songs about people i know, techno (mostly to see L. dance around to it), guys with guitars and semi-decent voices, jaded boys and their angst, clever loser bands, well-off thugs, and, of course, True Geniuses.

besides the obvious (family guy, gilmore girls, friends, the daily show with jon stewart, etc): travel documentaries, the "no comment" part of EuroNews, bits of shows where actors come on stage after a clip of a movie they're promoting and have to talk to the enthusiastic tv personality, flipping through channels when it's mostly soap operas on, and the weather map.