Animated Films, videogames (360 gamertag = dajohns), pain medication, drawing, 3D artwork, cartoons, music, working out.
Angus Young, any animator (3D or otherwise) who works in feature film, and Ron Burgundy.
80s Hair Metal, Waltham, The Upper Crust, AC/DC, Buckcherry, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Sister Hazel
Toy Story 1 and 2, Monster Inc, Over the Hedge, Cars, Finding Nemo, Ice Age, Dumb and Dumber, Anchorman, and on and on...
The Office, King of Queens, Jimmy Neutron, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Hogan Knows Best, NFL, NBA, My Name is Earl, Newsradio, Three's Company.
The books I read are mostly made up of art training books, though I do love comic strips as well. As for art books, "The Illusion of Life," and "The Animator's Survival Kit" are two of the top ones. Comic strips would be Bloom County/Outland/Opus, Calvin and Hobbes, Citizen Dog and Liberty Meadows. I'll also read just about anything by Stephen King, as well as autobiographies for bands like David Lee Roth and Motley Crue. Frankly, most of my reading is done ...
My heroes really are anyone out there who has chosen to do what makes them happy.Oh... and Richard Simmons, but I guess he sort of falls into that category too.