When I was little, my mother told me that a smart person could never get bored because he'd always be able to contrive a way to amuse himself. I've always liked that idea. Saying "I'm bored." is the same as admitting "I'm stupid." Keep that in mind. Share it. Accuse your friends of being idiots. Come off sounding much smarter than you really are. You're welcome.
Dig the odd comics. Mitch Hedberg, Emo Phillips, Steven Wright, Jimmy Carr, et cetera.
Someone who knows I'm an asshole and accepts it. Who possibly admires me for it. Prefer non-smokers, but I'll take what company I can get. People who shrink from the sun and call it "the brightness". People who can put together a paragraph without capitalizing every other letter, using letters and numbers to replace whole words, or punctuating any half-assed joke with "lol". People I can leave to their own devices without having to bond them out of jail a week later. People who read for fun. I don't think these guidelines are really that stringent. Rather open.
I've heard some.As for specific music? If you want the information, you've got to work for it. Ask.
I've seen a few.
Television steals time you won't get back.
Courtenay, Elliot, Ellison, Heller, Lloyd, Vonnegut, Card, Palahniuk, Adams, et cetera. I'll give you last names. First names are your own problem.
Hero isn't a career choice. It's something you can be for a few seconds at a time. Rarely when you expect to be and more often in passing.