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Mikejh99

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

Is it weird for a guy in his 30s to still play with puppets? If you think so, then run away right now! I felt the need to do something more creative, and since I was a huge fan of the Muppets when I was a kid, I decided to try making own funny puppet videos. Also this let’s me be a smartass and make fun of things and people that amuse me!
I’m also a musician. I’ve played guitar for over 20 years! (I don’t feel old enough to have done anything that long!) I also collect, repair, and build electric guitars. I have a condition known as G.A.S. (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome). It is a very serious condition that causes great harm to my bank account. I am at fifteen (or so) guitars and counting! I’m not currently in a band, but I am looking for one again!
I consider myself somewhat smart, and I try to keep up on current events, pop culture, and politics. My brain is full of useless trivia though and I’m constantly making obscure references to old TV shows, movies, commercials, etc. I’m constantly looking for new music that I like, and I listen to a very wide variety of music. My sense of humor is a little on the quirky side I guess. (What else would you expect from a 34 year-old with puppets?!)
Here are some other interesting facts about me:
I wish I had a friend named Sal
Sometimes I eat certain foods just for the condiments.
When I eat fruit, I often accidentally eat the sticker too
The older I get, the less I like Led Zeppelin.
My least favorite insects are earwigs.
My biggest fear is getting my foot stuck in a bucket.

My Interests

Playing and Building Guitars, Real Esate, making videos, Puppets & Puppetry, Real Estate, Woodworking, Wine, Investing, Birdwatching, Writing, Dogs, NFL Football, Cooking, Fishing, Biking, Laying on my hammock
I bought an '05 Jeep Liberty and I plan on taking it on some (mostly) off-road adventures this year! Who's with me!?

I'd like to meet:

I’d like to find someone smart and funny who shares the same interests as me, but also has things of her own that she likes. She’d also have to appreciate my oddness! Someone who’d enjoy going out someplace nice, to a dive bar to see a local band, or just staying in with a good movie just as much. Not shy, outdoorsy, good taste in music, and with a sense of adventure (you can take that to mean whatever you want it to mean!). I just want someone to have fun with! And finally, she should be hot, like Jessica Rabbit hot!
I need to meet more crazy people! I appreciate all my current friends, but I’m used to much wilder times, and I am not *that* old to give that up yet! Anyone with a quirky sense of humor that is not easily offended or stupid, girls with guitars, other musicians, and people who get Simpsons references. Some famous people I’d like to meet are Steve Vai MET!, Bill Gates, B.B. King, and Gene Wilder, and most of all, my dream woman, Janice:

Music:

I listen to everything, but I mainly like Rock & Blues. Also metal, alternative, classical, some jazz, older contry, bluegrass, Folk, youname it. Everything but hip-hop, rap, and "junk music". AC/DC
Ani DiFranco
B.B. King
Black Label Society
Blue October
Bowling for Soup
Buckcherry
Clutch
The Darkness
David Gilmour
George Formby
Guns N' Roses
Huck Johns
James McMurty
Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Cash
Junkyard
Leon Redbone
Louden Wainwright III
Meatloaf
Novembers Doom
Opeth
Pink Floyd
Rev. Gary Davis
Robert Johnson
Steve Vai
Supagroup
System Of a Down
Tom Waits
Velvet Revolver
Weird Al Yankovic

Movies:

Anything with Scarlett Johansson *droooool*
I like the Garfield movies a lot more than I should.
My all time favorite movie is a tie between Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and The Bikini Carwash Company
I've been watching more foreign movies than I ever thought I would. They're usually better than the formulaic crap Hollywood puts out. Seriously guys, Miami Vice? What’s next? A movie version of She’s the Sheriff? Misfits of Science? Family Matters (starring Mos Def as Urkel)?

Television:

American Idol
Cops
Dexter
Grey's Anatomy
How I Met Your Mother
My Name Is Earl
The Shield
The Simpsons
Sopranos
The Soup
Survivor

Books:

John Altman
Lee Child
Vince Flynn
Ken Follett
Robert Harris
Carl Hiaasen
Robert Ludlum
Daniel Silva
Stuart Woods

Heroes:

Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Jim Cramer
Jim Henson
Benny Hill
Dennis Hof
Steve Vai
Theodore Roosevelt
Weird Al Yankovic
Lou Dobbs
Jim Barton & Michael Ramsey (invented TiVo)

My Blog

Just a quick health update

Warning:  Graphic Content and just plain icky stuff! For those of you that don't know, since last Friday I've had a staph infection (golf ball sized build up of fluid) in my left buttock just at ...
Posted by Mikejh99 on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:53:00 PST

Drunk Hasselhoff Puppet Shown on TMZ TV

Well I can add TMZ to the list of the most awesome shows on TV! Why? Because when they were unable to hire David Hasselfhoff to recreate his infamous drunken burger incident, they found the next best ...
Posted by Mikejh99 on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:41:00 PST

2007 Year in Review

First off I hope everyone reading this had a happy holiday season! To be honest I'm always a little glad when it's over, but then the new year kicks in and it's time to start all over again& So I've b...
Posted by Mikejh99 on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:40:00 PST

So I Met Steve Vai... Again

Last night I saw Steve Vai perform at the House of Blues. As a birthday present to myself I ordered a ticket for the "EVO Experience" (One of only about 50 people). That includes a question & answ...
Posted by Mikejh99 on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:56:00 PST

Cosmic Balance Restored

I have the philosophy that ultimately everything in life balances out in the end, my karmic balance or the law of averages& whatever you want to call it. So when things are going bad I know they'll tu...
Posted by Mikejh99 on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:06:00 PST

My Puppet Video Was Featured on E! The Daily Ten

Right after I got home from work today I got a phone call from my friend telling me to turn on E! right away. She had shown some people my puppet videos over the weekend, and one of them caught someth...
Posted by Mikejh99 on Fri, 18 May 2007 08:36:00 PST

I met Steve Vai!!!

Tonight I went to one of the best musical events I've ever been to! I saw Steve Vai at Entourage in Schaumburg. (This is a restaurant that was co-founded by his brother Michael Vai) He was doing an al...
Posted by Mikejh99 on Sat, 12 May 2007 10:44:00 PST

The DumbAscii puppets are at it again - Drunk Hasselhoff!

The DumbAscii puppets are at is again! Here's video #3. It's our old friend Mr. David Puppethoff just trying to enjoy a burger!   For those of you that didn't see it, a video of an extremely ine...
Posted by Mikejh99 on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:50:00 PST

Keep off the grass PJ!

PJ doesn't like the wet, soft ground since all the snow melted and really doesn't want to go on the grass. Seeing as how that's where she does her dogly duties I hope it dries up soon! I took her for ...
Posted by Mikejh99 on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:57:00 PST

Puppet in a Box

I just posted the second DumbAscii puppet video to YouTube. It is my take of the SNL Digital Short "Dick in a box" video. I know Christmas is way past, but it took longer to film than I planned (There...
Posted by Mikejh99 on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:51:00 PST