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Adam McIhael

I'm made of steel wool

About Me

buying a gun.

My Interests

robots, ninjas, pirates, mummies, video games, time travel, running, cooking, swing dancing, making people laugh when they're drinking and watching them spill all over themselves, travelling, playing air hockey, playing pool, drinking booze and watching anime, seeing how long I can go without moving, being obsessively compelled to win at everyday activities i.e. the laundry, picking up orange juice, reading, and other competitive household acts.

I'd like to meet:

Deep Blue

Music:

punk rock, ska, and a little of those good old blues. Oh, and if I'm listening to the radio definitely NPR (national public radio for all you simpletons) Robert Johnson, Jawbreaker, The Pogues, Vision, The Yellowjackets, Dead Kennedys, B.B. King, Dropkick Murphys, The Beltones, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, Catch-22, The Clash, Slapstick, Screeching Weasel, The Cobs, Rivethead, Johnny Cash, The White Stripes, The Postal Service, Against me, Dillinger Four, Tilt, Operation ivy, The Sex Pistols, River City Rebels, Bad Religion, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Sick of it All, The Pogues, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Dick Dale, Matisyahu, John Coltrane, Charlie Musselwhite, Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfield, India Arie, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Bad Religion, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Distillers, Operation Ivy, The Ramones, Rancid, Rise Against, Social Distortion, X-Ray Spex, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Flogging Molly, Jeff Beck, The Rachels, Queen, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Smiths, The Animals, Johnny Winter, Chuck Berry.

Movies:

Hackers, Back to the future, clerks, Goodfellas, pirates of the carribean, bill and ted's excellent adventure, casino, taxi driver, donnie darko, willow, blood of heroes, igby goes down, good morning vietnam, amelie, clockwork orange, romper stomper, pi, brazil, the godfather, rezevoir dogs, snatch, akira, cool runnings, Star Wars (3-6), indiana jones (mainly 1 and 3), pulp fiction, dusk til dawn, office space, any movie featuring steve zahn or dante basco, drop dead fred, tron, empire records, karate kid II (the one where he punches through , I think, 6 blocks of thick ice), flight of the navigator, scarface.

Television:

M.A.S.H, Adult swim, and the cosby show.

Books:

A modest proposal, Ishmael, Catch-22, of mice and men, all quiet on the western front, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, The dharma bums, slaughterhouse 5, 1984, ender's game, a brief history of the united states, frankenstein, treblinka, monster, under the black flag, the grapes of wrath, an underachievers diary, fierce invalids home from hot climates, flowers for algernon, xanth, why paint cats?

Heroes:

Mick Dundee

My Blog

got me a job

I spent 25 grand on school and now I carry boxes for a living.I think I was hired because I can speak english.the interview went as followed:(future boss) "I see you have no experience in moving boxes...
Posted by Adam McIhael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Anyone

want to give me a job?Apparently the people I was working for have decided they've had enough of owning a restaurant.So, now I'm unemployed and wondering where I'm going to go...I need to figure somet...
Posted by Adam McIhael on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:26:00 PST

evaluating my mood

alright, lets see. When I first thought about writing this report I was going to talk about the security officer I met at the airport a few days ago but after checking out how many mood options I hav...
Posted by Adam McIhael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Get it right

Create your own friendquiz here...
Posted by Adam McIhael on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:42:00 PST

rabbits

I'm buying a rabbit soon, it's burnt orange and 22 years old.  His name is fiver.  I'm taking it in soon to get it fixed and then pat and I are going to take it down to IN. &n...
Posted by Adam McIhael on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:11:00 PST

I'd rather get lost in the woods than make friends here

This entire land is full of racists and bigots. So far other than family and friends that have come with me I think I've only met 1 other guy here who hasn't said some negative remark about another r...
Posted by Adam McIhael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

longhorn

If you're ever in Alaska don't go drinking at the longhorn. The other day a man got drunk at the longhorn and passed out on his table. When he woke up he was stapled to the table and his wooden leg ...
Posted by Adam McIhael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

First post from the great land of rocks and dirt

Today I slept for 14 hours. I'm pretty sure sleeping has been the most productive thing I've done since I got to Alaska. I watched a Jackie Chan movie today; he was an explorer out to find nazi go...
Posted by Adam McIhael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

movin on

Ah I guess I got myself a real job. oh well.
Posted by Adam McIhael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

learning

I'm being taught Spanish at work by some of my co-workers. So far all I've learned to say is "yo trabajo con cajas" which translates to "I work with boxes". Now whenever someone who doesn't speak ...
Posted by Adam McIhael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST