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Michael

A singular nervous man

About Me

I either say way too much or way too little, on any given occasion.I'm going to opt for the latter today.

My Interests

literature, music, Newfoundland, poetry, writing, the 1890s, the World War I, 1920s, World War II, the Bronte sisters, philosophy, home recording, coffee, cooking, chocolate, swimming, travel, excrutiating minutiae, the unavoidable processes of aging and death, frivolity . . . the usual.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is a good conversationalist. I'm very accepting of people. I consider this a point of pride because I actually am annoyed by/hate 70-90% of people I encounter.
For the most part, I'm a stranger in a new land. I would love to meet and make some friends.
I've been single for a long time now. While this doesn't bother me usually, I'm not against it changing either.If you're interested you'll have to let me know, because I'm both oblivious and cowardly. Attractive qualities, eh?

Music:

kate bush, PJ Harvey, sarah slean, patrick wolf, the dresden dolls, tori amos, ladytron, rasputina, sufjan stevens, rufus wainwright, fiona apple, bjork, the faint, massive attack, gabriela kulka, portishead, gorillaz, nine inch nails, radiohead, esthero, boards of canada, kaiser chiefs, scissor sisters, Satie, Grieg, Chopin

Movies:

Donnie Darko, Amelie . . . um. I don't watch many films.

Books:

100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Bronte), Howards End (E. M. Forster), A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess), The Woman in White (Wilkie Collines), Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte), Fifth Business (Robertson Davies), Not Wanted on the Voyage (Timothy Findley), The Wars (Timothy Findley), Away (Jane Urquhart), The Awakening (Kate Chopin), In the Skin of a Lion (Michael Ondaatje), The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (Michael Ondaatje), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy), The Diviners (Margaret Laurence), The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood), Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood), The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood), Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), MANY OTHERS

Heroes:

People who are comfortable in their own skin.

My Blog

Pomes Two Read

Ahaha, the title is just my little joke.Except James Joyce made it first many years ago.For no reason whatsoever I am going to put two of my most recent poems up here. I'm getting a bit discouraged on...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:21:00 PST

It's been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time

Mea culpa, mea culp, mea. . . maxima culpa?No, fuck that, it's a minima culpa at best. Venial sin, I thinks they calls it.I haven't updated this is bloody well forever. Why? Why why why.1.) I use my ...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:23:00 PST

Maybe I'm a hypocrite

Tra la lee dee da. I've been trying to read a novel by J. P. Donleavy. His "The Ginger Man" is supposed to be one of the greatest 100 novels of all time, but I hated it. I can acknowledge his skill as...
Posted by Michael on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:04:00 PST

Books I've Read in 2005, and How Much I Liked Them

  At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien - 9.4/10 A Map of Glass - Jane Urquhart - 9.2/10 The Ginger Man - JP Donleavy - 6/10 The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood - 9.3/10 Running in the Family -...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:54:00 PST

I am not a poet.

I just scribble stuff in my journal, that's all. I've only been doing it since August. How did I get a special invitation into a Masters of Creative Writing program for poetry?   Well, somehow I ...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:34:00 PST

My feet are feet of mud, and it all goes slow-mo

 Each day I come into the office and I sit at the computer and I waste time going around livejournal, forums, myspace. I have lots of little tasks to do but nothing of any major import so I guess...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 07:25:00 PST

Letters, postcards, photographs

I just got a letter from one of my best friends back in Newfoundland. It brought a smile to my face. She mentioned that on her fridge she has a picture I drew her of a guy smiling and saying "Ow! My t...
Posted by Michael on Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:46:00 PST