Music:
Spearhead (Michael Franti), Matt Nathanson, Lag Wagon, Paul Simon, Metallica, Dave Brubeck, Ani diFranco, Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums, Alice in Chains, Insomniac, Jazz Butcher, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Def Leppard, "Move Along" by the All American Rejects, Five For Fighting, Tori Amos, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, AC/DC, Boccherini, Tom AKA The Ocean, almost anything live....the list is REALLY long.
Movies:
Yep, like 'em. Top five all-time favorites: The Serpent and the Rainbow, Harold and Maude, The Princess Bride, Dream with the Fishes, American History X.
Television:
24 is the only show I make a point of being home to watch each week--otherwise, whatever happens to be on when I have time.
Books:
Lots and lots...anything from Charles Bukowski to Augusten Burroughs, Anne Rice to Anne Lamott, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying to The Alchemist. Books I learn from, books I escape through, books recommended by family and friends.
Heroes:
I believe in everyday heroes....such as my sister for being a wonderful wife and mother of three, my parents for making it through 40 years of marriage, my friends who make everyday better, cancer survivors, freedom fighters, musicians and writers and all those who inspire through their art, and so on and so forth.