Bad Movies, DDR, penguins, higher education, languages (particularly Spanish and German!), musicals, going to aquariums and zoos :), animals in general, doing service work, driving around listening to music, listening to monks that chant popular music!, catching news off of Wired.com, visiting unique and worldly stores
About that "bright" outlook on life - the following might seem contrary: If I want to tape your mouth shut (not because you have opinions, but because you don't) then I probably won't be very interested in you. Awkward is great; there's something valuable in the slightly off.
Aaron Copland, ABBA, Aretha Franklin, Bach, Barenaked Ladies, Beethoven, Ben E. King, Benny Goodman, Bette Midlet, Billy Joel, Bizet, Blondie!, Boston Pops Orchestra, Duran Duran, Earth Wind and Fire, Europe, Eurythmics, Garbage, Gorillaz, Great Big C, John Williams, Madonna, young Michael Jackson, Nelly Furtado, Norah Jones, Last Five Years (musical), REM, the Rocky Horrow Picture Show!, Shakira, Stephen Schwartz, Straight No Chaser, They Might Be Giants, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, U2, Scissor Sisters, Erasure, B-52s, Buena Vista Social Club, Kylie Minogue, Michael Bublé, Natasha Bedingfield, Pat Benatar, Poe, the Pretenders, Richard Arjona, Rufus Wainwright, Soft Cell, and Vivaldi
Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run), Cannibal: The Musical, Sorority House Massacre II, Tromeo and Juliet, Crash, Amelie, ...
Heroes, 24, Project Runway
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Prince, Rights Talk
Are there heroes anymore?