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Reading, Writing, Teaching,
Jesus, the Apostles, C.S. Lewis, Fydor Dostoevsky, Phillip Pullman, Dante, Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, Maynard from Tool (he seems like a smart guy), Madeline L'engle, Chuck Pahlinuck, Edward Norton, Frank Miller, Christopher Moore (Right now some of you are probably wondering who the hell are most of these people. Well, I have an English degree and love writing and reading--so take a wild guess at one many of them do or did.
The Beatles, Smashing Pumpkins, At The Drive-In, Failure, U2, The Beautiful Mistake, My Bloody Valentine, Mewithoutyou, Thursday, The Cure, A Perfect Circle, Jars of Clay (old stuff, not new), P.O.D (Older, not new), Project 86, Stavesacre, Straylight Run, Starflyer 59, The Mars Volta, Pink FLoyd, The PaperChase (Amazing band-check them out), Circle Takes the Square, Jimmy Eat World, Something Corporate, Brave Saint Saturn, Emery, The Weeping Tree Freedy Johnston (check him out, he is amazing), Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Billy Holliday, Bless the Fall
Raising ArizonaRoyal Tennembaums, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Life AquaticCharlie Kauffman flicks-Being John Malcovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,old 1980's comedies, anything with the Coreys, Anthony Micheal Hall, or John CusackOld black and whites-Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Stage Coach, Citizen Kane, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the original), Waterfront, Night of the Living Dead (the original)Zombie Flicks (Except Resident Evil-couldnt stand it)Fight Club, Seven, American History X, Sideways (freaking brilliant Giamatti is awesome!), American Splendor, Planet of the Apes (orginal because remakes suck!), Closer (so freaking weird), I Heart Huckabees, No Country for Old Men,
Even though I can't stand it (one reason is because it is so captivating) I do like some television shows. Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Upright Citizens Brigade, The State, Kids in the Hall, That Seventies Show, Family Guy, and Futurama. Flight of the Conchords. Sadly, many of these shows cannot be found anywhere on the airwaves.
There are so many to choose from. Anything by Dostoevsky, Homer, C.S. Lewis, Phillip Pullman, Madeline L'engle, Vonnegut, Shakespeare is good,The Divine Comedy, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, Narnia Series, Harry Potter Series (dont knock it till you try em), Survivor (Chuck Pahlinuck), A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce (A must read!), The Screwtape Letters, The Problem of Pain, The Four Loves, Black Hawk Down, Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Things They Carried,Son of a Preacher Man (Jay Bakker, really good),Poetry by the Brownings, Lord Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, William Blake,
Anyone who understands the concept of sacrifice for the greater good and makes it applicable in their daily life.