old things, new things, borrowed things, pop culture references.
My maternal grandmother. And Oprah, cause she gives free stuff away to people she feels sorry for and I could maybe work that angle.
Various divisions of rock and/or roll. Especially the soul. AC/DC, Al Green, Ann Peebles, BBQ + King Khan, Beach Boys, Bellrays, Bikini Kill, Billie Holiday, Bobby D., Cheap Trick, Detroit Cobras, Eagles of Death Metal, Fleetwood Mac, Flirtations, Gene Pitney, Gossip, Hot Snakes, Howard Tate, Ida, IRMA THOMAS(circa 1960s), Jay Reatard, Joan Jett, Julie Ruin, Little Richard, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Mirah, Missy Elliott, Mongrels, Nirvana, Otis Redding, Pretty Things, Prince, Ramones, Reigning Sound, Replacements, Richard Hell, RFTC, Royal Mountain Band, Runaways, Sharon Jones, Sleater-Kinney, Sonics, Starvin Hungry, Sunday Sinners, T-Rex, Thurston Moore, Tricky Woo, Turbonegro, Velvet Underground, Wanda Jackson, Wilson Pickett and most pop songs/power ballads.
Thelma and Louise, but I watch other movies too.
LOST, SATC, TNG, ANTM, VM, Battlestar, Big Love, Buffy, Oprah (but only the "uplifting" episodes)
Girls Can Be Anything!, Sextrology, The Bell Jar, Harry Potter 1-7, Nickel and Dimed, Bastard out of Carolina, MAUS
alley cats, people who work hard for the money.