Sol’el

My name is Michael, Sol'el is a name I came up with... somewhere around in the late '90s that I've more or less adopted as a professional moniker for myself. I'm not a Taoist but I respect Taoist principles. If I said I was a Taoist, I think it would no longer be true. I go to school in the evening at Career Technical College in Monroe, Louisiana and, to pay for it, I work days at the Taco Bell on N 18th Street in Monroe. Make no mistake: I am not a nice guy. But I'm good at what I do and I'm honest, loyal and faithful to the end to the people that I choose to be friends with and the people who choose to be friends with me (they're not always one and the same). I'm not in a serious relationship at this point...not only because I can't afford to have a serious relationship right now in my life, but also because I don't want to deal with any unhinged ex-boyfriends/baby daddies or what-have-you that a faithful, understanding boyfriend more often than not has to deal with if his relationship with a woman is to be successful. I just don't have the patience for it. In this life, all I have is my balls and my word, and I don't break them for anybody. I play bass guitar in an awesome band called Gloomchasers (http://www.myspace.com/gloomchasersband) and in regard to this myspace profile page, I'm a person, I'm not a band. I don't keep a friends' list. My friends' list is comprised of profiles of personalities that have influenced me in one way or another in my life. My actual friends--the people I talk to on a day-to-day basis and, whom I feel, like me for who I am, I keep privately on my favorites list. You can chalk it up to I like being different if you like. Add to that that I also value my privacy. I have to have a band page so I can post my music. It's a good, efficient and effective way to share my artistic expressions--whatever medium they manifest as--with my friends. I just have to deal with other people--people who are not my friends, people whom I don't know and probably never will know, however good or bad that is--stopping by randomly and looking at it. Anyway, all that aside, if I send you a message and express interest in getting to know you better, it's because I probably not only liked the information I read on your profile page, but I also saw something you put in there that I think we both have in common; something that could serve as interesting conversation and could potentially evolve hopefully, possibly, maybe into a real friendship. ('real' meaning 'not merely exclusive to myspace'). The hobbies I'm into make up my identity. These things are who I am. I am this: I am this: I am this: ---I am this-- I am this: And most importantly, I am this (and if you're not about this next one below...don't even bother getting to know me. It just wouldn't work out. For me, it's not about tits and it's not about ass. If you don't have it upstairs through reading, then I'm not the person you're looking for and I'm not looking for you. I'm saving you a lot of time by telling you this now.) These are the things that give life meaning for me. They are my heart and they always will be. Right now, I'm reading this book: And as far as music, I'm currently listening to this: