Well, recently, i've been spending a lot of time trying to make life fun by doing things that scare the crap out of me. Beyond that general philosophy...animals, science, travel, south east asia, spatial and social cognition, yoga, conservation biology, endocrinology, meditation, reading, hearing people's stories, movies, buddhism, the ocean, hiking, camping, art history, dancing, sushi, music, museums, old-school video games, friends, hats, people watching, girl's nights out (especially ones with sleepovers!), things made of soy, giantmicrobes.com, dorking out, eeyore and oscar the grouch, iced chai lattes, baking, sharks, playing in the rain, your mom
Actually, I'd just like a reunion with that Cambodian kid who popped up from the ruins of Ta Prohm when we were lost in Angkor and led us back to civilization. The one who kept pointing out cow patties and saying, "Sit! Sit cow!" (Get it?)
He was cool. Way cooler than me and you.
The Russian Futurists, Tom Waits, Broken Social Scene, Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand, Blur, The Fiery Furnaces, The Kooks, Lily Allen, Common, Pulp, Gnarls Barkley, The Kinks, Keane, Sleater Kinney, The Charlatans, The Shins, Shakira (solamente en espanol), The Killers, The Beach Boys, The White Stripes, Suede, Liz Phair, The Arctic Monkeys, Johnny Cash, Amy Winehouse, The Go-Betweens, Green Day, The Smiths, Peaches, PJ Harvey, Hot Hot Heat, The Arcade Fire, The Gorillaz, DJ Shadow, Jay Z, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bjork, The Rolling Stones, Beck, The Eels, Outkast, The Streets, The Stone Roses, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Modest Mouse, Cat Power, Mos Def, The Decemberists, Eminem, Nine Inch Nails, Architecture in Helsinki, The Postal Service, Dan the Automator, Fiona Apple, The Beatles, Interpol, assorted 80's pop
Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Kung Fu Hustle, Apocalypse Now, Office Space, Lord of the Rings, Lost in Translation, Mean Girls, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Full Metal Jacket, Beetlejuice, Requiem for a Dream, Spirited Away, Shaun of the Dead, The Godfather (1&2), Ghost World, Jurassic Park, The Seven Samurai, Bring It On, House of Wax (original), Clueless, Fight Club, Kill Bill (1 & 2), A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Silence of the Lambs, Resident Evil, The Matrix, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Peewee's Big Adventure, anything and everything with Johnny Depp in it (excluding Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but that wasn't his fault)
Project Runway, The Simpsons (older), Diana Rigg-era Avengers, Wonder Woman, America's Next Top Model, old X-Files, Heroes, South Park, The Office (British, mostly, although Steve Carrell rocks my socks), Nip/Tuck, Scrubs, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., American Idol, Buffy, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (Damn you, America! Why wouldn't you watch this show??)
Haruki Murakami, Augusten Burroughs, George Orwell, Sylvia Plath, David Sedaris, Edward Gorey, Kafka, Borges, Marjane Satrapi, Mary Roach, C.S. Lewis, A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, Maurice Sendak, Harry Potter, House of Leaves, Geek Love, Cold Mountain, Maus, The Virgin Suicides, Wicked, Lolita, The Shining, Life of Pi, Confederacy of Dunces, The Phantom Tollbooth
Linda Nochlin, David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, Stephen Hawking, Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DaVinci.