Well, Couchsufring is just a perfect platform which gives the opportunity to make the most while travelling (as meeting locals is one of the most satiating parts of travel). And then again it gives you the chance of traveling without moving by hosting other people (when you get stuck in that no-travel period). Really no reason why not to be on CS :)

Uh many! But the ones that got stuck into my memory: Books - Under the Skin, Atomised, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Cutter and Bone, The Shadow of the Wind, Sad Animals, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Music - Groove Armada, Thievery Corporation, Beady Belle, La Cherga, Kiril Dzajkovski, Nouvelle Vague, The Cure, INXS, Kings of Convenience, Jovanotti, Erikah Badu... ...and so on and so on... any that lifts my soul, but usually the one that is more rock-ish, funk-ish, dub-ish, reggae-ish, jazz-ish :) And the one that gives proper beat to dance to! Movies - ok, with this section I kind of suck. Still have a huuuge list of classics to see. But I am fan of Tarantino, Guy Ritchie and more european and art movies than classical blockbusters. I like when movie makes some kind of impression on me, leaves me in a state of shock and forces me to think about it at least little bit after I see it - and not just being pure entertainment.