Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, David Foster Wallace, Joan Didion, Dave Eggers, Haruki Murakami [村上春樹], Roberto Bolaño, Graham Greene; Sherlock, Daredevil, baseball, tennis, Jeopardy, Buffy, Simpsons, Daily Show, 30 Rock; walks in the forest, worshipping the sun, doing crosswords, writing fiction, singing, playing guitar; dark chocolate, coffee, croissants, tacos; Kauai and Paris.