music-- thrice, iron & wine, ben harper, owen, jimmy eat world, shiela nicholes, the postal service, death cab for cutie, penfold, jack johnson, the get up kids, fell far behind, hammock (ambient), common children; books-- long day's journey into night, sonnets to orpheus, mere christianity, the varieties of religious experience, calvin & hobbes, hope for the flowers; movies-- the constant gardner, eternal sunshine for the spotless mind, blow, romero, shawshank redemption, princess bride, emperor's new groove

guitar, singing, composing, prayer, photography, surfing, snowboarding, painting, playing hackysack on the edge of cliffs, exploring, helping strangers, climbing trees, speaking in bad foreign accents, the crossroads of religion / philosophy / psychology / art, learning, avoiding ever having to pull two all-nighters in a row again, open-mindedness, 'fundamental' questions (..the practical ones)