Science, exotic foods, starting projects I never finish
Long lost friends. Future long lost friends. People who will pay me ridiculous compliments. People who find the fact that I'm socially retarded charming. People who will ply me with drink.
Dolly Parton, Magnetic Fields, Arcade Fire, Carla Bruni, X, The Clash, The Pixies, The Sword, Blonde Redhead, Peggy Lee, 50 Cent, Cat Power, Bonnie Prince Billy, Amadou & Mariam, Stereo Total, Manu Chao, Mississippi John Hurt, Okkervil River, Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, Grandaddy, Roxy Music, Belle and Sebastian, The Kinks, Mika, Goldfrapp, Air, OutKast, Radiohead, TV on the Radio, Missy Elliott, Bowie in Berlin, Roxy Music, Joan Jett, JT, Rai music, Habibi songs, Kraftwerk cover bands, etc. etc.
Magnolia, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Rules of the Game, Casablanca, Badlands, Singin' in the Rain, 2046, All About Eve, Ugetsu, Howard's End, The Big Lebowski, Wings of Desire, Solaris, Preston Sturges movies, Wes Anderson movies, Christopher Guest movies, and most things with Bill Murray in it.
30 Rock, Battlestar Galactica, Peep Show, Veronica Mars Girl Detective, The Office, Deadwood, Arrested Development, Rome, & the reality show triple threat (Top Chef, Project Runway, Rock of Love -- I miss you Rodeo!)
I Claudius, Lives of the Twelve Caesers, Njal's Saga, Please Kill Me, Life of Murasaki, Eloise, Norwegian Wood, Naked, Geek Love, Everything is Illuminated, The Man Who Ate Everything, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, NY Times Easy Crosswords for Lazy People, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths