Music:
I'll give you a handful of both new and old favorites: David Bowie, Bjork, The Velvet Teen, Elliott Smith, Cursive, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, The Faint, Elvis Costello, The Good Life, The Arcade Fire, The Beatles, Refused, Azure Ray, Rilo Kiley, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Kweller, The Belles, The Cure, Desaparecidos, The Get up Kids, Modest Mouse, The New Trust, The Postal Service, Portishead, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, The Shins, The Smiths, Statistics, Shout out louds, The Stars, Fruit Bats, The Anniversary, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, Jon Brion, The Go Find, Iron and Wine, Jimmy Eat World, Neva Dinova, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Decemberists, The Islands, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem, Cut Copy, Justice, Daft Punk
Movies:
Lost in Translation, Amelie, Children of Men, Science of Sleep, Garden State, In America, The Royal Tennenbaums, Dancer in the Dark, Jeux d'enfants (Love me if you dare), Rushmore, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Virgin Suicides, Zoolander, Punch Drunk Love, American Beauty, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Wet Hot American Summer, Best in Show, The Baxter, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 40 Year Old Virgin...
Television:
Arrested Development, Project Runway, America's Next Top Model, The Office, 30 Rock, Planet Earth.
Heroes:
My parents. Lainey.