Vegetarianism/veganism, democracy, world travel, cooking, rock climbing, wine and cheese tasting, attending concerts, letting my cat chase me around the house, origami, gourmet chocolate, photography, Mark Ryden art, _The Assassin + the Whiner_ autobio comics, Damien Hirst/Jake + Dino Chapman sculptures
Old friends, vegetarians, vegans, music nerds, world travelers.
Kraftwerk Orange, Meat Beat Manifesto, Royksopp, Uberzone, Air, DJ Shadow, Boards of Canada, Z-Trip, Depeche Mode, Coldcut, Dandy Warhols, Senor Coconut, The Rip-Off Artist, Freezepop, Autechre, Lederhosen Lucil, New Order, DJ Food, Plaid, Ivy, Tino, Skylab2000, Orbital, Paul Weller, Cinerama, Thievery Corp., Broca, Front 242, Cibo Matto, El Clon, Adam Ant, Kid Koala, Bass Kittens, Amon Tobin, Blur, Lassigue Bendthaus, The Beatles, Perennial Divide, Peter Murphy, Aphex Twin, Mighty Lemon Drops, Cousteau, Love + Rockets, Babyland, LFO, Aimee Mann, Devo, Public Enemy, Nitzer Ebb, Volsoc, Cetu Javu, Gescom, Cut Chemist, KMFDM, Jesus + Mary Chain, Kruder + Dorfmeister, Lush, Brian Jonestown Massacre, ABC, Sleeper, Ladytron, Depth Charge, Speedy J, OMD, Wagon Christ, Darling Buds, Erasure, Bjork, The Smiths, Le Tigre, and far too many others to mention
Bangkok Chickboys, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Xiu-Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, Gummo, Waiting for Guffman, Pi, Once Were Warriors, Trainspotting, Requiem for a Dream, Ghost World, Freaks, Not One Less, Go!, Gates of Heaven, 28 Days Later, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Chuck and Buck, Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, Best in Show, Trees Lounge, 24 Hour Party People, Office Space, Happiness, Rashomon, Manny and Lo, City of Lost Children, Amelie, The Goonies, Lost in Translation, Dig!, Modulations, Better Living Through Circuitry, Hard Eight, The Big One, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Red Violin, Chinese Box, Mulholland Drive, The Pillow Book, Dead Ringers, Magnolia, The Royal Tenenbaums, Box of Moonlight, Velvet Goldmine, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, Adventures in Babysitting, Sixteen Candles, The Usual Suspects, Spirited Away, Nosferatu, Run Lola Run, Pecker, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and countless others
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Amazing Race, Little Britain, The Simpsons, The Office (US and UK), Colbert Report, Follow That Food, 30 Days, The Mighty Boosh, I'm Alan Partridge, The Twilight Zone (classic and current), American Experience, Vanishings!, and most programs on The Science/History/Learning Channels
....Anything by Paul Theroux, Adeline Yen Mah, Eric Schlosser, David Sedaris, Jon Krakauer, David Foster Wallace, and Al Franken
Jack Dangers, Ken Jennings, Greg Palast, Tom Tomorrow, Amy Goodman, Seymour Hersh, Noam Chomsky, and those who stand up for what they believe in