These are a few of my favorite things. Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music

The order of each list is roughly correct but imprecise…no way could I accurately stack rank a lot of these…I’ve easily seen 4,000+ movies and TV shows, so those are pretty long lists sorry not sorry 😂

Favorite Movies

  1. The Matrix (series)
  2. The Thirteenth Floor
  3. The Mandela Effect
  4. The Truman Show
  5. Hackers
  6. The Man from Earth
  7. Fight Club
  8. Meet Joe Black
  9. John Wick (series)
  10. Big Trouble in Little China
  11. The Goonies
  12. Willow
  13. Princess Bride
  14. Vanilla Sky
  15. Transcendence
  16. The Accountant
  17. Spirited Away
  18. Howl’s Moving Castle
  19. The Last Starfighter
  20. Top Gun Maverick
  21. Krull
  22. Free Guy
  23. Total Recall
  24. Sneakers
  25. The Neverending Story
  26. Coherence
  27. Peaceful Warrior
  28. The Shawshank Redemption
  29. Arlington Road
  30. The Old Guard
  31. Star Trek Trilogy (Chris Pine ones)
  32. Killer Klowns from Outer Space
  33. My Science Project
  34. Guardians of the Galaxy
  35. Kingsman: The Secret Service
  36. Wargames
  37. Man on Fire
  38. John Carter
  39. Interstellar
  40. Arrival
  41. The Adjustment Bureau
  42. Rambo (series, except Last Blood which sucked)
  43. The Avengers (series)
  44. Brainscan
  45. Doctor Strange
  46. Road House
  47. Ladyhawke
  48. Toy Soldiers
  49. The Manhattan Project
  50. Tron: Legacy
  51. Deadpool
  52. Thor (series)
  53. Contact
  54. Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton, especially on 3D Blu Ray)
  55. Iron Man (just the first one, the second one was so-so and the third sucked)
  56. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Johnny Depp version)
  57. Avatar
  58. Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr. version)
  59. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
  60. The Hobbit Trilogy
  61. Resident Evil
  62. Independence Day
  63. Casino Royale (Daniel Craig version)
  64. The Dark Knight
  65. Black Panther
  66. Mortal Kombat
  67. Pirates of the Caribbean
  68. Batman Begins
  69. The Prestige
  70. The Greatest Showman
  71. Alien (series)
  72. Predator (series)
  73. Bourne (series)
  74. American History X
  75. Rounders
  76. Heat
  77. Hitman (2015)
  78. Blade Runner (series)
  79. Joker
  80. Law Abiding Citizen
  81. Star Wars (series, but especially Return of the Jedi)
  82. Leon: The Professional (International version)
  83. Limitless
  84. Boondock Saints (series)
  85. Good Will Hunting
  86. The Dead Poet’s Society
  87. School of Rock
  88. Lake Placid
  89. Everything Everywhere All At Once
  90. Pay it Forward
  91. The Crow
  92. Bloodsport
  93. Kickboxer
  94. Wall-E
  95. Short Circuit (series)
  96. Ghostbusters (series)
  97. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (series)
  98. Back to the Future (series)
  99. Taken (series)
  100. K-PAX
  101. Bicentennial Man
  102. Real Genius
  103. Harry Potter (series)
  104. 300
  105. The Incredibles
  106. Wonder Woman
  107. Hocus Pocus
  108. The Last Samurai
  109. Bridge to Terabithia
  110. The Menu
  111. Big Hero 6
  112. Cobra
  113. The Count of Monte Cristo
  114. Baby Driver
  115. Constantine
  116. Die Hard (series)
  117. Finding Neverland
  118. Stardust
  119. Kubo and the Two Strings
  120. Pan’s Labyrinth
  121. The Patriot
  122. Indiana Jones (series)
  123. Thank You for Smoking
  124. V for Vendetta
  125. Starship Troopers
  126. The Silence of the Lambs
  127. Idle Hands
  128. The Wraith
  129. The Last Unicorn
  130. The Edge
  131. The Craft
  132. Big
  133. Cube
  134. Silent Hill
  135. The Count of Monte Cristo
  136. Jurassic Park
  137. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  138. The Usual Suspects
  139. Mallrats
  140. James Bond (series)
  141. Flight of the Navigator
  142. The Book of Life
  143. The Nightmare Before Christmas
  144. Howard the Duck
  145. Explorers
  146. Dorian Gray
  147. Army of Darkness
  148. The Ninth Gate
  149. Friday the 13th (series)
  150. Nightmare on Elm Street (series)
  151. Solomon Kane
  152. Gladiator
  153. The Game
  154. Falling Down
  155. Final Destination
  156. Halloween (Rob Zombie ones)
  157. With Honors
  158. What About Bob
  159. Edge of Tomorrow
  160. Sing
  161. In Time
  162. Groundhog Day
  163. Election
  164. Office Space
  165. Inception
  166. Conan (series)
  167. American Beauty
  168. Casanova
  169. Billy Elliot
  170. The Day After Tomorrow
  171. Prince of Persia
  172. Enemy of the State
  173. Blade
  174. Legend
  175. Avatar
  176. The Great Gatsby
  177. Repo Men
  178. The Fifth Element
  179. The Island
  180. Dark City
  181. Lucy
  182. The 13th Warrior
  183. Warlock
  184. Mr. Brooks
  185. Se7en
  186. The Italian Job
  187. Point Break (original)
  188. Lost Boys
  189. Into the Blue
  190. Fool’s Gold
  191. Olympus Has Fallen (series)
  192. Waterworld
  193. Spawn
  194. The Covenant
  195. Collateral Beauty
  196. Accepted
  197. Mad Max: Fury Road
  198. Young Sherlock Holmes
  199. Man of Steel
  200. Weird Science
  201. Zack Snyder’s Justice League
  202. Best of the Best
  203. Pitch Black
  204. Chronicles of Riddick
  205. Ronin
  206. The Mummy (series)
  207. The Expendables (series)
  208. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
  209. Meet The Robinsons
  210. The Iron Giant
  211. Jumanji (series)
  212. Brewster’s Millions
  213. The Golden Child
  214. Lethal Weapon (series)
  215. Mission Impossible (series)
  216. Beverly Hills Cop (series)
  217. Kiss of the Dragon
  218. Romeo Must Die
  219. Ong Bak: Thai Warrior
  220. Ip Man series
  221. Godzilla (1998)
  222. King Kong (2005)
  223. Whiplash
  224. Braveheart
  225. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  226. The Postman
  227. The Wolf of Wall Street
  228. Inside Out
  229. Soul
  230. How to Train Your Dragon (series)
  231. Catch Me If You Can
  232. Zootopia
  233. The Martian
  234. Ravenous
  235. Sin City
  236. Jaws
  237. The Last of the Mohicans
  238. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  239. Thirteen Ghosts
  240. The Haunting
  241. The House on Haunted Hill
  242. Shrek
  243. Edward Scissorhands
  244. Tombstone
  245. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  246. The Breakfast Club
  247. ET the Extra Terrestrial
  248. Wreck-It Ralph
  249. Toy Story (series)
  250. Ex Machina
  251. The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
  252. Knowing
  253. Moana (A++ catchy soundtrack)
  254. Inside Man
  255. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Favorite TV Shows

