Photography, film, modern and contemporary art, literature, writing, fountain pens, paintball, scuba, kayaking, trekking, the ocean in all its permutations, learning new skills, trying new things, backpacking, semi-adventurous travel, luxury travel, food, fine dining, nihonshu.
Accomplished people. People who can teach me a thing or two. People who have mastered polyphasic sleep.
PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple, Weekend Players, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, Philosopher Kings, The Waifs, Soulstice, Hooverphonic, Esthero, Etro Anime, Everything But the Girl, Daughter Darling, Portishead, No Doubt, Live, Coldplay, The Cure, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, Akira Yamaoka, Boa.
eXistenZ, Gattaca, Memento, Fight Club, Aliens and other dystopian science fiction films.
La Femme Nikita, X-Files, Aeon Flux, CSI, Sex and the City, Dexter.
The Sandman. The Giver. Revisionist tellings like Ahab's Wife. Ray Bradbury, Chuck Palahniuk, Neil Gaiman. Prose poetry. Things I wrote, years ago.
Myself.