atheism, Cantonese, cats, Christopher Doyle, DJing, eclecticism, filmmaking, film noir, hip hop, Hong Kong, intelligence, Korea, learning languages [working simultaneously and slowly on Cantonese, Mandarin, and Spanish], mixtapes [not the emo-style mixtape, but the DJ mixtape], Sam Lee, Haruki Murakami, older drum & bass, public transport, sarcasm, Seoul, Andrei Tarkovsky, thinking, travelling, watching movies, Wong Kar-Wai, writing, Miriam Yeung, Banana Yoshimoto...
Couldn't pick just one type. Could be interesting, intelligent, should have a good sense of humour and the ability to hold a conversation. Oh yeah, and you could also like movies and music and artistic endeavours, a wide variety. That would help. It's okay if you're a bit crazy, too. Preferably not asylum-crazy, although I guess that'd be kind of fun as well.
ALL kinds. [VARIOUS] ambient, Belle & Sebastian, Bjork, Cibo Matto, Cocteau Twins, Francoise Hardy, Joe Hisaishi, Jesus & Mary Chain, Joy Division, Korean indie rock, Hikari Oe, Omni Trio, Pet Shop Boys, Pizzicato 5, Rachmaninoff, Shiina Ringo, Shonen Knife, solo piano compositions, soundtracks/scores; [COUNTRY] Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Old 97s, Hank Williams Sr.; [METAL] Cannibal Corpse, Darkthrone, Deicide, Enslaved, Immortal, Mayhem, Slayer, Windir; [PUNK ROCK] The Clash, Cock Sparrer, Dead Kennedys, Fear, The Germs, Guitar Wolf, Misfits, Suicidal Tendencies; [JAZZ] John & Alice Coltrane, Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter, Dinah Washington, Frank Zappa; [HIP HOP] Big L, Gang Starr, Jedi Mind Tricks, Masta Ace, Notorious B.I.G., Prince Paul, Ras Kass, Slum Village, Wu-Tang Clan; [CANTO-POP] Faye Wong, LMF, Miriam Yeung, Nicholas Tse, Sammi Cheng; [AND] so much more...
[HONG KONG] Ashes Of Time, Bio Zombie, Chungking Express, Days Of Being Wild, Fallen Angels, Happy Together, Hard Boiled, Needing You, Running Out Of Time; [KOREA] Christmas In August, Failan, My Sassy Girl, Nabi, Peppermint Candy, Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left For The East?; [JAPAN] Branded To Kill, Happiness Of The Katakuris, Tokyo Drifter, Tokyo Story, Woman In The Dunes; [EUROPE/RUSSIA] 8 1/2, Amelie, Andrei Rublev, Breathless, El Topo, Shoot The Piano Player, Weekend; [AMERICA] Airplane!, Blade Runner, Blues Brothers, Detour, Do The Right Thing, Kentucky Fried Movie, Knock/Off, Living In Oblivion, The Long Goodbye, The Maltese Falcon, Mean Streets, Naked Gun, Rear Window, Rumble Fish, To Have And Have Not, Vertigo, Wet Hot American Summer
Stopped watching TV pretty much entirely. Except movies on TV. And Robot Chicken. And maybe 30Rock.
any Haruki Murakami, William S. Burroughs, Kobo Abe, Banana Yoshimoto, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane & Jim Thompson books; Albert Camus "The Stranger"; Cormac McCarthy "No Country For Old Men"; Stephen King "The Stand" & "The Dark Tower" series; Dave Eggers "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"; Stanislaw Lem "Solaris"; David Sedaris "Naked"; Andrei Tarkovsky "Sculpting In Time"
I don't really have any heroes. Inspirations, yes. That's a cop-out answer, I guess.