I'd like to meet:
the Dalai Lama, a violinist willing to give me a free refresher course...and someone who will write my thesis. Any takers?
Music:
The Fray, James Blunt, Keane, Ryan Adams, Pete Yorn, Josh Joplin, David Gray, Patty Griffin, Butterfly Boucher, Matt Nathanson, Rachael Yamagata, Glen Phillips, Grant Lee Phillips, Guster, Depeche Mode, New Order, the Cure, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Matthew Ryan, Jamie Cullum, Josh Ritter, the Thorns, Aimee Mann, Liz Phair, Coldplay, Damien Rice, Fleming and John, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, Jonatha Brooke, Jem, Joss Stone, Leona Nass, Peter Gabriel...all classical, esp. Beethoven's Third, Orff's Carmina Burana, Ravel's Bolero.
Movies:
Artsy-fartsy...IFC...Sundance...and all the standard stuff too.
Television:
Yay Tivo!
Books:
Yeah, I read...but it's mostly those trashy thrillers that I'm embarrassed to admit to reading. Hey...it's about as far from research articles as I can get. Though I read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein quite often, my fav.
Heroes:
Dalai Lama, Altruists...