Music, improvisation, acting, comic books, mythology, politics, video games, psychic powers, relationships, robots, coffee, drugs, Jesus, conspiracies, old-timey stuff, nanotech, Japanese culture (ancient and modern), organic food, beer, kickball, Settlers of Catan, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP
Musicians, improvisors, artists, poets, scientists, philosophers, caring folks, people smarter than me, people more kind than me, sugar mamas, teachers, etc.
Wilco, Soul Coughing, Mike Doughty, John Coltrane, Built to Spill, Death Cab For Cutie, Elvis Costello, AC/DC, Pavement, Fountains of Wayne, They Might Be Giants, The Smiths, Johnny Cash, Captain Genius, the Neu Tickles, Grandaddy, Old 97's, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Ben Kweller, Brendan Benson, the Whatevs, Where's Moo, Clinic, Radiohead, depression-era music, classic country (not the new stuff - that shit sounds like bad 80's arena rock), authentic bluegrass, Old Crow Medicine Show, the Weary Boys, the 88, Nada Surf, the Pixies, the Hackensaw Boys
the Incredibles, Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, Star Wars (original trilogy), Romero's Living Dead Trilogy (and the new Dawn of the Dead), My Life as a Dog, Mystery Train, Down By Law, Midnight Madness, Iron Giant, Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan, the Matrix, Office Space, Bowling for Columbine, Jaws, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Shaun of the Dead, Serenity
the Office, the Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, Survivor, Twin Peaks, the X-files, Mr. Show, Cowboy Bebop, Teen Titans, the Kids in the Hall, Da Ali G Show, the Simpsons, the Sopranos, Six Feet Under, CSI, Huell Howser, the 4400, the new Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, Going Tribal, Arrested Development, My Name is Earl, Surface, The Amazing Race, Veronica Mars, Big Love, 5 Takes, So You Think You Can Dance, Firefly, Without a Trace, Entourage, Weeds, American Idol,
Dune, Lord of the Rings, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Stupid White Men, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Harry Potter, The Hagakure, Lone Wolf and Cub, Dark Tower series, most comic books, lots of conspiracy theory books, Ender's Game, The Grapes Of Wrath, The Lucifer Principle
Bruce Parry (from "Going Tribal"), Joseph Campbell, John Coltrane, Jesus Christ, anyone with the initials J.C. or anyone brave enough to fight for what's right and true, even in the face of much adversity