I do some rather arcane activities, competitive armwrestling, trials biking, 12V installer. Crap like that. None of it equates to much but it keeps me happy. Philosophy, paleontology, religion, and the occasional dabbling of quantum theory (math be damned) keeps the mind on its toes.
Anyone with half a brain in their head and the ability to differentiate between "your" and "you're". I'm always willing to have a discussion on whatever; from gas caused by broccoli consumption to why my eye occasionally twitches but is apparently unseen, yet felt.
Saul Williams, Blackalicious, Busdriver, Chali 2na, Cut Chemist, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, DJ Format, DJ Nu-Mark, DJ Shadow, Jurassic 5, Krafty Kuts, Lyrics Born, Ninja Tunes, Quannum, RJD2, The Herbaliser, The Postal Service, Chik Chik Chik, Bullfrog, Wyclef, The Fugees, Infected Mushroom, Shpongle, Astral Projection, Hallucinogen, and so forth. You get the idea. There's obviously a hell of a lot more I listen to, but that's the body of it.
The Life Aquatic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Punch-Drunk Love, The Usual suspects, Magnolia, Memento, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Battle Royale (crazy ass Japanese), Old School, Anchorman, Dogma, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Dodgeball, Lost in Translation, probably a lot more avant-garde artsy crap movies and some other brainless comedies thrown in there.
Dostoevsky, Danielowski, Camus, Joyce, Pynchon, Dunn, Sartre, Hegel, Heidegger, Machiavelli, Kierkegaard, Bakker, Horner, Findley, Currie, and plenty more I don't care to, or can't remember. I'm not listing titles. I'm lazy and that will take too much effort. This was bad enough as it is. And all these extraneous fragments of sentences are killing me. I need a nap.
Steve Zissou and whoever buys me falafel or spinach and feta pizza.
But mostly Steve.