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About Me

I thrive on growth and filtered water. I think kindness gets one further than skill. You'll probably think I'm a snob when you first meet me but I swear I'm not. I'm not good at drive-thru windows, grocery stores or restaurants. I'm not particularly good at important things like remembering to take the trash out on Thursday nights or making my own dinner, but I will always look you in the eye when you are speaking and make sure you know I'm listening. I enjoy a good cry. I am known for spontaneous bursts of ebonics. That's just how I roll. I have a full-size punching bag set sitting in the corner of my room, but I have nowhere to hang it. Maybe the garage? Smacking your lips when eating will literally cause me to leave the room. I no longer can eat in the same room with my roommate. I love cookies, and if you make me some, I'd gladly do your homework. Let's watch The Office.

My Interests

Acting and directing. Learning and growing. Attending the theater. Reading stupid magazines. Gummi bears. Over-thinking and excessive worry. Laughing and crying. Working my ass off and lazing the day away. Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Singing when no one's around or in the car. Acting a fool or enjoying the silence with the people I love. Eating, eating and more eating. Also, eating. Turning Double Stuf Oreos into Quadristuf Oreos. Reading plays. Rummaging through bookstores.

Music:

Donny Hathaway. Queen. John Legend. Aretha Franklin. Nikka Costa. Garbage. B.B. King. Phillip Glass. Stone Temple Pilots. Incubus. Default. Alicia Keys. Elvis Presley. Mozart. Mary J. Blige. Audioslave. Coldplay. Linkin Park. Damien Rice. Black Eyed Peas. Bad Company. Joss Stone. The Expedia.com commercial.

Movies:

On the Waterfront. Sophie's Choice. A Streetcar Named Desire. Kramer vs. Kramer. The Hours. Once. The Pianist. Mystic River. 21 Grams(Naomi Watts was robbed of an Oscar.) Far From Heaven. The End of the Affair. The Big Lebowski. Gia. Garden State. Closer (Clive Owen was pimp of the year.) Donnie Darko. American History X. I Am Sam. Life As A House. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Jarhead. Roxanne. Brokeback Mountain (Michelle Williams' performance specifically.) The Ice Storm. Freeway. The Whole Nine Yards. White Men Can't Jump. Magnolia (Julianne Moore's performance specifically.) Apocalypse Now. Last Tango In Paris. Dead Man Walking. Office Space. The Other Sister (Juliette Lewis specifically.) A Perfect Murder. Igby Goes Down. Zoolander. Forrest Gump. Ordinary People. Fight Club. American Beauty. Chasing Amy. The Land Before Time. Match Point. Shopgirl. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (everyone, but Sandy Dennis especially.) Velvet Goldmine. HBO's Angels In America mini-series (particularly Mary Louise Parker.) The Devil Wears Prada. Superman (except Kate Bosworth. A dead rabbit is a better actor than her.)

Television:

The Office. Grey's Anatomy. Family Guy. Friends. Flavor of Love. Will and Grace. The Daily Show. Little People, Big World. I find myself entranced by the TV Guide channel. You know I love you, Tyra.

Books:

Plays. Especially Shakespeare, Stoppard, Miller, Williams, and Albee. Songs My Mother Taught Me. A People's History of the United States. A Child Called It. Great Expectations (I used to want to be Pip.) Classic Philosophical Questions.

Heroes:

Marlon Brando, Meryl Streep. Jim Kirkwood rescued me. Michael J. Hume is a badass. People with integrity. People who overcome extraordinarily difficult circumstances. People who dream.

My Blog

Ch-ch-ch-changes.

I'm off for my surgery. I've been planning this since I was 12 years old, but it's so weird that I'm finally going through with it. I'm really happy with my decision, my choice of doctor, ...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:58:00 PST

Lightening the Load.

I don't really know what this blog is going to say, and it might not be intelligible to those of you, if any, who read it. But I'm feeling compelled to write, to release. Sometimes you can find ...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:09:00 PST

Proud.

I did well today. That's nice to be able to say.
Posted by Mike on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:43:00 PST

When times get hard...

...I sometimes forget that I need to just take a step out from the madness, BREATHE, regain focus, and head back into the madness with determination. The last two weeks have been really difficult.&nbs...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:46:00 PST

Um, I couldn't bear to let it all go...

Basically I'm cleaning up my profile, so I'm posting all of my stuff here because I'm retarded and can't just delete it all... width="425" height="350"> ..>The Sex Movie Slideshow...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:16:00 PST

Pointless thingy. But maybe you're on it.

..> Write 20 statements, intended for different people. Never tell which one is to who. Just write things you've always wanted to tell people.1) I totally admire you. Seriously. Sounds ...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:13:00 PST

What exactly does Beyonce mean?

I'm confused about the phrase "Dip it, pop it, twerk it, stop it." So, I understand the dip it part and the pop it part, but what is a twerk and how do you do it? And if you're going to all of t...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:11:00 PST

My deadly sin

I've gotta say...I thought gluttony and envy would be higher. Greed:Very Low Gluttony:Medium Wrath:Low Slo th:Medium Envy:Medium Lust:Low Pr id...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:52:00 PST

Nothing really, just an update.

Hey folks (if anyone actually reads these things.) School is going really well. My show opened this weekend, and it is going really well. For the most part, everyone has been really kind a...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:36:00 PST

Review for The Sex Movie

P.S. we so don't play models in the movie. The Sex MovieWhat do you expect from a film called "The Sex Movie?" Whatever it is, you probably get it with this debut film from writer-directo...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:38:00 PST