Patio beers any day, the feeling of nylon jacket sleeve linings on naked arms, good and bad art, gravy, crappy hot dog stand hot dogs, good and bad music, overcast-windy days that feel like the beach just before a storm, go carts and bumper boats, anything involving water, conspiracy theories, ancient history, movies, movies, movies, and did i mention patio beers?
"I'm Old Gregg" The Mighty Boosh
"Leggie Blonde" Murray. (King of the Dicks.)
"Ben" Crispin Glover
I Am Kloot "Proof"
Music
*Ben Folds *Belle & Sebastian *The Vaselines *The Cure *I Am Kloot *Brad Postlethwaite *The Boy Least Likely To *Suburban Kids w/ Biblical Names *Digital Underground *Death Cab *Sloan *Clarence Carter *Architecture in Helsinki *Miles Davis *Frog Eyes *The Faint *Datarock *Gnarls Barkley *Mos Def *Pulp *The Zombies *Foreigner *The Dan Band *Louis Armstrong *Jason Schwartzman (Coconut Records) *Annuals *The Fruit Bats *The Negro Problem *Polyphonic Spree *Merle Haggard *G Love & Special Sauce *Johnny Cash *Eagle Seagull *Ponies in the Surf *Silversun Pickups *Eliot Smith *Billy Bob and the Rock-a-fire Explosion *The Bodies *Willie Nelson...
Local Artists: *The Royal Bangs *The Westside Daredevils *The Dirty Knees *Dixie Dirt *Senryu *Matgo Primo *Arrison Kirby *Jodie Manross *Fluid Engineerz *Stewart Pack...
Movies
Any Coen Bros. Movie
*Raising Arizona
*Barton Fink, etc...
Any Terry Gilliam Movie
*12 Monkeys
*Brazil, etc...
Any P.T. Anderson Movie
*Magnolia
*Punch Drunk Love, etc...
Any Wes Anderson Movie
*Rushmore
*The Life Aquatic, etc...
I also recommend...
*Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
*Perfume, Story of a Murderer
*Black Snake Moan
*Shaun of the Dead
*Lunatics, A Love Story
*Once Upon a Time In Mexico
just to name a few.
Television
*Extras *Reno 911 *The State *Penn & Teller's Bullshit *The Greatest American Hero *Kids in the Hall *The Daily Show/Colbert Report *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia *Monty Python *The Office (either version) *Fawlty Towers *the Black Adder *Spaced *Dexter *Curb Your Enthusiasm *Law & Order... them's my stories.
Books
*Chuck Palahnuik [all of 'em] *Hunter S. Thompson [most of 'em] *Clive Barker {most of 'em-especially Imajica]
mostly, I read non-fiction as i've gotten older.
Heroes
*Hunter S. Thompson *Crispin Glover *Dan Finnerty & the Dan Band (check them out at thedanband.com) *Ben Folds *Zach Galifinakis *David Cross *Brian Posehn...
and most of my family is pretty hardcore awesome.
(but do you really care who my heroes are?... honestly?)
Happy Birthday! I love Jeff Blank!! 
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