History, cultural anthropology, the cinema, nature, art, introspection, retrospection, analyzing others, traveling, and researching.
Keane, Regina Spektor, Coldplay, Liz Phair, Dvorak, Kronos Quartet, Damien Rice, and Die Artzte.
Orphic Trilogy by Jean Cocteau, Hiroshima Mon Amour, He Died with a Falafel in His Hand, The Rage in Placid Lake, Mulholland Drive, Amelie, Noi, 101 Reykjavik, Dinner Game, Magnolia, Crash, The Way Things Go and sooo so many others.
Will and Grace, NewsWorld International, IFC, Sundance, BBC, FineLiving, Discovery Channel, and Travel Channel.
Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue, Edna St. Vincent-Millay's poetry, David Sedaris' books, Jhumpa Lahiri's books, travel books, art history books, Jane Austen's books, and Voltaire's Candide.