  1. Sword Art Online
  2. Rick and Morty
  3. Pantheon
  4. Ted Lasso
  5. Solar Opposites
  6. The Legend of Vox Machina
  7. Reacher
  8. Stranger Things
  9. Death Note
  10. Cyberpunk Edgerunners
  11. Billions
  12. Ballers
  13. Banshee
  14. Undone
  15. Invincible
  16. Castlevania
  17. Arcane
  18. Foundation
  19. DEVS
  20. The Boys
  21. Cosmos (NDT versions)
  22. Black Mirror
  23. Sandman
  24. Sex Education
  25. Warrior
  26. Westworld
  27. The Unit
  28. The Peripheral
  29. Game of Thrones (except that last season, gag)
  30. Hannibal
  31. Daredevil
  32. The Punisher
  33. Vikings
  34. Cobra Kai
  35. Upload
  36. Sherlock (miniseries)
  37. Second Chance
  38. DUNE (miniseries)
  39. Person of Interest
  40. White Collar
  41. His Dark Materials
  42. Project Blue Book
  43. The Rings of Power
  44. The Blacklist
  45. Silicon Valley
  46. Touch
  47. Numb3rs
  48. South Park
  49. Lie to Me
  50. Suits
  51. Breaking Bad
  52. The Mentalist
  53. Dark Angel (Jessica Alba one)
  54. Fringe
  55. The Umbrella Academy
  56. The Pretender
  57. The Man Who Fell to Earth
  58. Shark Tank
  59. Dragon’s Den
  60. Rome
  61. Spartacus
  62. Locke & Key
  63. Bones
  64. Top Gear UK
  65. Iron Chef
  66. Sliders
  67. Castle
  68. Da Vinci’s Demons
  69. Gilmore Girls
  70. Everwood
  71. Chance
  72. The Orville
  73. Picard
  74. Outer Range
  75. Eureka
  76. House
  77. The Shield
  78. The Dragon Prince
  79. Supernatural
  80. Smallville
  81. Stargate SG1
  82. Stargate Atlantis
  83. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
  84. The Witcher
  85. Family Guy
  86. The Simpson’s
  87. Young Justice
  88. Teen Titans
  89. Clarice
  90. The Old Man
  91. Heroes (only the first 2 seasons)
  92. 24 (only the first 2 seasons)
  93. Prison Break (first season only)
  94. MacGyver (original)
  95. X-Men: The Animated Series
  96. DuckTales
  97. The X-Files
  98. Inspector Gadget
  99. The Super Mario Brother’s Super Show
  100. The Legend of Zelda
  101. Pinky and the Brain
  102. The Real Ghostbusters
  103. Batman Beyond
  104. The Batman
  105. Batman: The Animated Series
  106. Superman: The Animated Series
  107. Justice League
  108. The Magicians
  109. G.I. Joe (80’s)
  110. He-man and the Masters of the Universe (80’s)
  111. James Bond Jr.
  112. Adventures of the Gummi Bears
  113. Gargoyles
  114. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  115. Biohackers
  116. Highlander: The Series
  117. Renegade

