Music:
rilo kiley, the shins, liz phair, elvis costello, the beatles, ella fitzgerald, neko case, the killers
Movies:
thin man, usual suspects, legally blonde, tampopo, bring it on, life is beautiful, matrix, kung fu hustle, philadelphia story
Television:
lost, alias, iron chef, the office
Books:
middlemarch, portrait of a lady, age of spiritual machines, the know it all, a short history of nearly everything, jonathan strange & mr. norrell, vanity fair, possession, basically a big hodgepodge of contemporary fiction, classic literature, and non-fiction bestsellers about science, business, and global affairs...plus some silly chicklit to round it out
Heroes:
katherine hepburn, madonna, nigella lawson (my cooking hero)