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About Me

I have a Holga Camera, and I think it's my favorite camera I own.

Here are links to some of my artwork: mikemastre.carbonmade.com , mmastre.deviantart.com

My Interests

Photography digital and film (Holga), cinema,art,scratchboards, hiking,hanging out with my friends, playing pool (although I'm not very good). I also like to cook, I'm a pretty good cook (I make great Garlic Bread, and Kung Pau Chicken). Yeah I party a bit also.

I'd like to meet:

Lost friends and kindred spirits.

Music:

Nirvana, Amon Tobin, Alice in Chains, Rage Against the Machine, Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, The Dead Kennedys, The Ramones, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Weezer, The Beatles,The Sex Pistols, Radiohead, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, DJ Shadow, Gorillaz, Johnny Cash(the only country singer I like), The Roots, Jurassic 5, The Rolling Stones, Dr. Octogan, Tiesto, The Offspring, Foo Fighters, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Interpol, Kid Koala, 2 Many DJs, Blackalicious,Hierogylphics, Beck, Bjork,Air, Beethoven, Chopin and many others.
Recently I've been listening to Four Tet. If you haven't heard them, you should your ears will thank you.

Movies:

Fight Club, The Graduate, The Godfather part 1 and 2, Seven Samurai, City of God, Run Lola Run, Doctor Strangelove, Amores Perros,Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction, Requiem for a Dream,Yojimbo,Sanjuro(basically any film from Akira Kurosawa), A Fist full of Dollars, Fargo, Donnie Darko, Taxi Driver, A Clockwork Orange, A' bout de Souffle, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,Miller's Crossing, The Usual Suspects, Amelie, Memento,Office Space, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show,Psycho, Rear Window, The Silence of the Lambs, Lost in La Mancha, Brazil, About a Boy, The Shinning (Kubrick's), Casino, Goodfellas, Delicatessen. La Strada, my friend Sean's Films .. width="425" height="350" ..

Television:

The Simpsons, and Family Guy are the only shows I watch. Who has time to watch tv on a regular basis?

Books:

The Art of War, A Clockwork Orange, The Tao of Photography, Beyond Good and Evil,The International Thesarus of Quotations, In the Blink of an Eye, Fight Club, I have recently gotten into the Poetry of Charles Bukowski

Heroes:

Pablo Picasso, and my family

My Blog

This year's best picture nominees

I just watched Babel tonight, and in doing so I have seen all of the films that are nominated for Best Picture this year. The question of which film deserved to win best picture came to mind.&nb...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:29:00 PST

Eyeliner

So yesterday I dressed up like Captain Jack Sparrow, since we were showing Pirates of the Caribean Dead Man's Chest. Dressing the part required me to wear some eyeliner, and some black hair spra...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:23:00 PST

Amon Tobin Tee Shirt design contest

So I entered this tee shirt design into a contest for Amon Tobin.Unforunately I didn't win. The designs that won were pretty cool, but I think mine is better. Oh well ,there is alway...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:14:00 PST

Where my head line comes from

I took my headline from a poem by Charles Bukowski. As Piscasso said, "if something is to steal, I steal it." So I am stealing this quote from a great poem. If you aren't acquainted ...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:12:00 PST

Random things that make me smile or happy

Great films, making scratchboards, photography, the beach at sunset, bonfires on the beach, homemade garlic bread, memories of friends and family, Japan, riding a bike down hill very fast, when ...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:04:00 PST

an odd fortune that I recieved recently

I recently ate a Chinese restaruant and recieved a very odd fortune. It said and I quote, "It tastes sweet." I thought this is the most random fortune I have ever recieved. That got me thi...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:40:00 PST

Favorite Opening scenes

Here are a few of my favorite opening scenes in film. I'm sure that I am forgetting some great films 1. City of God- This is an amazing opening, the intensity of the edit and shots. The vi...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:36:00 PST

J. Alfred Prufrock

Sometimes I feel like J. Alfred Prufrock. I'm not as indecisive as him, I don't debate whether I should eat a peach. Maybe I hesitate too much, or just over think things. Maybe I shou...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:30:00 PST

People notice what you wear

So, I was wearing my Old School tee shirt, that has Frank the tank and the blow up doll, and says, "what a doll." I went to Borders to pick up a film. The girl at the counter, started joki...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:46:00 PST

Deep Philosophical question posed by the film Blow Up

So today in my fiction into film class we watched Blow Up. At the end of the film there is a group of mimes playing tennis, and the main character is watching them. The mimes don't ha...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 05 Oct 2005 10:08:00 PST