Favorite Music

  1. Anything Synthwave or 8-bit/Chiptune
  2. Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
  3. Scandroid
  4. Skrillex
  5. Wolcensmen
  6. CPY6
  7. M83
  8. Unicorn Kid
  9. Shirobon
  10. Killigrew
  11. Maxthor
  12. The Doors
  13. LukHash
  14. Woodkid
  15. Com Truise
  16. Turbo Knight
  17. Ramin Djawadi
  18. Dynatron
  19. Dan Terminus
  20. Soul Asylum
  21. Tangerine Dream
  22. PDF Format
  23. La Roux
  24. Metric
  25. Lifeformed
  26. Calvin Harris
  27. Deadmau5
  28. Anamanaguchi
  29. Duran Duran
  30. The Goo Goo Dolls
  31. Owl City
  32. Enya
  33. Loreena McKennitt
  34. Daft Punk
  35. Vampire Weekend
  36. Brandi Carlile
  37. Joshua Radin
  38. Breaking Benjamin
  39. Everclear
  40. REM
  41. Hootie and the Blowfish
  42. Journey
  43. The Weepies
  44. The Format
  45. Jump Little Children
  46. Bare Naked Ladies
  47. Most Soundtracks (James Horner, John Williams, Hans Zimmer especially)
  48. Certain Musicals (Wicked, Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables)
  49. Classical Music of Any Variety (Vivaldi, Holst, Bach, etc.)
  50. Almost no Rap, Hip Hop or R&B of ANY Kind – nails on a chalk board to me
  51. Almost no country music, with very few exceptions

Favorite Books (Fiction)

  1. The Kingkiller Chronicle Series by Patrick Rothfuss
  2. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
  3. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  4. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
  5. The Secret Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
  6. Anything written by Brandon Sanderson, but especially his Skyward series and the first Way of Kings book)
  7. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  8. The Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor
  9. Anything by Blake Crouch
  10. Anything by Ted Chiang
  11. Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
  12. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
  13. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  14. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
  15. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  16. Shannara series by Terry Brooks
  17. Anything written by Brandon Mull
  18. Anything written by John Flanagan (Ranger’s Apprentice, Brotherband Chronicles)
  19. Peter and the Starcatchers series by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry
  20. Keeper of the Lost Cities series by Shannon Messenger
  21. Demon Cycle series by Peter V. Brett
  22. Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Mass (only the first couple books though)
  23. The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer (guilty pleasure)
  24. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
  25. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott
  26. The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
  27. The Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud
  28. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
  29. The Looking Glass Wars Trilogy by Frank Beddor
  30. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  31. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  32. The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
  33. A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin
  34. Adventurer’s Wanted series by M.L. Foreman
  35. Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
  36. Batman: No Man’s Land by Greg Rucka
  37. The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
  38. Otherland Series by Tad Williams
  39. The Ninja series by Eric Van Lustbader
  40. Rogue Warrior series by Richard Marcinko
  41. The Adept series by Katherine Kurtz
  42. Gentleman Bastards series by Scott Lynch
  43. The Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore
  44. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  45. Observer by Robert Lanza
  46. Heir Chronicles by Cinda Williams Chima
  47. Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne
  48. Riyria series by Michael J. Sullivan
  49. Murderbot series by Martha Wells
  50. Necroscope series by Brian Lumley
  51. The Grandmaster series by Warren Murphy and Molly Cochran
  52. Night Angel series by Brent Weeks
  53. Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
  54. Hannibal Lecter series by Thomas Harris
  55. Primal Fear/Aaron Stampler series by William Diehl
  56. Anything written by Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum or Clive Cussler

