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About Me

:|: Thirst for life :|: Thirst for knowledge :|: Thirst for growth :|: Thirst for something new

:|: No matter what I do, if I can put a smile on your face, I know I've made this world that much a better place.

:|: My HTML schoolwork :|: Check out my school site, especially Project 4. Forgive the sloppy production. Each project took a week to finish. I'll clean it up one'a these days.}

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

If you're an artist, especially from the bay area, feel free to add me as a friend. We all need to know each other to survive.

Oh, and Shakira...

Music:

Punk rock, hip hop, some bossa nova and a shake of reggae... I'm a man of many tastes.Good stuff: New Found Glory (older stuff), Mest, Stars Hide Fire, Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, The Matches, Zero 7, Story of the Year, MxPx, Tom Jobim, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, Ella Fitzgerald, Something Corporate, DBC, Matchbook Romance, Movielife, The Starting Line, The Used, AudioKarate, Jimi Hendrix, Mariah, Hot Hot Heat, Kaiser Chiefs, Motion City Soundtrack, Pac, Talib Kweli, Tribe, Apathy, Whole Wheat Bread [They're BLACK].

Movies:

Better Luck Tomorrow, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, Fight Club, Memento, Requiem for a Dream, Spirited Away, They Live, 13 Going on 30 [Hmmph!], 10 Things I Hate About You [Double Hmmmph!], Battle Royale, FF: Advent Children, In the Realm of the Senses '=), The Shawshank Redemption, Breakfast Club, Sideways, Imelda, Birthday Girl... I tend to analyze movies pretty deeply...

Television:

Food network. My heart goes out to Ms. Rachael Ray. The rest of the stuff on tv hypnotizes you with subtle messages... think about it '=)

Books:

Fight Club (you thought the movie was good)

Choke, Book of Five Rings, The Dhammapada

Heroes:

Milton Glaser, David Carson, Marcel DuChamp, Salvador Dali, MLK, Ghandi, Jose Rizal, Chow Mo Wan and Squall Leonhart (Leon)

My Blog

Purpose...?

"The dignity of the individual will flourish when the decisions concerning his life are in his own hands, when he has the assurance that his income is stable and certain, and when he knows that he has...
Posted by mike on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

i can't sleep... cuz it's only four in the morning

having trouble sleeping, AGAIN. I don't know what it is, but even when I have to get up early, I can't fall asleep until it's late. Hope it ain't serious.
Posted by mike on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Just keep living, keep learning... then maybe one day...

And there's things I'd like to do, that you don't believe in. I would like to build something. But you'll never see it happen. And there's this BURNING, just like there's always been. I've never been ...
Posted by mike on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME

If you're reading this, you might have been intrigued by the flash piece in my general info section. The piece was influenced by a quote from a book that reviewed the history of Ray Gun magazine, aptl...
Posted by mike on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

just a song to reminisce

So long sweet summer I stumbled upon you and gratefully basked in your rays So long sweet summer I fell into you now you're gracefully falling away Hey thanks, thanks for that summer It's cold ...
Posted by mike on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

summer 2004

a good salutations to those who read this, and a wish that your summer was as good and insightful as mine. I took a few trips this summer, did a few random things, and just learned a lot about peop...
Posted by mike on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST