Reading, Listening to Music, Driving for no real reason, Hiking, Languages, Travel, Flying, Trains, Sailing (it fascinates and I hope to learn how one day!), Cooking, Good Vodka, and Good Conversation.
Neil Gaiman, because I think he is a fascinating person and an amazing author. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, actually for the same reasons as Neil Gaiman, which is weird, but he also seems to be someone who is marvelously in touch with reality, especially in the religious world, which is a good thing in our reality.Also, a really good Arabic teacher who would do the job on the cheap ... same for Latin, or Ancient Greek. I know someone out there is up to the task!
Bloc Party, The Decemberists, Tegan and Sara, The Postal Service, Rise Against, Colin Hay, Shanghai Restoration Project, Céu, Manou Gallo, Alabina/Ishtar, Metric, The Kooks, Kate Havnevik, Imogen Heap, Sahnas, Death Cab for Cutie, t.A.T.u., Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Donna de Lory, Azam Ali, AFI, Billy Talent, The Living End
Tigerland, Big Fish, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, As The Trumpets Fade, Star Wars (4, 5, 6), Dogma, Lethal Weapon 4, Police Academy, The Fugitive, Naked Gun, James Bond, Shaun of the Dead, Apocalypse Now, Phantom of the Opera, Tae Guk Gi, Gattaca, Syriana, V for Vendetta, Hot Fuzz, Pan's Labyrinth, The Departed, Casino Royal
Scrubs, Lost, Soccer, Food Network, Dr. Who
1984, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Anthem, Atlas Shrugged, Anything Poe, The Bourne Identity, Brave New World, Catcher in the Rye, Ender's Game, L'Etranger, The Fountainhead, Good Omens, The Great Gatsby, The Historian, The Judas Strain, The Kite Runner, Neverwhere, The Sandman, Stardust, Tao Te Ching, A Thousand Splendid Suns, We The Living, The Yiddish Policemen's Union