General:
acting; atheism, spirituality and religion; canadian politics, global politics and local politics; cats; cooking; fantasy; feminism; juggling; movie watching; reading; coffee, espresso, and capuccino; role play games; secrets; sex, sexuality and orgasms; singing; sleep; socialism; student journalism; thunder and lightning; vegetarianism; women's studies; writing
Esoteric:
linguistics: phonology and phonotactics , language acquisition (first/second), semantics and pragmatics
webcomics: Something Positive , The Devil's Panties , Nothing Nice to Say , Theater Hopper , A softer world. , Sluggy Freelance , Two Lumps , Starslip Crisis , Achewood , Gossamer Commons , Rob and Elliot , The Unfeasible Adventures of Beaver and Steve , The Misadventures of Hello Cthulhu , Seppuku Comics , Websnark , Short Packed , Joe and Monkey
First, a caution: I should stress that I mostly joined up here in the interest of keeping up with the couple of friends I have with MySpace pages, or else to possibly make new friends with similar interests. I'm not really sold on the internet as a means of making romantic connections. The only reason I ticked "dating" on my profile was under the idea: Why rule out anything out of hand? ^_^
That out of the way: I like good conversationalists with diverse and divergent interests. I like to talk and I appreciate good conversationalists. Being an admitted nerd, myself, I tend to get along well with other geeks and nerds, but I count my fair share of "normal" people among my friends, too. ~_^
Also, who doesn't like someone with a sense of humour? Seriously. A quick wit and a flair for sarcasm rarely go amiss.
, Bjork, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Portishead, Aimee Mann, Tom Waits, Jamirioquai, Liz Phair (pre-selling out), Bob Marley (and the Wailers), The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, R.E.M., Bob Dylan, local bands (presently: Mopey Mumble-Mouse, The Origin of the Sound Band, The Discounts, The Idlers, Mopaya, Texas Chainsaw), etc.
Wes Anderson movies (notably The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou); Michael Moore documentaries; Quentin Tarantino movies ('specially Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2); Zoolander; Wedding Crashers; The 40 Year Old Virgin; You, Me, and Dupree; Monster House, The Incredibles and other Pixar movies; American Splendor; American Beauty; Canadian Bacon; The Labyrinth; The Princess Bride; The Goonies; The Barbarian Invasions/Les invasions barbares; The Take (Naomi Klein documentary); The Lord of the Rings trilogy; The Triplets of Belleville; Dr. Strangelove; Jesus of Montreal; South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut; 28 Days Later; Dawn of the Dead; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Big Fish; Fight Club; The Shawshank Redemption; The Silence of the Lambs; Good Night, and Good Luck; Trainspotting; Little Miss Sunshine, etc.
First-run shows: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, the new Battlestar Galactica, the new Doctor Who, Robson Arms, Corner Gas, Trailer Park Boys, The Simpsons, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Daily Planet, CBC Newsworld, Chapelle's Show (still crossing my fingers that there'll be a third season), South Park, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Robot Chicken, Boondocks
Shows only in re-runs: Northern Exposure, Star Trek TNG, the Kids in the Hall, the Oblongs, Futurama, Sex in the City, Farscape
anything by Terry Pratchett; almost anything by Neil Gaiman; some Margaret Atwood (I've only read Oryx and Crake and The Handmaid's Tale); Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, the Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Grey and a host of other 18th and 19th century British novels; Dracula; Trainspotting; the Great Gatsby; The Deptford Trilogy; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; The Men Who Stare at Goats; Them: Adventures with Extremists; The Elements of Style (aka., Strunk and White); Eats, Shoots and Leaves; No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam; works from selected topics in non-fiction; etc.
Edward R. Murrow , Lori Yetman , Noam Chomsky , Yvan Rose , Maria Bamford