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Mike

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About Me

I'm a screenwriter, film production assistant, director of very short films, freelance writer of theology essays and entertainment articles. Ask for it and I'll write it. I have two guitars, a trumpet, a cat, and other assorted assundries indicative of bachelordom. The trumpet and the cat don't get along.
You Are Fozzie Bear
"Wocka! Wocka!"
You're the life of the party, and you love making people crack up.
If only your routine didn't always bomb!
You may find more groans than laughs, but always keep the jokes coming. The Muppet Personality Test.. Read my VisualDNA ™ Get your own VisualDNA™

My Interests

AVAILABLE ON DVD -- The Visitation, The Moment After 2: The Awakening, The Red Rose, Casket Base. CURRENT PROJECTS -- Five O'Clock Muse, Groom Lake, The Exceptional Life of Lauren, A Rose for Mervyn, untitled comedy project. mike --
[noun]:

A beat poet working the streets

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

I'd like to meet:

The fetching Mrs. Hewitt. Winona Ryder. James Woods. Dennis Haysbert, so I can tell him that he's my favorite president. Jessica Alba, so we can settle our differences. Zach Helm (update: I met Zach Helm). Guillermo del Toro. Tina Fey, Norm MacDonald, Hugh Laurie, Patricia Heaton, Josh Blue, and Mary Lynn Rajskub because they crack me up.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

Music:

The Afters, Patrick Andrew, Astronaut Pushers, The Beatles, The Benjamin Gate, Better Than Ezra, Christa Black, Black Eyed Sceva, Dave Brubeck, Burlap to Cashmere, Caedmon's Call, The Cardigans, Chasing Furies, Coldplay, John Coltrane, Paolo Conte, Cool Hand Luke, Copeland, The Corrs, Dakoda Motor Co., David Crowder Band, Miles Davis, dc Talk, Delirious?, Steven Delopoulos, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Eager, Eisley, The Elms, Five O'Clock People, George Gershwin, The Good Wolves, Michael Harrell, Jars of Clay, Sarah Kelly, King's X, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Huey Lewis and the News, Lifehouse, Luna Halo, Sarah MacIntosh, Mae, Wynton Marsalis, The Mars Volta, Massive Attack, Dave Matthews Band, Kevin Max, Sarah McLachlan, Model Engine, Cindy Morgan, Allie Moss, MuteMath, Leigh Nash, Nickel Creek, Nichole Nordeman, Bebo Norman, Out of the Grey, Over the Rhine, Charlie Peacock, Pearl Jam, PFR, Radiohead, Rainy Day Assembly, Rush, Salvador, Simon and Garfunkel, Sixpence None the Richer, Michael W. Smith, Spoon, Switchfoot, Tower of Power, Travis, U2, The Waiting, Waterdeep, Levi Weaver, Weezer

Movies:

THE CLASSICS: Back to the Future, The Bourne Identity, Chocolat, Die Hard, The Illusionist, The Incredibles, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, North by Northwest, The Princess Bride, The Rocketeer, Sabrina, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Star Wars, Transformers, Young Frankenstein. AQUIRED TASTE: Cloverfield, Dark City, Donnie Darko, 50 First Dates, Higher Learning, Hot Fuzz, In Good Company, Magnolia, The Matrix, Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, Oscar, Pan's Labyrinth, Primal Fear, Stranger Than Fiction, The Village.
The Movie Of Your Life Is A Black Comedy
In your life, things are so twisted that you just have to laugh.
You may end up insane, but you'll have fun on the way to the asylum.

Your best movie matches: Being John Malkovich, The Royal Tenenbaums, American Psycho If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

Television:

30 Rock, Arrested Development, Chuck, Frasier, House, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Life, Lost, Miss Guided, The Office, On the Lot, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, 24, and some of the psychedelic drug commercials like Rozerem and Lunesta.

Books:

The Bible, Blue Like Jazz, Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas, Mere Christianity, Save the Cat!, The Screwtape Letters. Pretty much anything by C.S. Lewis, Pablo Neruda, Frank Peretti, or Donald Miller.

Your Personality Profile
You are dignified, spiritual, and wise.
Always unsatisfied, you constantly try to better yourself.
You are also a seeker of knowledge and often buried in books.

You tend to be philosophical, looking for the big picture in life.
You dream of inner peace for yourself, your friends, and the world.
A good friend, you always give of yourself first. The World's Shortest Personality Test

Heroes:

Jesus the Nazarene. Steve Taylor. Wayne Kirkpatrick. Donald Miller. People who can get all the Pringles out of the can without making a mess.

My Blog

All I want for my birthday is you

...to take me to see Radiohead. And why? Because you are awesome. If anyone were to take me to see Radiohead, it would be you. Who else but you. That's how great you are. Suggested dates include: Su...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:45:00 PST

I mean this in the most heterosexual way possible...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDVGrzqf4go Who wouldn't want a Sven? It's way better than any AT&T product or service they're advertizing. A personal assistant, stockbroker, and motivatio...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:58:00 PST

Remembering how to live and what its like to risk it all.

These are strange days. The days that remind me it's pain as much as pleasure that make us feel the most alive. But even feeling alive is usually marked by more questions than answers. So just like a ...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:49:00 PST

Writing for Actors

It's not exactly a cardinal sin to write characters for specific actors, but it is frowned upon. The logic is that a screenwriter can paint himself into a corner. Of course, some writers do it anyway...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:31:00 PST

Rednecks, Zombies, and William Faulkner.

Who knew they had so much in common? Yes, all of these elements are coming together in a screenplay that I never thought I would write. I'm not a big fan of zombie movies; it seems like the only thi...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:11:00 PST

Sex and Death 101

It amazes me that there are sheltered Christians in denial who don’t acknowledge that the following things are in the Bible: Sex. Sex, sex, and more sex. All kinds of it. Not just good, wholeso...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:26:00 PST

But I dont even skate...

Since some of you are wondering about my progress and not everyone stays in the loop, here’s a recap of what I’ve accomplished so far in the month of March: *I became a forum moderator on...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:08:00 PST

Between the dream and Act One

I hope the blog title didn't lead you to believe that you are about to read something poetic or profound because this is quite literal and possibly not that interesting to anyone but me. I awoke this...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:35:00 PST

Twelve random personal facts by request.

Deb posted some random facts and asked that I do the same, so here they are. 1. Right now I'm watching "Cops" because it's in Fresno. It's not funny when people get hurt, but it is kinda funny that t...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:41:00 PST

Writers are going back to work!

Voting took place today in New York and Los Angeles. The vote to end the WGA strike passed with 92.5% approval. No one expects the contract with the AMPTP to be ideal but everyone agrees that the con...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:21:00 PST