar moral foundation and a common ultimate lifelong goal (I can explain!)
Depends on my mood, but mainly folk, new age, and 80s country
Motorcycle Diaries, Legends of the Fall, Braveheart, Cold Mountain, Point Break, Thelma & Louise, A River Runs Through It, The Notebook, Titanic, Flashdance, Shrek (I and II), Anne of Green Gables, etc., etc., etc.
General Hospital
Anything by David Sedaris or Jon Krakauer, Autobiography of a Yogi, 8 Human Talents, and all of the Nancy Drews!
Anyone who helps other, less fortunate people.