Playing guitar, music, reading, singing, art, Paul Frank & Ezekiel clothing, finding killer deals on Ebay, asian style, tea & coffee, people, chocolate, Thai food, dancing, the prophetic, culture, disenfranchised youth, golfing & other sports and outdoors stuff, animals, worshiping God... knowing him more and discerning his will, and on and on infinite.
Artists, writers, musicians, skaters, ponderers. Really anyone, except for pervy Petes. Lots of random bands. Yaaay! =P
So many, but more recent favs... Jeremy Enigk, Hillsong United, Shawn McDonald, the Helio Sequence, Jonathan Stockstill, Lauryn Hill, Jason Upton, Emery, Further Seems Forever, Mutemath, Neko Case, Falling Up, Paul Wright, Poor Old Lu, Sunny Day Real Estate, the Fire Theft, & most recently discovered...STRYPER (so awesomely rockin' & cheezy!) etc. Some favs from past times include Bjork, the Posies, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Helmet, RATM, Daft Punk, BT, Josh Wink, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, CypressHill, 2pac, Bone, old Outkast, Depeche Mode, Kool & the Gang, Parliament, KC & the Sunshine band, Zeppelin, Hendrix, the Doors, Clapton, etc. Basically... worship, rock, hip-hop, techno, etc. No country, unless it's like Johnny Cash or something.
Diary of a mad black woman , Teen wolf, Bill & Ted's excellent adventure, Napoleon Dynamite, James Dean and Audrey Hepburn flicks, LOTR trilogy, Spiderman, x-men, Legally Blonde, the Devil Wears Prada, West Side Story, Super size me, The Outsiders, can't lie - love Dazed & Confused and Almost Famous, Walk the Line, I am David, Benny & Joon, the prince of Egypt, the Pursuit of Happyness, Akeelah & the Bee, Breakin' & Breakin' 2, I haven't SEEN such accomplished acting in a pair of movies before! etc... more later.
Music videos, E channel & Vh1 pop culture garbage, was pretty into the 1st season of Project Runway, Discovery and TLC channel, Inside the actor's studio... I like making fun of commercials. I'd preferably not even have a tv actually, but then I couldn't watch movies.
That old good book that sits on everyone's shelf, but is scarcely read*Worst-case scenario handbooks*Stuff you should have learned at school (book title)*the dictionary*Weekly World News (the world's most reliable newspaper, but of course, hahaa!)...authors as of late include John Bevere*Brennan Manning*Erwin Raphael McManus*Stephen Baldwin.
Many people influence me for various reasons... Jesus... well, because he's like, Jesus. "The Passion" & the "Jesus is my Homeboy" phenomenom has come & gone, whether it's cool or lame to love him, no matter. He has changed me, continues to change me & brings meaning to my life. Others would be Shawn McDonald, Bill Wilson, Lauryn Hill, Jason Upton, Akiane, Bjork. Anyone innovative, transparent, love-filled, out of the box, passionate, etc.