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***Shap For President!***

SexyBack? Nah, loc...I'm bringing funky back!

About Me

It's the freewheelin', artistic, slightly high strung man you've all come to know and tolerate. Lover of music, movies, art, and all things Jim Henson. Can drop random useless tidbits of information and rock a house party at the drop of a hat, shoe, or any other article of clothing, sometimes all at once. Was the only kid in fifth grade who listened to Public Enemy when everyone else was listening to Guns N' Roses. Pro wrestling is a guilty pleasure, pro football is something I watch so I can play music during the commercials. Lawn care is just a job I do, it's not the be-all, end-all of my existance. Oh yes, and Matt Groening is a genius and should be hailed as such, and if you don't know who he is by now, shame on you. People who are afraid to understand different people and things need not apply. If you were one of those dumb jocks who ragged on the artistic kids in high school, or one of those girls who gave people a hard time because they didn't model themselves after a bunch of pompous celebrities, get to steppin'. It's all high spirit, you know you got to hear it...If you want to get a hold of me online, you can always try:AIM=JumbledJunkman [email protected] Yahoo=shapir15 Cellphone=I don't give that to just ANYONE. y'all gotta earn that if ya don't got it!

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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Matthew Shapiro
Birthday: August 2
Birthplace: Royal Oak, MI
Current Location: Waterford, MI
Eye Color: hazel
Hair Color: brown
Height: 6'2"
Right Handed or Left Handed: left handed
Your Heritage: Israeli, Eastern European
The Shoes You Wore Today: probably my New Balances
Your Weakness: cute girls, CD's on sale
Your Fears: death, losing a loved one, getting drafted
Your Perfect Pizza: cheese...flavored crust is negotiable
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: to finally get 10,000 CD's, to go back to school and get a teaching certificate
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: LOL
Thoughts First Waking Up: damn, that was a freaky dream
Your Best Physical Feature: my eyes and hair
Your Bedtime: usually between midnight and 1
Your Most Missed Memory: when music had something to say
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: Burger King
Single or Group Dates: either way works
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton Ice Tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: Cappuccino
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Swear: Me, Mr. "89 Ways To Use The Word Ass", swear? Perish the thought! :)
Do you Sing: yes
Do you Shower Daily: Of course
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: want to go back
Do you want to get Married: eventually
Do you belive in yourself: yes
Do you think you are Attractive: yes
Are you a Health Freak: workin' on it
Do you get along with your Parents: yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: a little more now
Do you play an Instrument: not really
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: no
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: never have and never will
In the past month have you been on Stage: not really
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: my roommate's food
Ever been Drunk: yes
Ever been called a Tease: no
Ever been Beaten up: not to a bloody pulp
Ever Shoplifted: no
How do you want to Die: old and surrounded by riches :)
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: a DJ for an old school funk station
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: brown, blue, or green
Favourite Hair Color: red
Short or Long Hair: doesn't matter
Height: doesn't matter
Weight: doesn't matter
Best Clothing Style: anything retro :)
Number of Drugs I have taken: 0
Number of CDs I own: at last count...8,840
Number of Piercings: 0
Number of Tattoos: 0
Number of things in my Past I Regret: 2

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You are Kermit the Frog. You are reliable, responsible and caring. And you
have a habit of waving your arms about
maniacally.FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS: "Hi ho!" "Yaaay!" and
"Sheesh!" FAVORITE MOVIE: "How Green Was My Mother"LAST BOOK READ: "Surfin' the Webfoot: A Frog's Guide to the
Internet"HOBBIES: Sitting in the swamp playing banjo.QUOTE: "Hmm, my banjo is wet."

What Muppet are you?
brought to you by Quizilla*******INTERESTS: Collecting CD's, watching movies, baseball, basketball, wrestling, NCAA football, all things Muppet, playing computer and video games (mainly the 'intellectual' ones), karaoke, hanging out with my friends and family...

I'd like to meet:

intense, artistic, intelligent, passionate people who are not afraid of what they don't understand. And people who think Britney should learn to raise her damn kids!

Music:

Have we got all day? Partial list...Beastie Boys, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Run DMC, Ice Cube, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jimmy Smith, John McLaughlin, Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus, Dave Brubeck, Blind Boys Of Alabama, Andy Statman, Klezmatics, Shirim, Aaron Alexander, Paul Shapiro, Negativeland, Beck, Ween, Cure, Coldplay, U2, Herbie Hancock, Isley Brothers, Willie Bobo, Tito Puente, Billy Joel, Elton John, Meat Loaf, Rockapella, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Grant Green, George Benson, The Roots, Feenjon Group, Los Lobos, Warren Zevon, Led Zeppelin, Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dr. John, Neville Brothers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Carole King, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Wayne Shorter, Betty Buckley, Kenny Garrett, Parliament/Funkadelic, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Les McCann, James Brown, Luther Vandross, Art Blakey, Louis Armstrong, The Clash, Ramones, Green Day, Cassandra Wilson, Mel Torme, Bob Dylan, Pogues, Nina Simone, Gil Scott-Heron, Cal Tjader, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Heatwave, Sarah Vaughan, Bob James, Cameo, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Patti LaBelle, Matisyahu, Golem, Violent Femmes, J-Live, Maceo Parker, Ludacris and so many more...O funk it! Every artist I've ever heard (and there's a lot of them) has their own piece to the puzzle of this thing we call music. Whether I like or dislike them they should all be acknowledged.

