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Michael

I am here for Friends

About Me

To know me is to love me, but good luck getting to know me. I'm not one to put myself out there like that. However, life is short, and I intend to get the most out of mine.

My Interests

Baltimore Ravens and Penn State football, Music of many sorts, Movies of many sorts. Drinking and smoking, partying in general. I like original thought. I appreciate new flavors, and things I've never tried before. Politics and philosophy interest me. I am also a video game addict. Right now I play Civilization 4 and Stronghold 2, with occasional quick games of Majesty thrown in for variety.

I'd like to meet:

Jello Biafra, Johnny Unitas (RIP), Jimmy Page

Music:

Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Operation Ivy, Sublime/Long Beach Dub Allstars, U2, INXS before the reality show, Jurassic 5, Tribe called Quest, Gorillaz, System of a Down, Stone Temple Pilots, Ween, The Guess Who, Yes, Steely Dan, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Foo Fighters, The KLF, The Who, The Police, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Eric Johnson, Cream, Joe Satriani, Chemical Brothers, David Bowie, The Stone Roses, Ian Brown, The Sundays, Nine Inch Nails, Ramones, Orbital, Lenny Kravitz, Jethro Tull, Jamiroquai, Tears For Fears, Grover Washington, Jr, Dr Dre, Styx, The Moody Blues, Gregory Isaacs, Pixies, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Barrington Levy, Half Pint, Peter Gabriel, Rush, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Roots, Guru, Tool, Weezer, XTC, Bloodhound Gang, Wes Montgomery, World Party, Peter Murphy, Michael Penn, Rusted Root, Ruff Ryders, Fugees, Incubus, Jane's Addiction, Marvin Gaye, The Black Crowes, John Coltrane, Ministry, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, The Strokes

Movies:

Lord of the Rings, Spiderman, X-men, Star Wars, Star Trek, Starship Troopers, Army of Darkness, Hamburger Hill, Tombstone, A Bridge Too Far, The Replacements, Remember the Titans, Memento, Usual Suspects, Kill Bill, Gangs of New York, Scarface, Longest Yard, Waterboy, Pump Up the Volume, Gleaming the Cube, Heathers, Friday, Pitch Black, 28 Days Later, Stargate, Boondock Saints, 40 Year Old Virgin, Batman Begins, Silence of the Lambs, Exorcist 1 and 3, Omen 1 and 3, Stigmata, Manchurian Candidate (both versions), the original Ocean's Eleven, Fallen, Man on Fire, Donnie Darko, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski, Waiting for Guffman, This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, The Princess Bride, Miller's Crossing, Rushmore, Rounders, Harlem Nights

Television:

Family Guy, Simpsons, American Dad, 24, CSI, Boondocks, The Wire, Homicide, Sopranos, Carnivale, Deadwood, Weeds, Sleeper Cell, Rome, Stargate SG1, Roughnecks, Inuyasha, Witch Hunter Robin, Futurama, Daily Show, Spiderman, Star Trek TOS, Star Trek TNG, Star Trek Voyager, X-Men, X-Men Evolution, Law and Order, Arli$$, No Reservations, Iron Chef, Friday Night Lights, Journeyman, Heroes, The 4400

Books:

David Eddings, Terry Brooks, Piers Anthony, Richard Marcinko, Oscar Wilde, Michael Crichton, Raymond E. Feist, Stephen King, Roger Zelazny, Tom Clancy, William Shakespeare, Isaac Asimov, Anne McCaffrey, Clive Barker, Lamar Hill, Dan Brown, Dean Koontz, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Jordan, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Robert A. Heinlein, John Sandford, Iain M. Banks, Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Stephen Vicchio, Franz Kafka

Heroes:

Jimmy Carter, Jello Biafra, Ralph Nader, Jimmy Page, John Lennon, Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr., Andrew Carnegie, Ghandi

My Blog

Confessions of a Rock Band hater

When Rock Band first debuted I was completely against the whole idea.  I like to fiddle around with playing guitar on occasion.  I've never gotten any good, primarily because I never really ...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 09 May 2008 11:02:00 PST

I’m salty and I don’t give a crap

I've taken a lot of shit over the last few months over my generally unhappy state of being.  At this point, all I can even think to say is what the fuck do I have to be happy about????  I tr...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:45:00 PST

On "A More Perfect Union"

Senator Obama’s recent speech on race in America has served to reopen the racial dialogue among the American people, which is a necessary discussion.  For the record, I feel that Reverend W...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:32:00 PST

Thoughts on relationships

I've obviously put a lot of thought into relationships, as anyone who reads these blogs can attest.  Over the years I've had the unfortunate opportunity to observe the relationships around me as ...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:34:00 PST

Righteousness without Religion

In a conversation with one of my friends last night it was mentioned that many of the individuals close to her are extremely intelligent people.  She was dismayed that so many of us seem to be se...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:47:00 PST

Epiphany

Events of the past few weeks have me thinking alot lately about who I am and what I should expect out of life.  Ever since I moved to Marietta I have been extremely down on myself because my expe...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:17:00 PST

In a bind once again

Just when you think life can't get any worse, something else comes along to throw another monkey wrench into the works.  Everything seems to be falling apart at once these days.  Recently, I...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:56:00 PST

Im fine. Really.

Sometimes life has a nasty way of thrusting reality on you, pushing you down to the depths of despair, forcing you to ask yourself why the hell you keep thinking that anything is ever going to get bet...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:17:00 PST

Kids and Relationships

As I get older, I find that finding a good woman is becoming more and more complicated.  It seems that every situation has a downside, that every girl has something about them that creates an inc...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:32:00 PST

How I feel about PDA

Don't ask me why I decided to write about this. The thought popped into my head, I thought it was humorous, and I'm a little drunk, so I decided to go with it.  When people are int...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 19 May 2007 11:37:00 PST