explosive people, the real deal, risks that outweigh the potential rewards, the pursuit of waves, stormy weather, not being horrible at math, roller coasters, being unconventionally unadult, writing/reading, music, modern day piratism, food (meat free, foriegn and spicy), bike rides (preferablly in summer and half drunk), actin' a fool, debauchery, good conversation, bad jokes, growing plants, being a bitter party goer, the part in Home Alone where the old video tape is used against the pizza delivery guy - the line "it's me snakes" in particular, highly optimistic but inevitably mediocre cooking, honest folks that speak and behave in a manner that doesn't mask their intentions, swearing off Sparks for all eternity and then drinking it again five nights later, the ocean, giving as much as I take, coffee, photography, traveling the globe, learning from my mistakes, adult beverages other than Sparks, the cure for social awkwardness, Sparks, exploiting my half jewishness, sharks, fake moustaches, perserverance, surf/skate/snow, the fountain of youth (a.k.a becoming a vampire, but not in a dorky type of way), Unitarian Universalism, the pursuit of happiness, the natural world, burritos, hiding my inner hippie, Point Fake (the unmade sequel to Point Break in which Bodhi washes up on the shores of Lake Michigan and starts a vigilante taco truck robbing surf gang at the North Ave. Beach), clowning on people, having the last laugh, not being your stepping stone, the demise of capitalism, moving to a foriegn tropical locale and becoming a hermit,
Unwound, Marked Men, Pissed Jeans, Dead Boys, Low, Young Livers, Spoon, Floor, American Analog Set, Goldie Lookin' Chain, The Clash, Archers Of Loaf, Studio One Comps, Creeper Lagoon, No Means No, Hank Williams Sr, Mohinder, Fannypack, Edaline, Chik Chik Chik, Swervedriver, Majority Rule, Tupac, This Is My Fist, Jawbreaker, Pavement, Silver Jews, Wipers, Murder City Devils, Tom Petty, Big Star, Old Dirty, Dickies, The Meices, Lazycain, Drive Like Jehu, Outhud, Hi Fives, A Minor Forest, The Minutemen, Velvet Underground, Clem Snide, Prozack Turner, FYP, Pinebender, Buzzcocks, Crimpshrine, Boilermaker, Metal Hearts, the Replacements, Dead Kennedys, Agustus Pablo, Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr, Elvis Costello, Karp, Bloc Party, Seam, June of 44, Snoop Dogg, Karate, Blonde Redhead, E-40, Elliot Smith, Prefuse 73, Zepplin, the Pixies, Jawbox, Fifteen, Marvin Gaye, Too Short, Sole, Fugazi, Limbeck, Hold Steady, Mission of Burma, NWA, Hot Snakes, Pinback, Portishead, Cat Stevens, Party of Helicopters, Modest Mouse, Toys That Kill, Broken Social Scene, Angel Hair, Tijuana Brass, Built To Spill, Pinhead Gunpowder, Lou Barlow, Dr. Octagon, Soviettes, Cash, Aceyalone, American Steel, No Knife, Sonic Youth, Enon, Black Halos, Afghan Whigs, Cloudead, Nouevelle Vague, Jesus and Mary Chain, Tribe Called Quest, 764 Hero, Dianogah, Weakerthans, Dismemberment Plan, Seaweed, Constantines, Operation Ivy, Digable Planets, the Thermals, Faraquet, Aceyalone, Samiam, Mos Def, Descendents, The Arrivals, Discount, The Coup, Minor Threat, Engine Down, Atom Bomb Pocket Knife, Neutral Milk Hotel, Method Man, Pharcyde, Sweep The Leg Johnny, The Briefs, Lifter Puller, The Blow, Knapsack, Ink And Dagger, Aesop Rock, The Evens, Dylan, Les Savy Fav, Neil Young, Otis Redding, Wynona Ryders, Bjork, Nouevelle Vogue, Atmosphere, Talib Kweli, Bad Brains, Euromotion, Cat Power, The Teeth, Crooked Fingers, Lungfish, Mt St Helens, Buena Vista Social Club, Dr. Dre, Hi-Fives, Hieroglyphics, Wilco, Faraquet, Greenday, Wu Tang, Rye Coalition, Helium, Sea and Cake, Russian Circles, Old 97's, Aesop Rock, Wrangler Brutes, Fucked Up, Rilo Kiley, Blackalicious, Kerosene 454, Bluetip, Busdriver, Futureheads, Hieroglyphics, New Trust, Cooler By The Lake, Mountain Goats, Tristeza, Colossal, Etta James, Trackstar
Wet Hot American Summer, The Edukators, Chinatown, Hudsucker Proxy, This Is England, Il Postino, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Carrie, Wassup Rockers, I Heart Huckabees, Project Grizzly, Cabin Boy, American Beauty, Shaun of the Dead, Magnolia, Reality Bites, Life is Beautiful, Raising Arizona, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Gremlins, the History of Rock and Roll, the original three Star Wars films, Pump Up The Volume, Point Mutha Fuckin' Break, Goodfellas, Fear of a Black Hat, Scarface, Something About Mary, Safemen, Rad, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Donnie Darko, Fox and the Hound, the 25th Hour, Bottlerocket, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, Jaws, The Naked Gun, Event Horizon, Sleeper, Stripes, Easy Rider, Die Hard, Gleaming the Cube, Fight Club, Hero, Bowling for Columbine, Better Off Dead, The Breakfast Club, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Tilden Mullet Project, Northshore, Open Water, Dead Poets Society, Spaceballs, Scarface, Stoked, Secretary, Dog Day Afternoon, O Broseph Where Art Thou, Dreams With Fishes, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Godfather, Nightmare On Elm Street, Munchies, Millers Crossing, Indiana Jones (1-2), Kill Bill, Thrashin', UHF, Heat, Thin Red Line, Cable Guy, Goonies, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fugazi-Instrument, Clay Pigeons, Dogtown and Z Boys, Stella Shorts, Serpent in the Rainbow, City of God, The Constant Gardener, Amores Perros, Spring Break Shark Attack
(I try my best to avoid the tube, but evidently I'm not doing so well)... Arrested Development, The Wire, Battlestar Galactica, Weeds, Lost, The Office, Croc Hunter, the Awful Truth, The State, NOVA, Globe Trekker, Six Feet Under, Check Please, Man Vs. Wild, Simpsons, Reno 911, Malcom in the Middle (yes, for serious), Shark Week, The baseball card show that used to be on QVC
The Boy Detective Fails, Dance Of Days, Ham On Rye, Blankets, Dance Dance Dance, Cats Cradle, Rachel Papers, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, Youth In Revolt, Coming Through Slaughter, Whitman sans redundancy, Wonder Boys, Teeth, Western Swing, Anything Cometbus, Invisible Monsters, Steppenwolf, Salinger, anything on Latin American History, Maggie May, Frost, Tortillia Curtain, Under the Black Flag, Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Lone Surfer of Montana Kansas, Wilfred Owen, Sweet & Sour Milk, Hairstyles of the Damned, Vegetarian Cookbooks, Heart of Darkness, Hope Dies Last, A Grain of Wheat, Anil's Ghost, Shalimar The Clown
My heroes are the relative ones; unsung humanitarians, creators, and thrill seekers that keep hope standing.