My Canary's Hairdo, Buddhist Philosophy, Meditation, Obtaining a Theramin for my significant other, All Types of Music, Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Chess, Convincing the girl group "The Inflatable Boy Clams" to record another record, and Knitting cozies for my father's T.V. Remotes.
People that make me think!
All good music! SOAD, Chopin, Thelonius Monk, The Tiger Lillies, Max Roach, Public Enemy, P-Funk, Rage Against The Machine, Tchaikovsky, Puya, Debussy, Duke Ellington, Korsakov, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith, The Smiths, De La Soul, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, J.S. Bach and soooo many more!
Godzilla movies, Tank Girl, Baraka, Most Cohen Brothers films (Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou), Hitchcock films, Sin City, Pitch Black, Night of the Iguana, Rebel Without A Cause, The Pink Panther films (without Steve Martin!), The Big Lebowski, Garden State, The Man Who Would Be King, The Eye of the Needle, Marathon Man
Scrubs, Boston Legal, Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law, South Park, Xena Warrior Princess (it's hilarious!), Old "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Monty Pythons Flying Circus and etc.
"Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rimpoche, "How to Practice-The Way to a Meaningful Life" by H.H. the Dalai Lama, "Destructive Emotions" by H.H. the Dalai Lama, "The Words of My Perfect Teacher" by Patrul Rimpoche, "Letters from the Earth" by Mark Twain, "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury, "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, "The Art of War" by Sun Tsu, "The Dharma Bums" by Jack Kerouac
My beloved friends, family and enemies, because they teach me so much. Without them, I would not progress.