Michael

I was born in the Philippines, moved to Thailand, the we moved to Hawaii, NYC and then finally Connecticut oh yeah my mother is from Italy. Mi pais favorita!! ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _______My quest:My quest in life is simple it is to be a top 1% of the population. That one percent that is well-educated, too smart for their own good, ice water cool in there outlook with life, too well-traveled, funny as hell, have too many hobbies and want to contribute in a positive level to this very interesting globe. Simply put to be the most interesting person I can be. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ________What I have done so far :I have climbed a 12,000 foot mountain, ran a couple of marathons, been to Full moon parties in Thailand, been robbed in Amsterdam by an addict with a needle saying he had Aids, been robbed in NYC with a dude wiping windows (I was stuck on the FDR late night back in the day) carrying a brick and a small hand axe (no guns yet hopefully but that might all change when I cruise to Africa next year), get VIP to any club in Vegas via a couple of very influential boyhood friends living in Vegas now, I have jumped out of an airplane, fought kickboxing in the ring with mouthpiece and gloves yes I won and I got knocked out fuckin cold, been to many concerts in small clubs and will continue doing that till I am deaf, been to some very interesting parties around the world. I have clubbed in Ibiza, been to a bull fight (not on acid haha, but high as hell), broke into the Roman Coliseum late night to drink wine with 2 friends thinking we were the only ones there but realizing the rest the Italian youth was there, drove 22,000 miles around Canada, Mexico and US. I Lived in London and got caught in a hooligan brawl at an Arsenal game in England. Go Gunners!!! I grew up digging whiskey, partied sometimes too hard as young social butterfly, shooting shotguns and listening to punk rock simultaneously went to prep school in Connecticut, been to underground NYC hip hop clubs as a little punk high schooler and been to a couple of awesome 2 year old birthdays parties in East LA. I can marry folks since I got a license off the internet haha. I grew up snowboarding in Vermont, broke too many bones skating street and vert as a youngin, almost got caught in a avalanche snowboarding in Northern California backcountry, partied in the French and Italian Riviera, I am currently putting an old motorcycle together and reading one of favorite authors Noam Chomsky. I am thinking of eventually getting out of the US for along while. I am thinking Brazil back to the home roots. Italia ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ________What I need and will need:Books and more books, Friends and family, My Ice axe, mountaineering equipment and my backpack (yeah I love the outdoors), my surfboard. BBQs, clear water and warm beaches,Kerouac, Bukowski, Old movies (Steve McQueen, Robert Mitchum, Charlie Chaplin, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman among a zillion others) Pugilism (yes Muy Thai, San Shou and Mixed martial arts such IFC and Pride from Japan is what I mean by that), Good Hip hop and true Revolutionaries, March Madness College Basketball especially when my team Cuse is playing great). Poker and lots of it. Yeah I like to bet. The Economist, The Financial Times and the NY Times, ESPN and the Soccer channel, My Scottrade account, My snowboards and skateboards, The F Train, Whiskey, Arsenal scores, old motorcycles and eventually a replica 1955 Porsche 550 spider that is not that much, explosives (just kidding or am I), an occasional fire arm when the shit goes down (News flash the government doesnt give a damn about ya, a sailboat, broadband access, Sizzler steaks, Inn-n-Out burgers, Mexican beer, fish tacos, The BBC, NPR, some tools nah a lot of tools, maybe a welding kit, possibly a Pickup, a bunch of basic black suits, jeans a couple of servers that hold all my music yes there is too much. A couple of good recordings of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, RZA and Chuck D, A Chomsky reader good conversations, swapping a couple stories with random people and funny people that just get it and that can just laugh....___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _________________A GOOD STORY Though I like hearing terms like Leveraged Buyout, exit plan, IPO, series C funding, Sales Aggregates, comparable comps and respect those Investment Banker master's of the universe lawyers from Harvard, MDs from top firms and don't forget the McKinsey consulting clowns. I give them credit for sticking to there straight, narrow and dull high road but I would rather swap tales of "business" over a couple of stiff ones with a Brazilian cock-fight owning, rum smuggling, blood diamond dealing middleman on a hot afternoon in Caracas who happens steal smoke from the dude who is passed out face down on the bar getting back from a Mercenary mission in Mogadishu...nah not that extreme, but there is always more than one way to skin a cat when your trying to make bucks...If I had a moral detachment I would be a diamond smuggler in Uganda, but I got a heart and it doesn't take a lot when you have a small little yet consistently growing portfolio when you live abroad.... ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ________What I plan:Other than following the sun meaning spending half the year in the northern hemisphere and half the year in the southern hemisphere my goal well is to be the most interesting person I know and really other than being James Bond and maybe down the line settling down and having a couple of little James Bonds or Bond girls.. haha well maybe after building an empire I plan afterwards possibly writing about it.... We will see.