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About Me

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I lived in Florida for 22 years and moved back to Cali on April 18, 2007. I was actually born 3 miles away from where I currently live. It's funny how someone could end back up where they first started lifeAbout me? hmmmm, I don't know. If you knew me you would know I am not easy to describe. Sarcasm plays a really big role in my life. Different? Yes, more unique I'd say, how you want to interpret that, I will leave to you. Everything from relationships, personality, to cars I do different then everyone else. I like to create my own trends and procedures on things. Narrow minded you might say, and I'd say no, but not completely. I cherish a good companion. One quote describes my personality to a tee.From the movie "Slackers" - "I will torture, I will probe, I will destroy.........but I am really just not comfortable talking to a girl"Maybe it's just because girls are like parking spaces, and like always, I am tardy. Funny, yes. Goofy, hell yes. But I also know how to act accordingly. I.E. I can be mature and sensitive when the time calls for it. I am a damn good listener and I love to give my input on anything from relationship problems to "What should I do to my car next". I am very blunt and I don't take peoples' shit. I have been told on multiple occasions that I am the last true gentleman.
I am a camera man. I fly around the US and shoot video at races, shows, etc.
http://www.nmratv.net
http://www.streetlegaltv.com
http://www.lsxtv.com
Well if you read all this, I guess you can IM me on AOL AIM. My name is markgml18 . Also make sure you let me know who you are, random names without faces scare me, well, not really.

My Interests

Working on cars and wasting all my money on them. DRIFTO!!!!!!!!! Autocross. PHOTOGRAPHY, DUH!! Drag Racing. My friends. Tamparacing. Working out, when I get my lazy ass off the couch and do it. Diving, I have my advanced certification. Going to the beach. 8 bit nintendo! Any normal early to mid 20 year old activites generally.

I love to take pictures of cars in general, but mainly car races. I shoot with a Canon 30D with battery grip, (which I just sold to do the $3500 1D Mark III Upgrade) 17-40L and a 70-200 2.8L IS. All I need now is a fish eye and a 24-105L IS and I'll be set!http://www.floridaracing.orgI take pretty pictures

24 hours of Daytona-1/80th-no flash-150mph
World Street Shootout
Drift Fury Atlanta
Forumla Drift Irwindale
Long Beach Grand Prix
Long Beach Grand Prix

I'd like to meet:

My favorite hobby besides working on cars is photography. I have been shooting races since 1997 but with either old 35mm or point and shoots. I bought my 1st SLR camera not even a year ago and already my quality of shots have grown by 1000%

I went from producing shots that look like this

to shots that look like this

in less then 1 years time. I am constantly trying new things and upgrading my gear. My goal is to get a job working for a team or organization on the weekends doing what I love to do. Though I do not count on something like that to happen, which is why I do it regardless.

Music:

as long as it isnt country. Big favorites would be postal service, depeche mode, smiths, benassi, covenant, de/vision, the faint, killing joke, OMD, Peter Murphy, Schiller, soft shell, talk talk, tears for fears, ladytron, techno, paul van dyke, oakenfold, tony faliene. me?

Movies:

anything but vampire movies, they dont do anything for me.

Television:

What the hell is that? I guess if i watched TV, probably comedy central, spike, and speedvision.

Books:

I use to read a lot, haven't in awhile, maybe again one of these days.

Heroes:

Timmy, Jimmy, Stewart, and Arnold

My Blog

BUH BYE FLORIDA!!

I finally got an offer Friday night from Power TV to come work for them full time. They put together a great offer, with medical, paid vacation etc. I will mainly be flying around the US doing video w...
Posted by FloridaRacing.org on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:41:00 PST

my c16 mag feature- Nov issue

check it http://www.floridaracing.org/c16/
Posted by FloridaRacing.org on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:49:00 PST

new pics of the house

http://www.floridaracing.org/home/ bar table going to be here this week, finally still debating on getting the 42" Dell plasma.........
Posted by FloridaRacing.org on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:38:00 PST

my JDM blog

i guess myspace doesnt like JP typing, so i edited it
Posted by FloridaRacing.org on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

cars, house, etc

so I bought another beater today, 92 240sx for $1200, dont know what i want to do with it yet, might just sell it to turn a quick profit, maybe truck it, who knows. this brings my current car count...
Posted by FloridaRacing.org on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

best 4 hours ever.......

i dont even know where to begin, its all so much and a big shock at that. i graduated from bloomingdale high in 1999, and being in brandon, virtually everyone you went to highschool with, u also we...
Posted by FloridaRacing.org on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

going on VACATION!!!!!

for 2 weeks! vegas, so cal, surfing, 6 flags, snow boarding, long beach grand prix, etc etc etc etc march 30th- april 11th can life get any better? I SUBMIT THAT IT CANNOT!
Posted by FloridaRacing.org on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

im such a bad ass cook

made home made lasgna yesterday, like, chop up all the shit and what not..... not like going and get a microwave dinner. it was bad ass as usual and like the 5 people that had some loved it esp....
Posted by FloridaRacing.org on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

going to the UK for free

a few months ago i had this guy from the UK start asking me about accord motor swaps. We got to talking for awhile and he was like "its really expensive to get a swap here" Something like 1000 briti...
Posted by FloridaRacing.org on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

my new apartment pictures

after looking at about 30 complexes, i found the one i am in now in new tampa. its really nice, about 3 years old. comes with burber carpet, filtered water tap built in the sink, screened in patio, ...
Posted by FloridaRacing.org on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST