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Michael

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About Me

Even though this may only be my perception of myself through rose-colored glasses, and may or may not be entirely accurate, i'll continue anyways. For one, i'm a dilettante, a dabbler, i have many quirky unrelated areas of interest, and i often find things that fascinate me. i often find myself in the middle of two extremes and do not easily fit in to a set group or stereotype. For example, while i went to school for business, and could have and enjoy having a conversation about the stock market, current events, our economy, technology, whatever. i am also very interested in the arts, and have infinitely more passion and interest in Film, Photography, Painting, etc. Unfortunately, most people who are interested in Business are also very uninterested in Art, and vice versa. Basically, i am too artsy for most conservative business-type people and too conservative for most artsy people. i am also the "shy at first" type, so while i can be the life of the party with my friends, i can also be a wallflower among people i don't yet know.i am tired of sentences now so i am just going to let my thoughts flow free. my mind is generally racing, when writing i rarely capitalize references to myself because it seems arrogant and self-important, i enjoy using commas so that my writing is more like a stream of consciousness, i greatly enjoy steam rooms, but they also disgust me cause i don't like germs or slimy things, my favorite sport is Ultimate Frisbee, i also like Golf, Skiing, Mountain Biking. Some of my favorite beers are Paulaner or Hacker-Pschorr Hefe-Weissbier, La Chouffe Golden Ale, Spotted Cow, and Blatz. i enjoy Music that others might not because i enjoy hearing beauty in things others do not, i think that's part of the appeal of Film, and Art in general, but with Art it is also the amazing feeling of creating something that you think is beautiful. i am generally very optimistic, i enjoy sarcasm and being silly, i think it's good to not be serious whenever possible, intoxication is fun with a variety of things, i enjoy fashion and think of it as art, my style could be described as preppy, artsy, outdoorsy, colorful. i try to be healthy, i love debating/discussing/arguing a multitude of various topics, I am of Croatian descent, German too, but I think the Croatian is cooler.

My Interests

Film, Photography, Art, Ultimate Frisbee, Hiking but not walking (I only enjoy walking in nature, i hate walking in the city), Fashion, and 'puters.

I'd like to meet:

Artistic, Optimistic, Wild, Silly, Sarcastic, Mellow, Fashionable People

Music:

Aesop Rock, Animal Collective, Antony and the Johnsons, Architecture in Helsinki, Arctic Monkeys, Autechre, Bobby Dylan, The Books, Cam'ron, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clipse, CocoRosie, DangerDoom, Devendra Banhart, Dizzee Rascal, Donovan, Dungen, Eels, Feist, The Fiery Furnaces, Fiona Apple, Four Tet, Franz Ferdinand, The Futureheads, Georges Brassens, The Go! Team, IAM, Imogen Heap, Iron and Wine, Joanna Newsom, Johnny Cash, Jurassic 5, Kathryn Williams, Kings of Convenience, Kraftwerk, Dominik Eulberg, Le Peuple De L'herbe, Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz, M.I.A, Madvillan, The Magic Numbers , The Magnetic Fields, Mahjongg, Mike Jones, Milla Jovovich, Mu, My Morning Jacket, Mylo, Nellie McKay, The New Pornographers, Nick Drake, The Notwist, Paul Wall, Peaches, Petra Haden, Postal Service, Quasimoto, Radiohead, Sage Francis, The Shins, The Smiths, The Streets, The Strokes, Sufjan Stevens, System of a Down, Tangerine Dream, The Unicorns, Vincent Gallo, Vitalic, The White Stripes, Wilco, Wolf Parade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ying Yang Twins

Movies:

Buffalo '66, Amelie, The Royal Tenenbaums, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Oldboy, Me and You and Everyone We Know, The Return, The Mirror, Dog Days, In the Mood for Love, 2046, i 3 Huckabees, Sin City, Kill Bill, The Life Aquatic, 6ixtynin9, Last Life in the Universe, Audition, Cure, Reconstruction, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Breathless, Clockwork Orange, Man Bited Dog, I Stand Alone, Read My Lips, The Dinner Game, La Cage Aux Folles, Funny Games, The Phanton of Liberty, Yes, Garden State, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, Waking Life, The Dreamers, Punch-Drunk Love, The Saddest Music in the World, Happiness, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Secretary, Eyes Wide Shut, Before Sunset, Dead Ringers, Crash(from 1996 by David Cronenberg, not the peice of crap that's nominated for an oscar this year), Blood Simple, Fight Club, Spun, Everyhting You Wanted to Know About Sex but were Afraid to Ask, Deconstucting Harry, Heavy Traffic, Cannibal the Musical, Team America, American Splendor, Red Lights, Mulholland Drive, Sympathy for Mr. Vengence, Shaolin Soccor, Kung Fu Hustle, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Winged Migration, Hero, The Aristocrats. . . Just to name a few.

Television:

Lost, Arrested Development, Da Ali G Show, Fooly Cooly(FLCL), South Park, Ren and Stimpy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Good Eats, Gilmore Girls, La Femme Nikita, Family Guy, House, The Soprano's, Isaac, Fashiontrance, Drawn Together, Jackass, Team Sanchez, My Name is Earl, The Office(either version), Project Runway, Ladette to Lady.

Books:

Atlas Shrugged, or any other Ayn Rand books, The Third Policeman, The Giver. I am currently reading both Atlas Shrugged and The Third Policeman, i enjoy them both, but i simply don't read much, i have lots of other things that i enjoy much more. I also don't find books very mentally stimulating, and get quite frustrated at the arrogance so many avid readers have towards other forms of media, namely their belief that they are so much smarter and intellectual than those that do not read often.

My Blog

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmwolf/

I take a lot of photo's.  i post many of my favorites on http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmwolf/...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 12 May 2006 08:02:00 PST