asian language/culture, books books more books, smart people, politics, foreign policy...y'know, your average geeky shyt.
jesus, as he's the only one who could convince me...muhammed ali, 'cause he's the mufuckin' man, mandela just on g.p., kofi annan 'cause i heart him, jason statham to see if he really is the hottest white man alive, george harrison 'cause i heart him too. oh yeah, and g.w. bush to smack the shit out of him.
'70's rock, '70's soul, '70's funk, johnny cash, willie nelson, loretta lynn, patsy cline, billie holliday, ella fitzgerald, etta james, john coletrane, howlin' wolf, the beatles, the stones, the guess who, clapton, csny, ccr, buffalo springfield, donovan, p-funk, g-funk, prince, michael jackson, chuck d, krs-one, talib kweli, das punk, kmfdm, lords of acid, zhane, maxwell, d'angelo, tracy chapman, angie stone, joss stone, the killers, tears for fears, simon & garfunkel, doo-wop, hip-hop, trance, house, acid jazz, electronica to type to, national public radio to drive to, silence to listen to.
in no particular order. everything in moderation.
i lied. beatles first, then tears for fears, then everything else. yes, i'm a dork. get over it. as for any new music, unless they play it on npr, i don't hear it. uberdork, even.
farewell my concubine, die hard, ichi the killer, drop dead gorgeous, better off dead, the transporter, keep the river to your right, das experiment, hero, waiting for guffman, the three amigos, airplane, pi: faith in chaos, sin city, red dawn, foreign films, film as art, cool kick-ass martial arts films with great choreography, satire, etc. no chick flicks. period.
family guy, american dad, the chappelle show, the tick, greg the bunny, scrubs, boston legal, house md, arrested development, donnybrook, sunday morning talking head news shows (so i can learn how to be a talking head one day)
push by sapphire, invisible man by ralph ellison, memoirs of a geisha by arthur golden (yes, before the movie), the talisman by stephen king / peter straub, the tale of genji by murasaki shikibu, and others simply too numerous to mention. i devour fiction like you wouldn't believe. i read plenty of non-fiction, not just for school, but stuff to use as resources later for my ever expanding collection of research papers. if i'm not dicking around the internet or watching family guy, i'm most likely reading. so there.
muhammad ali, my big sister lynn, condi rice (i don't like her politics, but she is brilliant and driven and one way or another will change the world), every good mother in the world, mandela, lech walesa, gandhi, gautama buddha