Music:
There is no easy way to convey all my favorites. Gosh... uhm! Well first foremost there is the supreme gospel of Mr Ben Folds. Then there's Bright Eyes, Death Cab, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Polyphonic Spree, The Cure, Sleatter-Kinney, Kool and the Gang, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Chet Baker, Run Dmc, Al Green, The Arcade Fire, The EELS, Sun60, Rufus Wainwright, The Decemberists, Kid Koala, Sigor Ros, World Party, Coldplay, Cat Power, Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple, Iron and Wine, Saul Williams, Ray Charles, James, Wilco, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead, Dj Shadow, Live, Lifesavas, Morphine, Mos Def, The Shins, Barry White, Rogue WAve, The Lemonheads, R.E.M., Charlie Mingus, Nine Inch Nails, MOE, the Beach Boys, The Flaming Lips, Enya, Bjork, Fischerspooner, The Trashcan Sinatras, The Streets, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, They Might Be Giants, Violent Femmes, XTC, Fiona Apple, Aqualung, Ben Alexander... This is just a start.
Books:
Rumi, Hafiz, Thich Nhat Hanh, HH The Dalai Lama, World Religons, A Course in Miracles, Pronoia (this is a fun book), Calvin and Hobbes, Anatomy and Physiology books, Massage Modality Books, Energy Light Healing Books
Heroes:
God, All the Ascended Masters, Wick- my highest self, My Superfriends- my guides, All the angels, the Sun, moons, planets, my wife, daughter, and son, all my friends and family and me