(A) Oh, goodness - where to start? I like Sci-Fi and Fantasy, some
horror. I also enjoy graphic novels. Fave authors include
William Gibson,
Bruce
Sterling,
Neal Stephenson,
Neil Gaiman,
Charles DeLint,
Alan Moore,
Umberto Eco,
Elie Wiesel,
Seanan
McGuire,
Cherie Priest.
(B) My taste in movies follows my taste in books - solidly sci-fi
& fantasy:
Bladerunner,
The Matrix (loved the first one,
hated the last one, the one in the middle was ok), LOTR,
Serenity,
The Princess Bride,
Stardust, old
Hammer horror films, black and white vampire movies,
Say Anything,
The
Breakfast Club,
Star Wars (most of them), anything
with
Johnny
Depp. I also have a soft spot for animated movies like
Despicable
Me,
Kung Fu
Panda,
Monsters Inc.,
9,
The Jungle Book (original Disney
animated, not the crappy one with music by Phil Collins),
etc.
(C) Techno, Indie, Rock, Classic Rock, Classical, Alternative,
Punk. Specifically:
Queen,
Led Zepplin,
Depeche Mode,
Tom Waits,
The Cure,
New Order,
Pet Shop Boys,
Kate Bush,
Annie Lennox,
Sarah McLachlan,
Peter Gabriel,
The Ramones,
Tom Waits,
Talking
Heads/
David
Byrne,
Roxy
Music/
Bryan
Ferry,
Indigo Girls,
Dar Williams,
K.T. Tunstall,
S.J. Tucker,
Bone
Poets Orchestra (formerly Gaia Consort,
Abney Park,
Rufus Wainwright,
Rusted Root,
Moxy Fruvous,
Ani
DiFranco. Did I mention I like
Tom Waits?
(D) I've got pretty broad taste in cuisines:
Indian,
Thai,
Japanese,
Vietnamese,
Italian,
Greek,
Afghan, recently discovered
Trinidadian. I don't
eat beef or pork, but I do eat fish, seafood and fowl (chicken and
turkey, mostly). I can be quite happy eating
vegetarian. I absolutely love
sushi!