Anything that qualifies as awesome
Anything that requires exertion of body, mind, soul or spirit
Anything that I can go away from smiling
Beauty, preferably uncommon and unique
Joy, preferably unspeakable
Simplicity
Balance.
I like (in whatever order they come)
Biking in the city
Making and listening to music
Friends
Yerba mate from the Spyhouse
Nannying
Going fast around corners in cars that are designed to do it (unlike mine)
Reading excellent books
Finding wisdom and/or truth
Laughing
Bringing joy to others
Bouldering
Being wild
Record hunting
Old book hunting
Eating well-prepared veggies
The occasional bit of Asian cinema or manga
And of course, kicking it old school.
Bob Dylan, John Ronald Reul Tolkien, myself in 20 years...Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed in a roundtable discussion...Adolph Hitler, Ingrid Bergman, Victor Wooten, C.S. Lewis, U2, Adam, Eve, Winston Churchill, the 12 Apostles (especially John The Revelator!), my grandpa, Robert Johnson, Richard Foster, Elrond, Gandalf, Eru Illuvatar, Galadriel, Ingwë of the Vanyar (read The Silmarillion, poser), the man who started the whole trend of pants-wearing, my future wife, and just about any comic book hero except Lobo. Pablo Picasso, Adam LaClave, Han Solo (not Harrison Ford), St. Paul, Barry White, Leo Fender, Gnarls Barkley (the man, not the band), Mary Poppins..you get the picture.
Earthsuit
Mutemath
Mukala
Gnarls Barkley
Delerious?
U2
Over The Rhine
Club of the Sons
OC Supertones
Tongues On Paper
Explosions In The Sky
The Bad Plus
Matisyahu
The Album Leaf
Tommy Immanuel
Nickel Creek
Crystal Skulls
Jeremy Messersmith
enfin
Justin Landsdowne
The Who
Coldplay
Johnny Cash
Roots Mavua
The Streets
Eisley
Sufjan Stevens
Marcosick
The Cinematic Orchestra
Dogwood
Kaki King
Put Down The Muffin
Sigur Ros
The Specials
Bob Dylan
Jeff Buckley
Led Zepplin
Martin Sexton
Out Of The Silent Planet (haha)
...I guess I desire potent musicianship, high energy, lyrical mastery, or sheer, simple beauty in the music I listen to. I find these bands to be a few that hit the mark. There's more...I just can't remember them right now.
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King Extended Edition
Star Wars:
A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Return Of The Jedi
Revenge Of The Sith
Attack Of The Clones
The Phantom Menace (but only because it has lightsabers)
Pride and Predjudice (the new one)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Last Samurai
Hero
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
The Quiet Man
O Brother Where Art Thou
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Appleseed
Ferris Bueller's Day Out
The Passion Of The Christ
The Longest Day
Mary Poppins
The Aristocats
12 Angry Men
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
U2 Live in Chicago and Live at Slane Castle
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Television...nope. It turns your brain into porridge. I do occasionally watch anime.
The Bible
I try to read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, The Silmarillion, and The Hobbit (which I don't like as much as I could), and C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia and Space Trilogy at least once a year.
Till We Have Faces -C.S. Lewis
Roverandom -J.R.R.Tolkien
Peter Pan -J.M. Barrie
Treasure Island -Robert Lewis Stevenson
Siddhartha -Herman Hesse
Kim -Rudyard Kipling
Red Sun Rising -Peter Greig & Dave Roberts
The Practice of the Presence of God -Brother Lawrence
Poems -C.S. Lewis
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Poems -G.K. Chesterton
Blue Like Jazz -Donald Miller
Searching For God Knows What -Donald Miller
The Man In The Iron Mask -Alexandre Dumas
The Lexus and the Olive Tree -Thomas L. Freidman
The Acts of King Aurthur and His Noble Knights -John Steinbeck
X-Men comics
manga (Bebop and Initial D)
Star Wars Graphic Novels (KOTOR, Clone Wars & Star Wars Tales)
Pride and Prejudice -Jane Austen
Sherlock Holmes -Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle
The Count of Monte Cristo -Alexandre Dumas
All The Hits So Far...But Don't Expect Too Much -Bradley Hathaway
The Screwtape Letters -C.S. Lewis
The Three Musketeers -Alexandre Dumas
Don Quixote -Miguel de Cervantes
Jesus Christ, cause he couldn't be more loving, my Mom and Dad for being incredible examples, the Herzog family, all of the people who have taken time out of their lives and given of themselves because they want to see me succeed.