Poetry, philosophy, martial arts, mountain biking, hanami, eating sushi. I play a lot of video games, and not just for entertainment purposes. If you have the intention, you can learn much more from video games than common belief agrees with.

Spirited Away, Fullmetal Alchemist (among plenty of other anime movies), the Harry Potter movies are good (not as good as the books, though), Man on Fire, countless comedies, and various horror movies (for the pure thrill). I usually consider most meaningful movies (such as Pay It Forward) to be masterpieces due to their rarity.

I listen to anything with prominent, meaningful lyrics and themes. Music is not just entertainment to me; it helps me think. I listen to plenty of Japanese music, including artists such as Ayumi Hamasaki, Utada Hikaru, Do As Infinity, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Orange Range, UVERworld...Plenty others. Meaning and absence of immorality is very important. I consider "Taiyou no Mannaka He" by Bivattchee to be my Japanese theme song. My English theme song would be Amaranth by Nightwish. A few other songs I like (by no means all of them) include Shiki no Uta by Minmi and Canvas by Coolon. Lately I've also gotten into non-lyrical music. I find music without words often very poetic and interesting, and this music excels at aiding my contemplation, philosophical and otherwise. Also, it is very open to interperetation, which means I can think more freely about it. My favourite wordless song is Aurarian Dance by Nujabes; my wordless theme song, were I to pick one, would be Ancient Wind by Keiko Matsui.

The Holy Qur'an.=) For entertainment, I like to read fantasy books, sci-fi, anything interesting that keeps my fancy and occupies my thoughts. I like choose-your-own adventure books, too. I think the Harry Potter books are excellent. I also read alot of non-fiction about nature and animals. I also enjoy philosophy books where I can find them. At the school library, the philosophy section seems to be completely devoid of other readers, which I consider to be amusing.
Oh, and I'm really into Stephen King's literary works.

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Intelligence, inner strength, sweetness, making time for me, moral responsibility, general understanding, an open mind and a poetic soul are all very important to me. I prefer a playful personality as well. I also like athleticism because it shows strength of a sort. I want to be cared about. In addition, I consider a positive attitude to be an important asset.

Alcohol, drugs, smoking, anger, ignorant and/or negative attitudes...general negativity. I absolutely despise infidelity. Also, I can't stand or handle golddiggers. Not that there's much to dig for. Heh.

At heart, I'm a simple guy. I'm not perfect, but I always try to be the best person I can be. I am an artist in most senses of the word. I write poetry, practice the martial arts, and philosophize. I also like to draw manga sometimes. I love nature. All of what I consider to be the most beautiful sights in the world are natural. I truly admire sakura blossoms...I've even named my katana Kurosakura (which is Japanese for Black Cherry Blossom). My tanto's name is Migoryu (Japanese for Holy Guardian Dragon), and my bo's name is Hikarinigo (Light Guardian). My weapons are very important to me and as such I take good care of them. I am an introverted person. I also have a bit of a lonely nature. I can be emotionally needy at times and tend to cling to that which is important to me. Sometimes I can be a bit of a perfectionist. At the same time, though, I like to take it easy. If I were to pick an animal that best represents me, there are two main candidates: The tarantula and the tiger. This is because they are both solitary (with the exception of its mate), powerful in their own way and considered frightening. The spider also has venom, which I consider to be a good metaphor because I can be venomous when I really want to be. The tiger is endangered and rare, which I consider to be an important metaphor because I consider myself to be a very unique person. The tiger is also the symbol of shotokan karate, one of the martial arts I practice. If I were to pick an element that best represents me, it would be water. Water is fluent, purifying, and potentially very powerful. Water (esp. that of the ocean) is not easily swayed by the temperature trends of the Earth; it may slowly grow warmer or colder, but generally stays the same. The fist nor the blade can directly harm water. That said, water is generally powerful and calm.