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Mordecai Mendelbaum

The 80's called...... they wanted their ME back!

About Me

Well.... ummmmm..... where would I even begin?I'm a wealth of useless information..... I know shit that no one should ever know..... not important stuff, mind you.... just stuff-stuff.... like ferinstance.... I know that none of the Ramones were actually named "Ramone" and that none of them were even related.... I know that the person whose hand was "Thing" on The Adamms Family was actually the same guy who played Lerch..... no word on whether he pulled a double paycheck for his effort..... I know and have often put into practice the Pythagorean Theorem.... contrary to the widely held notion that most of the crap you learn in high school math classes will never come back to haunt you.....I have a strange and perhaps unhealthy obsession with the Where Are They Now game.... I love "running into" people that I haven't seen or talked to in many years.... and I'm always excited if I come to find out that they have done really well for themselves since we last spoke or saw one another.... not just material stuff.... if I find that some girl I dated in 1988 for 3 weeks turned out happily married with 3 kids all these years later.... it makes me feel good about the world.... especially if I remember her to be a complete mess back then.What else..... there are two small people who call me Dad.... its still kinda weird, but I like em an awful lot, so I generally respond when they do so.... also, there's a really pretty woman that lives with us who calls me "Honey"... I'm not sure where she came from or what she's doing there, but she's SUPER-HOT, so I don't ask too many questions about it.... there is also a teenager that calls me Raj for reasons that I, unfortunately cannot remember.... I call her Summer, so we're even..... we are just getting to know each other after many many years apart, but so far she seems to think I'm ok..... crossing my fingers.... I think she's awfully damn cool....I have a job that I like, a house that's pretty cool, a car that looks like Al Capone should be driving it, and when I go to the ATM machine and punch a few buttons..... that damn thing spits out a few bucks here and there...... ain't that somethin?Life is Good..... No Complaints.

My Interests

Capitalism is nice, when performed properly; Tarantino & Coen Bros Flix; "Infectious", "Hook-laden" Pop Rock written by former Southgang guitarists; Pin The Tail on the Democrat; Chicks That Are Married To Me, Guns n Firetrucks; Bowling (read: beer/wings/comraderie) with the fellas on Thursday nights; and last, but actually first, my strength, Alex, Aidan, my wife Tracy, and my myspace miracle, Elaine.

I'd like to meet:

Summer.

Music:

Butch, Da 'quid, Fat Arm, Slipknot's first is cool.... if you're planning to break stuff while listening, which sometimes I find myself doing, White Zombie is always cool, old Manson, before he made his first million, Crue, just cuz they are THE rock stars to end all rock stars, Dream Theater for their brilliance, Cheap Trick, Cheap Trick, Cheap Trick (yes, I know) Foo Fighters, Buckcherry, Jet (and their mom Joan), Goo Goo Ga Choos, Queensryche, Jane's Addiction, Metallica's first 3 albums, Vain, KISS, but usually only the songs that Ace sang, Chili Peppers of the Red Hot variety, if I absolutely must listen to rap, make it Outkast, Eminem or something off Kid Rock's first CD..... if I absolutely must listen to country, just kill me first... same with western... they both make me suicidal....I kinda dig some 60's Motown and modern R&B, usually female singers though.... En Vogue, TLC, Destiny's Child, Maria Carey etc.... can't finish with that though, so let's throw in the Ramones, who I fondly remember more often than I actually listen to their music... great live shows. Finally.... this is more than just music, but if you ever get the chance to see the Blue Man Group.... SEE THEM.... you'll thank me later.

Movies:

Anything with Nicholson.... and outside of that, I'll leave it with the top 5 that come to mind, in no particular order..... Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Big Lebowski, Office Space, Dogma..... oh yeah, forgot Vanilla Sky and Magnolia.... not a huge Tom Cruise fan, but he's in some damn good movies.

Television:

Inside the Actor's Studio, Criss Angel Mindfreak, Sopranos, My Name is Earl, The Office, Invasion, Grey's Anatomy (does that make me gay?), Gene Simmons Family Jewels (shock), FrankTV, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiam, most HBO orginal programming, Will & Grace reruns (I think I may be establishing a pattern here), Surreal Life and pretty much any other VH1 original series'.... I guess anything really, as long as it isn't reality TV about the midget family, the 900 lb guy who lost 400 lbs, those douchebags who chase ghosts and would have you believe that they're not total whackjobs, or the family that has 18 children and wants me to NOT call child services on them..... put the d**k down! Step away from the d**k, lady!

Books:

I'm a sucker for autobiographies of celebs who fascinate me.... just finished the Heroin Diaries, and I'm halfway through Slash's book..... although this may seem like it couldn't possibly be good, I highly recommend Tommy Lee's book.... its probably the best of all I've read in that genre..... I also have a subscription to and read this magazine called Mental Floss which feeds my vault of useless information, as described in the About Me section. Sorry to make you jump around...

Heroes:

Great show..... save the cheerleader, save the world.

My Blog

My blog

So, this is a blog, huh?  I can't say that I've ever blogged before, so I am technically a Virgin Blogger........ here's me blogging about.... to and fro..... blogging here, blogging there.... bl...
Posted by Mordecai Mendelbaum on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:13:00 PST