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Mike

Life returns to the thinker that which he or she thinks...

About Me

I'm a work in progress... I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Writing, music, movies, books, wine, restaurants, mountain biking, the beach, traveling to Europe and everywhere else, French anything, my guitar, poetry, politics, sports(some), philosophy, (smart)conversation, kissing, Jackass, spirituality, (good)t.v. shows, art(expressionist), martial arts, boxing, genuine/honest people, comedy, candles, sharing, the Central Coast, 1920s, 30s, 40s anything, family, friendship, science, surfing(hopefully soon), and a hell of a lot more in no particular order.

I'd like to meet:

"Shatner...I'd fight William Shatner."

Music:

Interpol, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Rage Against the Machine, Portishead, N.I.N., New Order, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Radiohead, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Smiths, Morrisey, The Who, The Clash, Social Distortion, The Doors, Oasis, Mars Volta, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Guns n Roses, Vhsorbeta, The Cure, Mike Ness, The Pixies, The Bee Gees, The Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, etc...just to name a few off the top of my head.

Movies:

King Creole, Godfather I and II, East of Eden, Giant, Some Like it Hot, Goodfellas, Casino, Raging Bull, any Johnny Depp film, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Lust for Life, Munich, Walk the Line, Tombstone, Citizen Kane, Braveheart, Passion of the Christ, Before Night Falls, From Here to Eternity, Talk to Her (Hable Con Ella), Gladiator, Aviator, Basketball Diaries, Chocolat, Rocky I and II, Back to the Future I, II, III, Indiana Jones I, II, III, Dr. No, Bruce Lee movies, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill I and II, Wallstreet, Tim Burton's Batman, The Matrix, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, Seven, Silence of the Lambs, Taxi Driver, Gangs of New York, Superman I and II, Amadeus, Interview with a Vampire, The Ten Commandments, Contact, and many more.

Television:

TURN OFF YOUR TELEVISION. Read something, listen to music, go outside, talk to someone, sit in silence, write down the things you're thankful for, exercise, bake, do something...anything.

Books:

Every F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, East of Eden (Steinbeck), Pride and Prejudice (Austin), Wuthering Heights (Bronte), Hard Times (Dickens), The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Thompson, R.I.P.), Unbearable Lightness of Being (Kundera), The Stranger/The Rebel (Camus), On the Road (Kerouac), Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez), any poem by Wordsworth, Hamlet (Shakespeare), and countless more.

Heroes:

Only one...my Dad

My Blog

Berlin (short story)

            I awoke at an anxious two minutes before six a.m. on a warm Southern California Saturday in July of 2004. My suitcase, having been packed neat...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:29:00 PST

The Buried Life

"But hardly have we, for one little hour,Been on our own line, have we been ourselves--Hardly had skill to utter one of allThe nameless feelings that course through our breast,But they course on for e...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 05:16:00 PST

Saving Grace (short-story)

grace n. the quality of being attractive, especially in movement, manner, or design.               "It's pouring and I just washed the ca...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:36:00 PST

Le Petite Mademoiselle

"Bon jour, my little mademoiselle!" Through swirls of clouds and deep blue skiesAnd oceans can you see. "Is it me, the template dipped in pools of Venus-milk,Whose hardened cream now wra...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:22:00 PST

nothing...

Out of the smoke came the ashesOut of despair came the loveOut of my soul came my bodyHow can reason account for this meaninglessness?To be or not to be (together)The meaning's as light as a featherOu...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:14:00 PST

A Modern Ode to Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald was right:"I can't write drunk."Creativity gone, with the keysI drown and stumble down,And the fight seems pointless, 'causeFuck success, I frown,And keys they do, they crumble downWhile mu...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:52:00 PST

HOW CAN U.S. AND BRITISH CITIZENS BE SO ASLEEP?

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Posted by Mike on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:17:00 PST

THE THEATRE OF JIHAD

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Posted by Mike on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:13:00 PST

WORLD OPINION IS WORTHLESS

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Posted by Mike on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:58:00 PST

LIFE IN AN ORWELLIAN UNIVERSE

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Posted by Mike on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:51:00 PST