Even after all this time
The sun never says to the earth "You owe me"
Look what happens with a love like that
It lights the whole sky
-Hafiz translated by Daniel Ladinsky.
I'd like to meet:
John Mayer (I'm a fan, so I want to see if he's a jerk in real life), Weezer, Dave Chapelle, Sascha Baron Cohen, the cast of "Big Brother All Stars", the cast from "The Office", Justin Timberlake, all the family that I haven't met in Mexico.
Music:
This question is impossible!!!! JOHN MAYER, Weezer, The Flaming Lips, Early April, The Strokes, Talking Heads, The Flying Aarons, Gnarls Barkley, Muse, Pixies, Hanson, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Nelly Furtado, the Roots, Kanye West, Blur, Green Day, Justin Timberlake, Ben Folds Five, Twista, Maroon 5, Coldplay, Elton John, Damian Marley, The Cure, The Beach Boys, Ryan Adams, Oasis, Metallica, Nirvana, Fastball, The Police, ABBA, Silverchair, Jay-Z, They Might Be Giants, The Cardigans, Erykah Badu, The Dixie Chicks, Stone Temple Pilots, Depeche Mode, Sublime, The Mars Volta, Jimi Hendrix, Blondie, Garth Brooks, Radiohead, Elvis Costello, Michael Jackson, The Mavericks, Sheryl Crow, Outkast, No Doubt, Tool, The Killers, Dire Straits, Goldfinger, Keller Williams, Franz Ferdinand, Selena, Al Green, Queen, Talib Kweli, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, R.E.M., The Ramones, Beastie Boys, Beck, Rilo Kiley, Snoop Dogg, A-Ha, The Velvet Underground, Travis, Alicia Keys, many, MANY others...
Movies:
This question has many answers... The Royal Tennebaums, Dazed and Confused, Anchorman, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, The Usual Suspects, Half Baked, South Park The Movie, The Sandlot, Garden State, Scarface, Run Lola Run, Fight Club, The Matrix (I like the first one best), Election, the last Batman movie, both Spider Man movies, High Fidelity, Coming to America, Miller's Crossing, Walk the Line, The Life Aquatic and so much more.
Television:
Big Brother, Arrested Development (RIP), Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Simpsons, The Amazing Race, American Idol, Everwood (RIP, damn it!), That 70's Show (reruns, the last couple seasons were kind of lame), Daria, SNL (mostly older stuff and anything w/ Will Ferrell), Sealab 2021, Freaks and Geeks, The Daily Show, Invader Zim, Big Brother, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Criminal Minds.
Books:
"Catcher in the Rye", "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Raise the Titanic". "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". I also liked "Rules of Attraction" and hope to read more by Ellis. "Devil the the White City", excellently written and highly recommended. Reading "American Massacre" about the beginning of the Mormon church and a Tom Robbins book which title escapes me.
Heroes:
Ken Jennings, the all-time Jeopardy champion!!!! And Ben Simmons.