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dEnNiS mAi

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About Me

Illustration from www.myspace.com/naniiebim

I...
- have to complete my business plan to get my new food-manufacturing venture off the ground.
- want to learn more about the energy futures market.
- will achieve something great within this lifetime.
- have developed a new appreciation for good dark beer. But I still like fruity drinks.
- am determined to make a six figure salary within 5 years.
- am the shortest adult male in my family.
- am a night owl and will stay up late if I can.
- love my government job.
- see a bright future.
- once considered converting to Judaism, but became an atheistic buddhist instead.
- met my wife 10 years ago in a online Jewish chat room. Celebrated our 8th anniversary this past November.
- believe that a happy marriage is central to a family and that selfishness is the main reason marriages are broken.
- don't associate myself with selfish pricks.
- am in a daily struggle to find a better way.
- applied for a Special Agent position with the FBI but failed to pass their 4-hour examination.
- used to belong to an Anarchist cooperative during my undergrad studies.
- am infatuated with Chinese and Japanese indie music.
- like manga art but don't read them.
- like watching anime.
- have a wife who speaks 4 languages.
- think my wife is cute. Like a teddy bear.
- work out to get a Calvin Klein model body. Not there yet.
- taped up posters in the hallways calling for a revolution when I was in highschool.
- am drawn to intellectuals and goofballs. Especially intellectual goofballs.
- own a restaurant, Kinta
- work for the U.S. federal government.
- never forgive betrayals.
- was almost suspended from college for sending an e-mail bomb to a white-supremacist web server.
- have lofty goals and they change from time to time.

My Interests

Taking care of my wife.

The arts. Aesthetics. Visual stimulation. Fashion. Counter-culture. Culture.

Food. Dining out. Dining in.

Health. Weight-lifting -- it keeps the stress off and my body toned.

I'd like to meet:

I hate selfish pricks. Also, I don't like working with slackers or having slackers work for me. I fire them.

I like people who are responsible. People who are dedicated. People who thrive hard to reach their goal. People who are ethical. People who are trustworthy. I'd like to meet someone who will change the world.

If you can be ambitious and at the same time completely unselfish, then you are someone I'd like to meet.

So, who're the people below? First 5: Kinta gang.
Last 3: I like.
Everyone else: My family (both Mai's and Vu's)

Music:

Oi Punk. Ska. Chinese indie. Electronica. 60's inspired stuff. Brit pop. 80's New Wave.

My brothers make an awesome duo. Check them out.

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Bro 2 Bro - Part 2

I dig my cousin's band -- Midnight Movies! Check them out below:

Television:

Cartoon Network. The Food Channel. Sci-Fi Channel. CNN.

Books:

More periodicals than books: Harvard Business Review, Businessweek, Wired, The Economist. Also, The Portland Business Journal & The Wall Street Journal. Plus, I like checking out art magazines.

My Blog

Birthday

Man, I just turned 32 yet it still feels like I'm in my 20's.  There are things that I want to accomplish before 35,  so there's lots of work to be done.  3 years and counting, and...
Posted by dEnNiS mAi on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:56:00 PST

beep.

Boing dee boing dee boing wooo!
Posted by dEnNiS mAi on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:51:00 PST

Happiness

I just watched "In Pursuit of Happyness".  Man, it's a great movie. I see some people take their situation for granted, complaining and whining about the stupidest things, as if they're entitled ...
Posted by dEnNiS mAi on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:33:00 PST

Funny Happenings.

I think life can be a sitcom sometimes.  Some stuff may be politically incorrect, but they're still funny.At my office job, sometimes people would leave chocolate chip cookies, muffins, or other treat...
Posted by dEnNiS mAi on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:11:00 PST