From the age of 11-12 years old I've been a rocker, a metal head. And while it is true that I will always be a rocker/metalhead and that is predominantly the most kind of songs that you will find me listening to, my tastes have also branched out. I could say that I have probably a very varied taste in music when you check out what I listen to and probably among the most varied. Check for yourself. Unfortunately I've not found an easy way of getting my entire list of mp3s (any and all cds I have will be ripped instantly into mp3 format and saved onto my laptop's hard drive and also I keep a backup in an external hard drive) onto a catalog list so I can display it on my website but someday I will get down to it. I currently have around 58 GB worth of music in my collection. In it you will find black metal, thrash metal, death metal, hard rock & heavy metal, alternative rock, blues, country, rumba flamenco, finger style acoustic guitar & world music. Very little pop. Don't even think about rap!
Heavy metal & hard rock do reign supreme. It's the music that I most identify with. It's the music that best expresses, with melody & lyrics, all the emotions that a human goes through. There are so many songs that I feel a deep connection with because of either the melody+lyrics or just the melody in case of instrumentals. That's why & what I listen to.

Although I am one of those people who would like to deny it, the weather does influence my mood and most people that I know. When it gets too hot & sweltering over here people tend to get angrier more easily and are usually in a grumpy mood most of the time. Me too. We tend to want to stay indoors and in air-conditioned places for as much as possible. I'm like that and when on my way home I will also want to have a cold shake like a Sharjah or a cold coffee. My home is quite hot as I live on the 7th floor of a 7 floor building - above my ceiling is just the terrace and it tends to make things rather hot for us.
When it rains a lot, I get nostalgic and romantic. I love the rains as long it doesn't cause power cuts and is not followed by thunder & lightning. I love when it rains all day till late in the evening, making it rather pleasant weather and makes for lovely nights to sleep. I do get wet walking in the rain but it's ok. Small price to pay for nice weather. It's also the weather for quite dinners in with the family or friends.
Some of us can get in the mood to drink during rainy weather. I remember this one day at the office sometime around 2010 September when it was raining a whole lot. Just started pouring at 9 am and didn't stop till late evening. But our Sr. Manager of Technology comes waltzing in at around 11am for his shift, parks his car and joins his colleagues at his station. First thing he says to us, and remember most of us had been at the office since 9:30 or 10am and had already had our morning coffee break, is "It's a perfect day for some hot grilled chicken and vodka!" You should have heard the rest of us cursing him as images of succulent grilled chicken and vodka was all that we could now picture in our heads. I remember that some of us left the office at 7:30 pm and had a couple of drinks and dinner before going home for the night. All because of his comment!