Anything intellectual, artistic or physical, and especially those activities which involve the three at once, I know this is a bit ambiguous, but otherwise the list would become interminable. Conversation, strong enough convictions to listen to the antagonizing argument, running outdoors, pencil and paper, climbing wave or mountain
my grandparents when they were my age
Current album favorites:
Astrud Gilberto, Nina Simone and Billie Holliday - various
Ella and Louis - Best of
Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Sigur Ros - Takk
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Jimmy Eat World - Stay on my Side Tonight
Say Anything - ...is a Real Boy
Martin Sexton-The American
Amos Lee - Amos Lee
Black Flag - Family Man
Brand New - Deja Entendu
The Used - The Used
Boondock Saints,
Donnie Darko,
Le Pacte des Loupes
Amelie,
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
A Bug's Life (ie anything Pixar)
The Labyrinth
Nightmare Before Christmas
Black Hawk Down
Gladiator
Motorcycle Diaries
Casablanca
Shichinin no samurai
Monty Python and the Holy Grail/Life of Brian/Meaning of Life/Flying Circus
run lola run
Constant Gardener
Broken Flowers
Syriana
Spirited Away
Jarhead
Little Miss Sunshine
Talledega Nights
Start a Fire
Attack of the Show, some standup comedians, Discovery World HD, The Daily Show, Family Guy/Simpsons/South Park
Currently reading:
Perdido Street Station
Survivor
Spook Country
Confessions or an Economic Hit Man
Matt Burnett, Jeff StPierre, James Cook