reading
movies
music
concerts
theater
opera
playing Katamari Damacy and Guitar Hero
Fun people... anyone with a good sense of humor, who likes to hang out without getting completely trashed.
Barenaked Ladies
Beatles
Guster
Elliott Smith
Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle
Ben Folds
Great Big Sea
Sarah Slean
Sarah Harmer
Brothers Creeggan
Starling
Steven Page
Gavin DeGraw
Rheostatics
Butterfly Boucher
Rufus Wainwright
Corinne Bailey Rae
John Lennon
David Usher
Chantal Kreviazuk
Jason Plumb
Postal Service
The Shins
Weezer
Jimmy Eat World
Sloan
K's Choice,
Norah Jones
Tenacious D
musicals (Rent, Wicked, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Avenue Q, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Miss Saigon, Chicago, Reefer Madness!: The Movie Musical)
opera (especially Puccini)
Regina Spektor
Rilo Kiley
Gaelic Storm
Death Cab For Cutie
Emm Gryner
The Fray
Frou Frou
Weakerthans
Smashing Pumpkins
Amy Winehouse
Wilco
Keane
Feist
Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins
Pride and Prejudice (BBC version)
Seven
Kikujiro
Brazil
Chasing Amy
Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Princess Bride
The Wrong Guy
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Battle Royale
The Little Mermaid
A Fish Called Wanda
any Monty Python movie
Amelie
Dogma
Garden State
Kung Fu Hustle
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Sense and Sensibility
Emma
...and about a million others.
RECENT movies I've loved:
Stranger Than Fiction (one of my all-time faves now)
Little Children
Pan's Labyrinth
Dreamgirls (basically for the music)
Hot Fuzz
Simpsons
The Daily Show
Colbert Report
Arrested Development
Kids In The Hall
Scrubs
Futurama
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Office (BBC version)
Coupling
Fawlty Towers
Black Adder
Mr. Show
My favorite authors are Jane Austen, John Irving, and Margaret Atwood. Their books are at the top of my list.
I also love:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series - Douglas Adams
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy (Pride and Prejudice through Mr. Darcy's eyes... I'm a nerd) - Pamela Aidan
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
and, again, about a million others.
Anyone who stands up for what they believe in, no matter what the cost. I admire social workers and teachers, and anyone who makes a daily effort to improve the lives of people around them.