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Patrick

pmichalak

About Me

What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.

My Interests

Music. Music. More Music. Some Canadian Girl. Stuff.

Music:

sound team, islands, pink mountain tops, wilco, radiohead, the beatles, elliott smith, akron/family, office, stevie wonder, jeff buckley, the temptations, marvin gaye, doves, flaming lips, the shins, air, the frames, spoon, broken social scene, pavement, my morning jacket, laura viers, neutral milk hotel, pixies, floyd, police, rival schools, rodan, quicksand, shellac, sigur ros, the silent years, fugazi, loose fur, james brown, jimi hendrix, the who, miles, coltrane, cash, halen.......

Movies:

He's taken off his shoes and one of his socks and...actually, I think he's crying

Television:

Arrested development, Family Guy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Extras, The Office BBC, News Radio, Magnum P.I., Lost, Wonder Showzen.

Books:

Lao Tzu, Hess, Henry Miller, Bukowski, Sedaris, Schlosser, Kundura, Mahfuz, Rakoff, Kafka, O'Brien...

Heroes:

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

My Blog

Water Park

Hi, we had some fun playing in the Lake a few weekends ago. So here are some pictures documenting those good times. Hola!Thanks Anne for the great photo shoot!...
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:40:00 PST

In out in out in

So I'm back in. The band that is. This is the third time I've joined the same band in a year. Ha. If you can't tell already sometimes I have trouble making up my mind. But for the time being I'm b...
Posted by Patrick on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:02:00 PST

"Amsterdam" a photo essay

Good Morning, welcome to Shiphol Airport. Now that we're here, what do we do? The view from the apartment. New Years in Dam Square. Like a small child wondering into ...
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:33:00 PST

Wok to Walk

Nothing like a good trip and limited sobriety to clear the mind. After 4 days in Amsterdam my feet are sore and my legs are jelly but it's increadible. I think Josh had a few to many space cakes or ...
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:50:00 PST

I must be high

Does happiness lead to fulfillment? Or, are the two independant of each other? Maybe I'm just a kid. Maybe I just don't fit in. Maybe I'm not so bad. If you doubt yourself every step of the way...
Posted by Patrick on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:56:00 PST

Independence Day

A future butterfly, gonna spend the day higher than high. You rain beautiful confusion, once I was you. Saw you caught between all the people out making the scene, in a bright ideal tomorrow. Don't...
Posted by Patrick on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:15:00 PST