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Ratty

Who would you do for a Klondike Bar?

About Me

So, a little about me... My name is Mike, I'm from Northwest Indiana, and I just recently separated from the US Navy. I'm as down to earth as I can be, with a very low threshold for bullshit. If you know me, feel free to add me and drop a line from time to time. Catch y'all on the flip-side.

My Interests

Guitars and Gurls,
first and foremost,
but not necessarily in that order.
Music, New York Strips (medium-well, mind you),
Photography,
Hard Rock, Engines,
Rum n' Coke,
Electricity,
Bacardi n'
Sprite,
Hydraulics,
Captain n' Coke,
The Blues,
Damon's Bar and Grill,
Notre Dame (even though I don't care for football,
I still represent), 8-Ball,
Clubbing,
Concerts,
Symbolism,
Poker (fuck Texas Hold 'Em, it's all about 5-Card Draw),
Running,
McGuire's Irish Pub and Brewery (the only thing Florida's got goin' for 'em),
Chicago,
Red Lobster,
Skulls,
Coffee (I prefer McDonald's to Starbucks any day),
Lightning,
Thunder,
Rain,
and Snow,
Fire,
Olive Garden, Dancing,
NYC, Gellin',
Pepsi (fuck Coke if it's not in a mixed drink),
Pizza Hut, and too many more random things to mention here...

I'd like to meet:

People that don't annoy the hell outta me, heheh.

Music:

Metallica,
Collective Soul,
A Perfect Circle,
AFI,
Tool,
Against Me,
Green Day,
Acroma, Deftones,
Disturbed,
Fuel, Godsmack,
Alice in Chains,v KWS Band,
SRV,
Korn,
Pearl Jam, System of a Down,
Jimi Hendrix,
Chevelle,
Smile Empty Soul,
Puddle of Mudd,
Aero Smith,
Guns N' Roses,
Smashing Pumpkins,
and a plethora of other shit...

Movies:

I don't really have any favorive movies,
per si... I tend to get bored with everything I watch more than once.

Television:

I hate television,
but I like commercials...

Books:

It's not that I get bored reading
anything other than a guitar magazine, I just think that I have ADHD...

Heroes:

Meh, who needs heros?

My Blog

Inner Breakdown

The sky is dreadful&.  This dark parade of low-hanging clouds mirror my inner confusionor perhaps more aptly, my inner ignorance.  I know not where I stand, for the forest path upon which I...
Posted by Ratty on Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:18:00 PST

Lyric Lounge: Damned to Hell

Damned to Hell   Deaf and dumb Dark and lonely Dead defeated Im feelin unholy   Seeds of anguish Loss of sight Strength is fading Why cant I fight This pain?   Bound and broken Im t...
Posted by Ratty on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:03:00 PST

Lyrics Lounge: Open Wounds

Open Wounds   Hey you Mister Complication Answer to my Ponderings my Wonderings my Hungerthink you can help me out here?   Hey there, little Miss Matter-of-Fact please Take away all the Rem...
Posted by Ratty on Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:54:00 PST

Lyrics Lounge: Of Dreams and Delusions

Here's another song in progress.  Let me know what you think.  Thanx.   Of Dreams & Delusions   Broken mirror Show the inside The torn and the bleeding The place where I hide S...
Posted by Ratty on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Lyrics Lounge: Suffer Me

Ok, so this song has taken on a much different theme than what i started with.  View it as a desperate pleading that falls on deaf ears.  Let me know what you think.  Thanks. Suffe...
Posted by Ratty on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Lyric's Lounge: Suffer Me

Here's a work in progress.  It's not complete, yet--these are the lyrics for the first and second verse/bridge.  It's a song dealing with things from the past weighing me down, stuff I ...
Posted by Ratty on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST