Television: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, Babylon 5, Crusade, Jeremiah, Farscape, Charmed, Tru Calling, nip/tuck, Stargate SG-1, Quantum Leap, Freaks and Geeks, Star Trek: TNG and DS9, Digimon

Television writers/directors: Joss Whedon, Tim Minear, David Greenwalt, Drew Goddard, Jane Espenson, Doug Petrie, J. Michael Straczynski

Movies: Say Anything, High Fidelity, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Muriel's Wedding, Girl Interrupted, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter, Men in Black, Star Wars, The Matrix, X-Men, Toy Story

Movie writers/directors: Quentin Tarantino, Charlie Kaufman, Michael Moore

Actors: Alexis Denisof, Amber Benson, John Cusack, Lili Taylor

Books: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Bridget Jones’ Diary by Helen Fielding, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, all of the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, books by Michael Moore and Al Franken (because politics without humor is too depressing to think about), Buffyverse novels by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder

Graphic novels/Comic books: Fray, Rising Stars, Sandman, X-Men, Buffyverse comics

Games: Diablo II, Kingdom Hearts, Grandia, Grandia 2, Dark Cloud, Magic: the Gathering (Micropose PC game and card game)

Music: Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five, Counting Crows, Evanescence, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Natalie Merchant, Matthew Sweet, No Doubt, Fleetwood Mac, alternative music

Walking: Yes, I can list an interest that that doesn’t make me sound like a total couch potato!