Favorite Books (Non-Fiction)

  1. The 4-Hour Workweek
  2. Seeking Wisdom
  3. Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damndest Thing – This book completely shifted the way I view reality. There’s no unseeing this. It’s like Morpheus pulling Neo out of The Matrix, world-changing red pill shit. You’ve been warned. If you enjoy this book, I’ve loved everything Jed McKenna has written.
  4. Awareness
  5. The Grand Redesign (my own book, but damn well deserves this spot)
  6. The Science of Storytelling
  7. The Status Game
  8. Reality+
  9. Finite and Infinite Games
  10. The Courage to Be Disliked
  11. The Simulation Hypothesis
  12. Prometheus Rising
  13. More Than Allegory (Part 3 especially)
  14. The Power of Now
  15. Direct Truth
  16. The Beginning of Infinity
  17. The Ape that Understood the Universe
  18. How to Change Your Mind
  19. The Doors of Perception
  20. God’s Debris
  21. The Oversoul Seven Trilogy
  22. The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
  23. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
  24. Atomic Habits
  25. The Laws of Human Nature
  26. Poor Charlie’s Almanack
  27. Waking Up
  28. The Incerto Series by Taleb
  29. Life 3.0
  30. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
  31. 12 Rules for Life
  32. Win Bigly
  33. Anything You Want
  34. Principles
  35. Rework
  36. It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work
  37. Choose Yourself
  38. The Art of Learning
  39. The Magic of Thinking Big
  40. Influence
  41. Pre-Suasion
  42. The Happiness of Pursuit
  43. Creativity, Inc.
  44. The Art of Thinking Clearly
  45. The Wisdom of Psychopaths
  46. Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment
  47. Everything is Bullshit
  48. Without Their Permission
  49. The 48 Laws of Power
  50. The Obstacle is the Way
  51. Think Like a Freak
  52. Blink
  53. The Tipping Point
  54. Outliers
  55. Thinking, Fast and Slow
  56. Freakonomics
  57. Super Freakonomics
  58. The Power of Habit
  59. Brain Rules
  60. Sway
  61. Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
  62. The Hard Thing About Hard Things
  63. Zero to One
  64. Fooling Houdini
  65. Linchpin
  66. Delivering Happiness
  67. The Art of Deception
  68. Trust Me, I’m Lying
  69. What Every Body is Saying

