Clouds, books, writing, music, the Silent Hill series, art, Rene Magritte, photography, humor, PBS's Nova and American Experience, Green tea, nature (and all its dynamic glory), animals, ancient Egypt, Japanese culture, the human body/psyche, silence, the rain, fresh air, libraries, museums, microscopes, astronomy, the universe, the ocean, playing cards, telescopes; koi ponds, autumn, languages, respect, genuine people who you only come by across so quickly, feel-good moments, and feel-good days.

Madvillain, J-Dilla, MF Doom, Madlib/Quasimoto, Interpol, Neutral Milk Hotel, William Basinski, Akira Yamaoka, Eluvium, Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Anti-Pop Consortium, Dangerdoom, TV on the Radio, Blonde Redhead, Iron and Wine, Four Tet, Radiohead, Bjork, Aphex Twin, Air, Spoon, Deerhunter, Dntel, John Coltrane, David Bowie, Grandaddy, Wu-Tang Clan, Dizzy Gillespie, Sufjan Stevens, Cat Power, Kraftwerk, The Books, Depeche Mode, Joanna Newsom, The Pixies, Beck, Clinic, The Cure, Massive Attack, Mychael Danna; ambient, jazz, classical, and much, much more.