pool, music, beer, coffee, books, writing, tattoos, squirrelly wrath, football, basketball (sorta), dominoes, poker (Texas Hold 'Em only), crochet (yes, I said it), Yiddish, Firefly (which doesn't count as TV 'cause it ain't on TV no mo'), knitting, yarn, knitting, yarn
People I can chill out and have a beer or a cuppa with. Must be capable of intelligent conversation and able to laugh at themselves just as much as they would other people.
Hip Hop, dirty south, electronic, ani difranco, imogen heap, outkast, massive attack, dj tomekk, fanta vier, alliance ethnik, Esthero, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Spoon, Arcade Fire, Dr. Dog, 80's, EBTG, trip hop, Manic Hispanic, Blue October, Snake River Conspiracy, some good ol' honky tonk tunes, ... whatever I'm in the mood for, really. Lately, lots of Liz Phair and Curve. Go figure.
hrm... PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR, LOLA RENNT, SCOTLAND PA, SERENITY, The 1st MATRIX, just about all of the Coen Bro flicks, PATTON (it's a long story), the SLEEPAWAY CAMP trilogy, the HP movies, Peter Jackson's HEAVENLY CREATURES, ONCE WERE WARRIORS, SERENITY, SLITHER ... just off the top of my head, as an idea.
football (NFL & UT), cartoons (and I'm not admitting which ones); other than that, I rarely even turn the thing on... OK, I'm an iTunes junkie: SLEEPER CELL, WEEDS, LOST, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, MIND OF MENCIA, and FIREFLY... which I need a new copy of.
Terry Pratchett, Rilke (but never the Bly translations), Anne McCaffrey, MZB's Darkover series, Robert Zubrin, Harry Potter (quit laughing), Larry Niven, Gregory Maguire, James Morrow's TOWING JEHOVAH trilogy (OK they're all authors, but you get the idea)
Fran Lebowitz