Favorite visual artist M.C. Escher, Salvador Dali, Tim Hawkinson, Paul Grimm, Octavio Ocampo, Banksy Favorite movies Princess Mononoke, Disney/Pixar, The Princess Bride, Blues Brothers, Harold & Maude, Watership Down Favorite TV shows Planet Earth, Blue Planet, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Firefly, Houe, Project Runway, David Attenborough, Flight of the Conchords, Avatar: Last Airbender, Monk Favorite bands / musical artists Pink Floyd, Beethoven, my brother Favorite books Tales of Earthsea series, Ender's Game, Howl's Moving Castle, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Water for Elephants, The House of the Spirits, Fahrenheit 451, Songs of Earth and Power, Chronicles of Narnia, Tailchaser's Song Favorite writers Edgar Allan Poe, Orson Scott Card, Diana Wynne Jones, Ursula K. Le Guin Favorite games 20 Questions, Clue, I Spy, Legends of Zelda, Minesweeper, Battleship, Sim Ant, Pokemon Favorite gaming platform N64, DS, my computer Tools of the Trade Photoshop CS, Illustrator, tablet, colored pencils, watercolors, acrylics, ink Other Interests Fantasy, reading, biology, atmospherology, cooking, anime/manga