I'd rather be skateboarding. I'd also accept anything involving my lovely wife, Christine.
The Caveman who invented the wheel. Roll Forever!
All the my favorite music starts with the letter "B": Biggie, Bowie, Black Sabbath, Band Of Horses, Beatles, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Belle & Sebastian and Bob Dylan, I could go on. Aside from those, there is always: Ghostface, Rolling Stones, Shins, Modest Mouse, Heartaches, Cure, Jawbreaker, Zombies, Mt. Egypt, Clash, Cursive, and Dinosaur Jr.
SKATE: Feed the Need, Roll Forever, Real to Reel, Goldfish, Mouse, Yeah Right, Trilogy, Questionable, Virtual Reality, Video Days, Hokus Pokus and Closure. CINEMA: The Big Lebowski, Shawshank Redemption, Catch Me If You Can, Dumb and Dumber, Donnie Brasco, Anchor Man, Bottle Rocket, What About Bob, Blow and Good Fellas.
Seinfeld and The Simpsons re-runs. Also, Family Guy is about as good as it gets.
Anything by John Stienbeck. California's central coast always makes for a great read.
Anti Hero.