Music, Mountain Biking, Extreme Programming (really...there is such a thing), Conspiracy Theories (collecting and creating), The Mountains near my house, my wife and daughter, long lost friends, collecting and disseminating useless information.
Nero, get his fiddle and give it to Bush.
In my disk changer right now: The Boards of Canada, Interpol, Tortoise, Phaser, Bauhaus, GodSpeed you Black Emporer, RadioHead.
A clockwork Orange, 2001 : A Space Odessy, One Flew Over the ... wait, anything Kubrick, Natural Born Killers, Apocalypse Now, Doom Generation, 28 Days Later, Fight Club, Memento, Old Film Noir, 50's Martial Arts (more bad lip syncing the better), Crouching Tiger Hidden Oscar, Matrix Series, Watership Down, and more once think about it.
CSI ... although only the Las Vegas one, i hate the 'witty' one liners from the lead in the Miami Series. TLC, Discovery, Documentaries, History Channel, Family Guy, Kids in The Hall (ahh re-runs) et al. I FRIGGIN HATE REALITY TV!!!! Soon we will have the winner of Survivor marry the wife swapping winner of 'so i married the town whore', live from an execution in the heart of a shopping center run by demented twin sets.
1984, Lord of The Rings, Bushwhacked: Inside Stories of True Conspiracy (a must or conspiracy freaks like me), A little too establishment for an 'outsider' but Stupid White Men and others by Michael Moore, Behold a Pale Horse, Ludlum and Clancy for my cheap spy thrills, King to get me through no new books (although he hasn't written his own books for 10 years), Chaucer and Dante to put things in perspective. And the greatest direct marketing venture since that carpenter fell on a piece of cross shaped wood ..... the bible in all its shapes and forms, great read if looking to completely mess up your view of why things are done in a 'Democratic society' or just some good yucks before bed. or different flavors try the Koran or Buddha on for size, its amazing what the minority will do to keep the majority herd in line. Try to keep up with the begats in Genesis.
I don't believe the word hero has any meaning in our society anymore. I give respect on a case by case basis, not as a result of media coverage.