My family, biking, music, water skiing, photography, animals, art, sports, cooking, senior's issues, our planet going to shit, my overcrowded hospital/streets, the lack of affordable housing in my city, my lame ass council, the 2010 steamroller of debt called The Olympics.
Oh, tough one. I should say something really intellectual and throw out the name of someone from history who's made a real difference in the world. But, the honesty in me says: Kurt Cobain, Matt Good, Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Andre Agassi, Joe Sakic, Markus Naslund, Jack Black, Mitch Hedberg, Russell Peters, Steve Nash, Walter Payton, Dale Earnhardt, Holly McNarland, John Bonham, Jimmy Page, David Usher, Kris Angel.UPDATED: Mayor Malcolm (Ribbon Cutter) Brodie & his council full of heartless developers...to tell them that they suck and thanks for ruining the city I was born and raised in. I'd probably kick them in the shins too, just for good measure.FTR - I have met a few of my "heroes"...Trevor Linden, Bert, Bret Hart, Geroy Simon, Dave Dickenson, MG (briefly, sort of)
Damien Rice, El Descamisado, Twilight Singers, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, arctic monkeys, MG, Holly McNarland, Adaline, Social Distortion, Mike Ness, AIC, Afghan Whigs, Mother Love Bone, Johnny Cash, David Usher/Moist, The Hip, Cat Power, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Marilyn Manson, NIN, the marsvolta, Stevie Ray, The Band, The Cult, G & R, Beatles (White Album especially), Traffic, 4 Non Blondes, Ray Lamontagne, Thunderclap Newman, Oasis, White Stripes, Old RHCP, Goddo, Max Webster, 54-40, Age of Electric, Stabbing Westward, Rhymes With Orange, Cracker, POH, Janis, Neil Young, MCR, CCR, The Weazels, to be cont'd/updated/revised.....
Bus 174, Legends of the Fall, A River Runs Through It, The Wizard of Oz, The Birds, The Bedroom Window, Mrs. Doubtfire, Silence of the Lambs.....
Fuck it..it's all garbage.
Never get to read, uninterrupted anymore. Magazines like Time, Newsweek, McLeans. Any Shel Silverstein or Dave Pelzer. Junie B. Jones. Anything not by OJ ("who claims he never wrote the book and won't rest until he tracks down the culprit who did" - Conan)
Dad, Mom, my kids.