Movies:

"The Godfather", "Pulp Fiction", "The Commitments", "Goodfellas", any Mel Brooks movies, any Muppet movies, "The Original Kings of Comedy", "Rush Hour", "The Fighting Temptations", "The Little Shop Of Horrors" (original), any Star Wars movies, "UHF", "Shrek", "City Slickers", "Barbershop" (1 & 2), "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "My Fair Lady", "Chicago", "Monty Python & The Holy Grail", "The Meaning Of Life", "And Justice For All", "Full Metal Jacket"...and many more...

Television:

"The Simpsons", "Family Guy", "The Muppet Show", "Fraggle Rock", "The Steve Harvey Show", "The Cosby Show", "New York Undercover", "The Ren & Stimpy Show", "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air", "Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge", "South Park", "Frasier", "American Dad", sports...many more...but haven't been watching too much TV...TV sucks!

Books:

Anything by Roddy Doyle is pretty much gold. Also, I'm a big fan of autobiographies. I also love Shakespeare...who wrote it? :) (I keed, I keed!)

Heroes:

My grandparents. Jim Henson. Matt Groening. Mick Foley. Frank Zappa. Dr. Seuss. Dr. Gil Williams. The Beastie Boys. Anyone who's dared to be different.

My Blog

It's not that easy...

According to Melissa Etheridge and Al Gore, and since it's become a recurring theme during tonight's Oscars, apparently saving the environment isn't a "red" or "Blue" thing, we're all "green". If that...
Posted by The Prime Minister...Sinister...Shap Niiiiiice!!! on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:35:00 PST

Sex, Letter People, & Rock 'N' Roll

Wow! It's been craziness since the last time I wrote, but I figured I should update... First and foremost, I'm back on top of my game after a minor car accident a while back. My car spun out on some b...
Posted by The Prime Minister...Sinister...Shap Niiiiiice!!! on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:08:00 PST

Finally getting a chance to update!

WOW! What a wild past few weeks! The craziness started a few days before Xmas, my mom had to go to Florida on a moment's notice because my grandmother had another congestive heart failure episode. So ...
Posted by The Prime Minister...Sinister...Shap Niiiiiice!!! on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:56:00 PST

R.I.P. James Brown

You know it wouldn't be long before I spoke on this. I was legitimately bummed out Christmas morning when I got online and heard the news about James Brown's passing at 73. I know that we all gotta go...
Posted by The Prime Minister...Sinister...Shap Niiiiiice!!! on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:22:00 PST

The Headbanger Suite

URRRGGGHHHH!!!!! Everyone who knows me by now knows that my biggest pet peeve is stupid people. However, there's one thing that's a very close runner-up. That thing is...having a song stuck in my head...
Posted by The Prime Minister...Sinister...Shap Niiiiiice!!! on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:20:00 PST

That was the holiday weekend that was

So Thanksgiving went very well. I watched the parade in Detroit on television, then tried to stay awake for the Lions game, but, as always, I fell asleep during the first quarter. (Like I missed much....
Posted by The Prime Minister...Sinister...Shap Niiiiiice!!! on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 10:10:00 PST

10,000.

I finally fucking did it. 10,000.  
Posted by The Prime Minister...Sinister...Shap Niiiiiice!!! on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:29:00 PST

Have I taken this DJ thing as far as I can go?

I have never fucked up like this before. Yesterday, our antiquated router (the one I need to make sure all the games are on) died. I pushed a button (or rather, what was left of one) too far back, and...
Posted by The Prime Minister...Sinister...Shap Niiiiiice!!! on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:18:00 PST

A random thought

I don't know what's scarier: the fact that Bea Arthur made a CD, or the fact that I want it.
Posted by The Prime Minister...Sinister...Shap Niiiiiice!!! on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:11:00 PST

Fierceness abound

What. A. Night. I started playing music around 8:00. A woman named Kendra approached me and we talked about old school funk and hip-hop for a while. I gave her my number and the Myspace URL....but tha...
Posted by The Prime Minister...Sinister...Shap Niiiiiice!!! on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:04:00 PST