I'd like to meet:
Jon Stewart, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Edwards, the Jena Six, Shawn Colvin
Music:
Rock/pop that borders on Country/bluegrass: James Taylor, Shawn Colvin, John Mayer, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, CSN&Y, Lucinda Williams, Bruce Hornsby
Movies:
The Shawshank Redemption, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the original with Gene Wilder)
Television:
The Wire, The L Word, Heroes, almost all home improvement shows, Top Chef, Project Runway
Books:
fiction by women--not romance, not detective stories
Heroes:
my parents, my grandmother Lane, Barbara Jordan, Anna Quindlen, my husband, my friends