Mike - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm living in a powder keg and giving off sparks.

My Interests

whiskey, critical theory, financial mathematics, economic sociology, morning relief. Dos Equis.

I'd like to meet:

The Most Interesting Man in the World.

Music:

I have an arsenal of jukebox picks designed to keep people from dancing.

Movies:

Anything where people are in black and white wearing herringbone and drinking coffee. Kicking and Screaming (the first one). Kubrick. Kieslowski. Wes Anderson. Nick Cage. Los Angeles Plays Itself. Nick Cage.

Television:

Boston Legal returns soon. It is needed.

Books:

Math books, finance books, theory books. Borges, Coetzee, Stephen Greenblatt, Menand, Robert Pippin.

My Blog

Eulogy - The Pynchonmobile

You were the first car I owned that wasn't perpetually falling apart on me. Your dashboard was straight out of ST:TNG. Your Thomas Pynchon bumper sticker added enough snark to the piousnes...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:01:00 PST

taggery

I got tagged by a girl I met at a taco establishment at 2am. hmmm. --Okay, here are the rules, once you've been tagged you have to write a blog with 6 weird things/habits about yourself. Then ...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:53:00 PST

Four Things Meme

Four Jobs Youve Had 1. Telemarketer 2. Movie Theater grunt 3. Camp Counselor 4. Bug Checker Four Movies You Could Watch Over and Over 1. Bottle Rocket (any Wes Anderson, really) 2. Band o...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:29:00 PST