Literature, Music, Art (from the Edo Period, of course), fencing, painting, pastel and ink work, the pattern of a monarch butterfly, cherry blossoms in the Spring, fresh blood gushing from demonic abdominal wounds as it sprays across my menpo in the heat of battle, generous and humble people, people who enjoy good sake, literature, and music.
Hattori Hanzo, Shitzuke Shintaru, Oda Nobunaga, Ôishi Kuranosuke Yoshio, Zatoichi, Ichi the killer, John Tollier, Mishima, and Fred Eden
stringed instruments, electronic sounds, improvization. such as the modern work of the collective cen.quo.akt. and the guzheng work of Wu Fei (both featured on MySpace) -
Mythbusters, The Dog Whisperer, Seinfeld, and some of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programs.
I generally enjoy reading books. Right now I am reading -A Delusion of Satan- about misappropriated Christian intentions during the colonial period of North American history, you know when we killed all them witches and injuns cuz GOD, who is the Father (jehovah), the son (yeshua), and the holy ghost (spaceghost) told us it wuz our Manifest Destiny.
Dionyssus, Des Esseintes, Zoroaster, My Grandfather, whom ive never met, and of course, Zatoichi