I'd like to meet:
Hunter S. Thompson, Jon Stewart (I am so in love with him), Janis Joplin, Al Franken, David Sedaris, Nora Jones (sexiest voice in the world), JRR Tolkien, Cleopatra, Barack Obama
Music:
Stuff I listen to on any random day: Nora Jones, Ben Harper, Indigo Girls, Acoustic Syndicate, Bob Marley, Ani DiFranco, Ryan Adams, Old Crow Medicine Show, Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decembrists, Sublime, Scott Miller, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, Thievery Corporation, Lucinda Williams, Patty Loveless, Gillian Welsh, Jack Johnson, Weezer, Green Day, Nick Drake, Son Volt, Willie Nelson, Arctic Monkeys, Mofro, The Oranges Band, The Stars, Alexi Murdoch, Imogen Heap, The Fray, Snow Patrol, Emmylou Harris, Buena Vista Social Club, Malcom Holcombe, and last but not least, the oldies: Janis Joplin, CSNY, Van Morrison, Dylan, Queen, ABBA, The Band, Lou Reed, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, and the jazz/blues goddesses Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Lena Horne. I heart music. A lot.
Movies:
V For Vendetta; Lord of the Rings; Harry Potters; The Princess Bride; Legend of the Fall; A River Runs Through It; Braveheart; Usual Suspects; LA Confidential; Saved!; Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Office Space; 40-Year-Old Virgin; Indiana Jones movies; Anchorman; Jesus Camp
Television:
LOST; Stargate: SG-1; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Star Trek: The Next Generation (I also like the original); Quantum Leap; Law and Order: SVU; The Twilight Zone (old one); CBS Sunday Morning; The Daily Show; The Colbert Report; The Simpsons; South Park; Seinfeld; Family Guy; Friends; Jeopardy; As Time Goes By (gotta love the BBC)... ummmm, I think I have an addiction
Books:
The Handmaid's Tale; The Prophet ; anything by Tolkien; Harry Potters; One Hundred Years of Solitude; anything by David Sedaris; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; The People's History of the United States; The Red Tent; Night; Lonesome Dove trilogy; The Time Traveler's Wife; 1984; The Prophet; Number the Stars; Ramona Quimby books (Beverly Cleary); Anne of Green Gables
Heroes:
Maya Angelou , Zbigniew Brzezinski