Favorite Foods

  1. Steak, especially a nice Kobe or Ohmi beef filet mignon (medium to medium-well)
  2. Sushi/Sushi Bowls (chicken, crab, shrimp, lobster, or eel…I really dislike fish, squid, and octopus)
  3. Xuxo de Crema
  4. Croissant a la Creme
  5. Sheqerpare (delicious Albanian dessert)
  6. Baklava
  7. Apple Milopita
  8. Kolaches (Texas style, sweet and savory)
  9. Pasteis de Nata
  10. Malasadas
  11. Pizza (thick, thin, you name it, especially a nice pistachio pear gorgonzola with fig balsamic drizzle)
  12. Bacon and Eggs
  13. Avocado Toast
  14. Pancakes w/ Real Maple Syrup (especially pumpkin spice pancakes with mascarpone)
  15. Croque Monsieur
  16. Creme Brulee
  17. Cinnamon Rolls
  18. Risotto
  19. Cheese (I love exotic cheeses, especially aged cheddars and goudas and gorgonzola)
  20. BBQ of any variety
  21. Tamales
  22. Tacos al Pastor
  23. Vaca Frita w/ Cuban Rice and Maduros
  24. Chicken Katsu Curry
  25. Sweet Potato Fries
  26. Coconut Khorma
  27. Butter Chicken
  28. Chicken Tikka Masala
  29. Kheer
  30. Kashmiri Naan
  31. Hashweh
  32. Makanek
  33. Pad Thai
  34. Pumpkin Curry
  35. Chicken Satay
  36. Sesame Chicken
  37. Orange Chicken
  38. Pork Fried Rice
  39. Dim Sum (especially Xiao Long Bao)
  40. Five Spice Crispy Duck Buns w/ Plum Sauce
  41. Hungarian Goulash
  42. Kurtos Kalacs
  43. Cronuts (especially filled and flavored ones like these)
  44. Pistachio Gelato
  45. French Bread w/ Salted Butter and Citrus Honey
  46. Cheesecake
  47. Pie (of almost any kind, but especially black currant, apple, strawberry, pumpkin, pecan, custard, and sweet potato)
  48. Chicken Fried Steak w/ Sausage Gravy
  49. Thanksgiving Stuffing
  50. Turkey Legs

Favorite Video Games

  1. Apex Legends (Xbox, Mobile)
  2. Elden Ring
  3. Thief 1 & 2 (PC)
  4. Dishonored series (Xbox)
  5. Deathloop (Xbox)
  6. PUBG/Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (Xbox, Mobile)
  7. COD MW2 Resurgence Mode (Xbox)
  8. Splitgate (Xbox)
  9. Fallout 3 (Xbox)
  10. Fallout: New Vegas (Xbox)
  11. Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim (Xbox, PC, Switch)
  12. Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
  13. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
  14. Shovel Knight (Switch)
  15. Cuphead (Switch, Xbox)
  16. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
  17. American McGee’s Alice series (PC, Xbox)
  18. Doom series (PC, Xbox)
  19. Wolfenstein series (PC, Xbox)
  20. Super Mario Bros. 1-3 (NES)
  21. Prodeus (Xbox)
  22. Super Mario 64 (N64)
  23. BioShock series (Xbox)
  24. Vampire Survivors (Xbox, Mobile)
  25. Fortnite
  26. Portal and Portal 2 (Xbox)
  27. Mortal Kombat series (SNES, PC, Xbox)
  28. Evoland (iOS)
  29. Goblin Sword (Switch)
  30. Kingdom New Lands (Switch)
  31. Stranger Things: The Game (iOS)
  32. High on Life (Xbox)
  33. Rolling Sky (iOS)
  34. Myst series (PC)
  35. Hexen & Heretic (PC)
  36. Terraria (iOS, Switch, Xbox)
  37. Halo series (Xbox)
  38. Gran Tourismo Series (PS2/PS3)
  39. F.E.A.R. (Xbox, only the 1st one, 2 & 3 suck)
  40. The Need for Speed (PC)
  41. Burnout series (Xbox)
  42. Half-Life series (PC, Xbox)
  43. Assassins Creed (Xbox)
  44. Gears of War series (Xbox)
  45. Clive Barker’s Undying (PC)
  46. Conker’s Bad Fur Day/Conker Live and Reloaded (N64, Xbox)
  47. Goldeneye (N64)
  48. Just Cause 1 & 2 (Xbox)
  49. Tomb Raider series (Xbox)
  50. Kings Quest 6 & 7 (PC)
  51. Shannara (PC)
  52. The Incredible Machine (PC)
  53. Blood (PC)
  54. Bully (PC)
  55. Daikatana (PC)
  56. Deus Ex series (PC)
  57. Far Cry series (Xbox)
  58. Vampire: The Masquerade series (PC)
  59. 12 Minutes (Xbox)

Favorite Hobbies

  1. Traveling/Exploring new places
  2. Playing video games
  3. Watching movies and TV shows
  4. Reading
  5. Thinking
  6. Writing/Blogging
  7. Swimming
  8. Going for walks outdoors, especially near beaches, lakes, or rivers
  9. Cooking/Eating
  10. Studying & Debating (pretty much anything, but philosophy and the nature of reality in particular are my jam)
  11. Playing Music (I play the guitar, violin, piano, and flute, all poorly 😂)
  12. Shooting Guns (target, skeet, hunting, whatevs)