Thunderstorms, chocolate, karate (Kenpo), D&D, WoD, computers, history, physics, ranting, hedonism, video games, theater
Pretty much anyone with a sense of humor...
Nirvana, REM, The Pixies, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Bjork, Beethoven, TMBG, The Police, Bad Religion, Queen, Simon & Garfunkle, Eric Clapton, Meat Puppets, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Natalie Merchant (I know, I know, I'm a lesbian...)
Apocalypse Now, Lord of the Rings, any Monte Python movie, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Brain Candy, 2001, David Lynch's Dune, The Godfather, Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, good Shakespeare adaptations, Snatch, Princess Bride, But I'm a Cheerleader, Saved...
the new Battlestar Galactica, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Simpsons, House, History Channel, Buffy, Firefly, Adult Swim (except the stuff that completely sucks of course), Bones, Invader Zim, Babylon 5, Lexx, all manner of anime (FLCL, Excel Saga, Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis, Trigun, El Hazzard...)
Stranger in a Strange Land, Dune, 1984, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Sandman (anything by Neil Gaiman for that matter), 2001, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, The Myth of Monogamy...
Richard Feynman, Albert Einstein, J.R.R. Tolkien, Bruce Lee, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Benjamin Franklin