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Yekim

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About Me


I currently live in Aurora, CO with my wife Gadrieal (my #2 on myspace!!), our son Gavin, our two cats Nala the wondercat and Pumba, and then our fish. I have a wonderful daughter Jade that lives in Wisconsin, and also my Mom, Dad, and 2 brothers also live there. I love Wisconsin and will return in 2010!
I was born in Cambodia, in a small tribe called Phnom Penh. My Mom, Hun Sen, worked at a store that bent bones to fit as necklaces for the traditional dress called, Chenla. My father, Norodom Sihamoni, went on parties looking for water buffalo to kill so we could eat and my brother Oddar Meancheay, could make clothes for the family. Koh Tang. My other brother, would work on the rice patty field. In 1984 my family was moved out of Cambodia to find a better life. So to escape the horrible goverment, my family made rafts and tried crossing the ocean, but was picked up a mile later by Ethal and Genothal Retzlaff on their oil rigger. That's where we were all adopted and changed our names to live the American Dream!
I am a registered adult with the Douglas County Young Marines. The Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls, ages 8 through high school. The only requirement for membership is that the youth must be in good standing at school. The program educates and inspires the youth within our communities by promoting a healthy and drug-free lifestyle through educational and adventurous activities.
Check out my website...
www.mikeyfromwisconsin.com

My Interests



Anything related to music, drumming, or going to concerts. In concert I have seen 311, The Doobie Brothers, Kansas, Crusher Bound Cadillac, Bon Jovi, En Vogue, Sloppy Seconds, Mustard Plug, GWAR, Murphys Law, The Misfits, Horse, Billy Joel, Heart, Frenzel Rhomb, The Strike, The Benjamins, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Blink 182, Less Than Jake, and many other that I was too drunk to remember.

I'd like to meet:


Music:



I have been drumming since 5th grade. I was in a marching band, Lake Band for 7 years and Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps for 2 years and high school band. I have a great appreciation for music and I listen to just about anything including punk, 80s, ska, r&b, rock, funk, disco, trance, pop, drum corps, hip hop, jazz, southern rock and junk rock.

Movies:


adopt your own virtual pet!

Television:

Survivor, House and The Amazing Race

Books:

Anything Oscar Wilde or USMC.
Myspace Layouts

Heroes:


My parents, my family, Joan Wolfgang, Dawn Talos (cancer survivor!) and all the service men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
The following men I had the pleasure of working with and knowing.
Rest In Peace

LtCol David Greene
1964-2004
LtCol Greene, a Cobra pilot and aviation maintenance officer. LtCol Greene was killed July 28, 2004 while providing cover for casualty evacuation of critically injured Marines and close air support to his fellow Marines on the ground.

Spc Jonathon C. Haggin
1979-2005
John was killed July 30, 2005 when his humvee was hit with a roadside bomb. I had the pleasure of meeting him in the last month of his life. We spent two weeks partying in Germany.

My Blog

MyHeritage Celebrity Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Family photos...
Posted by Yekim on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:14:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph...
Posted by Yekim on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:19:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph...
Posted by Yekim on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:16:00 PST

Welcome Gavin!!!!!

The newest member of the Retzlaff family, Gavin Michael Retzlaff, was born March 16th. Gavin passed all of his tests (i.e. blood sugars, hearing, etc...) with flying colors! Gavin and Mom are doing gr...
Posted by Yekim on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:59:00 PST

BIG DAY!!!

Gadrieal gets induced tomorrow, so we are pretty excited that a new chapter in the Retzlaff world will be brought into the world.
Posted by Yekim on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:17:00 PST

Book Drive

I am starting a book drive which could be quite fun. A way to progress in the Marine Corps is to better yourself as a person. One was to do that is by reading books. The Marine Corps setup a Professio...
Posted by Yekim on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:53:00 PST

Party this Saturday!!!

Don't forget about MikeyFest 2007 this Saturday, January 27th in Milwaukee!!!! (email me for details!!!!!!)...
Posted by Yekim on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:35:00 PST

Battle of the Bands!

So we went to Battle of the Bands last night in Englewood and saw some pretty awesome bands. We made it in for the last 4 bands and saw some rap, regae and rock! Last week we met the bass player for t...
Posted by Yekim on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:26:00 PST