cooking, composing music, cats, wine, microbrewed beer, gourmet food, conversing, watching live bands, Livejournaling, baseball, Duran Duran, Nine Inch Nails, farmers markets, cheese, and many other interests which I have yet to discover!
Other people with brains, warm hearts, highbrow tastes, and a pulse. Ailurophility is essential. I'm not here on MySpace to look for a relationship or anything of that sort--I'm just here to hang out with my friends (and meet other interesting people).
Duran Duran, Nine Inch Nails, Howard Jones, Empty Room, The Prids, The Gentry, Railer, Written In Ashes, Blancmange, Blur, Scritti Politti, O.M.D., Attenuated Euphoria, Ayria, Glis, and many other bands!
Shaft films, classic films, Sideways, Gosford Park, The Addiction, Pretty In Pink, The Breakfast Club, Some Kind of Wonderful, Say Anything, Pump Up The Volume, Dead Poets Society
Globe Trekker, The X-Files, The Simpsons, C.S.I.
Quirkyalone, The Four Agreements, Atlas Shrugged, Mollie Katzen's Moosewood Cookbook, From Tapas to Meze, Fresh Foods Fast, etc.
I really don't have heroes, but many beings who are more like inspirations.