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Mike

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About Me

html for Chicago:

My Interests

improv. writing. being outside in SoCal.

Music:

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, The Refreshments, Ben Folds, Stephen Ashbrook, and Ryan Adams....then, in no order, -- josh ritter, wilco, iron and wine, coldplay, alexi murdoch, survivor, explosions in the sky, the shins, bloc party, simon and the garfunkel, cat stevens, dylan, bowie, the stones, the beatles, beck, arcade fire, stevie wonder, the doors, ben kweller, michael jackson, blind melon, clap your hands say yeah, guster, sigur ros, sufjan stevens, bugs with guns, and SAMMY!

Movies:

Cool Hand Luke, Christmas Vacation, The Goonies, Home Alone, Die Hard, Billy Madison, Tremors, He Got Game, Fresh, Rushmore, Love Actually, Batman Begins, Children of Men

Television:

NOW: The Office, LOST, 30 Rock, 24, The Daily Show,The Cobert Report, Friday Night Lights. THEN: The Sopranos, Deadwood, Sport's Night, The West Wing, old SNL, old Simpsons, Seinfeld, Veronica Mars, Undeclared, and Freaks and Geeks.

Books:

The Stand, The Count of Monte Cristo, Great Expectations, Live From New York, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, About A Boy, The Talisman, Watership Down, The Alchemist, and Don't Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus....it should also be mentioned that I wouldn't be anywhere close to who I am today if my imagination hadn't been warped by the works of Roald Dahl.

Heroes:

Anyone who loves what they do and love who they're with.

My Blog

year one

Well - I've been here a little over a year now. Here's what I wrote a year ago in my now defunct blog:California is going okay. I can't be excited about it yet. I just can't. Not until I get a job. No...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:07:00 PST