foreign languages (italian and portuguese especially), music, friends, dancing, maps, tomatoes and avocados, traveling, dogs, kids, reading, balsamic vinegar, shopping (as much as i hate to admit it), procrastinating, thai food, and more...
the strokes, the sounds, the bravery, franz ferdinand, shiny toy guns, tegan and sara, belle and sebastian, the crystals, rilo kiley, the shout out louds, julieta venegas, bloc party, bright eyes, kings of leon, beirut, the postal service, los aterciopelados, fleetwood mac, blondie, keane, the killers, green day, the new pornographers, oasis, jet, the raveonettes, the bangles, sean paul, simon and garfunkel (all kinds of oldies, really), the smashing pumpkins, velvet underground, the shins, clap your hands say yeah, the white stripes, aventura (bachata!), don omar, os tribalistas, the go-go's, alanis morissette, marisa monte, and can't think of anything else at the moment...
where to begin? the kevin smith movies, of course... shawshank redemption, the usual suspects, signs, crash, o brother where art thou, rat race, clue, the graduate, the breakfast club, st. elmo's fire, say anything, pretty in pink, back to the future trilogy (go 80's!), goonies, a lot like love, ocean's eleven, ocean's twelve, fight club, snatch, inside man, amélie, la vita è bella, manuale d'amore, lucky number slevin
friends (of course), my so-called life, law & order: svu, LOST (i'm so addicted!), how i met your mother, psych, the dead zone, scrubs, little britain, arrested development, six feet under, monk, and probably others as well, but they escape me at the moment...
harry potter, the catcher in the rye, the da vinci code, angels and demons, l'isola di fuoco e altre storie di mare, fight club, survivor, on the road, the first third, off the road, the girls' guide to hunting and fishing, scottish girls about town, the lilac bus, the street lawyer, a series of unfortunate events, and many others...