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Mikey

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About Me


I am ... all of me.
I was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, though my family is from Puerto Rico.
I love cars, stars, and sports. I love astronomy - it is what I live for and what *used to* pay the bills. Now, I'm jobless. :( I love Star Trek ... and I'm damn proud of it. I play guitar, but I am long removed from the talent I had in high school. I love to listen to music, thought I'm sometimes fairly set in my taste [heavy, heavy heavy!]. I also have an unhealthy obsession with the show House, M.D.
I love watching baseball and hockey (two opposites when it comes to their seasons). I'm a big fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins - I remember seeing Mario Lemieux on TV once when I was a kid and I was totally amazed by his skills and moves. I idolized Mario, Jaromir Jagr, and Ron Francis throughout their times in Pittsburgh Penguins sweaters. Now, the torch has been fully passed to Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
I'm also an Atlanta Braves fan. Being in Albuquerque, there were very few teams on TV to watch. I got hooked on the Braves watching Dale Murphy play in the outfield for them back in the late 80's/early 90's.
I spend a good amount of time at the local race tracks. I am the "part time track announcer" (unpaid position) at Albuquerque National Dragway (an NHRA track). I also spend a lot of time out at Sandia Motorsports Park, a road racing course on the west side of Albuquerque. Also, I write articles/race reports and results for different www.RacingSouthWest.com events, for E-mail messages of www.SRTConnection.com, and help moderate www.modularfords.com .
Maybe one day I'll get some cash out of doing this. Lord knows I need a job ... though UNM is calling me again, so who knows.
Random videos for your amusement / pleasure:
Intro to House, M.D: Click here!
"The Picard song" Click here!
Shadow the Hedgehog Intro (Crush 40 - I Am ... All of me) with some game footage to cover the rest of the song: Click here!
92% Geek 92%
Your Patronus would be a Phoenix!

My Interests



www.RacingSouthwest.com
www.pittsburghpenguins.com

- Sports -
-- Baseball --
Atlanta Braves
Albuquerque Isotopes

-- Hockey --
Pittsburgh Penguins
New Mexico Scorpions

-- Football --
San Francisco 49ers
University of New Mexico Lobos

- Cars -
-- Current vehicles --
1992 Ford Mustang LX "notchback"
1989 Ford Mustang LX hatchback
1996 Ford Thunderbird LX
1995 Chevrolet Lumina (used to be my mom's before she passed away)

Every Ford vehicle mentioned above has, or will soon have, a Ford "modular" V8 under the hood.

- Astronomy -
Astrophysics
NASA
European Space Agency
Hubble Space Telescope
Chandra X-Ray Observatory

- Art -
M.C. Esher
www.Deviantart.com

- Video Games -
I love my old Sega Genesis but I am currently obsessed with the Wii (by Nintendo)

-- Consoles that I own --
Nintendo Entertainment System
Sega Genesis
Nintendo Gameboy (original; Advanced SP)
Nintendo N64
Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo DS
Nintendo Wii (known only as the "Wii")
Sony PlayStation 2

-- Favorite characters and games --
Sonic the Hedgehog
Link (The Legend of Zelda series)
Zelda (The Legend of Zelda series)
Samus Aran (Metroid series)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (and the rest of the Zelda series)
Sonic the Hedgehog
Shadow the Hedgehog
The EA sports series of NHL games

Oh, and I love to cook. :)

I'd like to meet:



Anyone who just wants to be friends. :) If you like racing (Drag racing, autocross, road racing), send me a message and lets talk racing! If you are an announcer or a radio/broad cast person, I'd love to talk to you and learn how to be a better announcer. If you love sports, lets talk some sports. :)

Music:


Metallica
Pantera
Damageplan
Slayer
Iron Maiden
Queensryche
Joe Satriani
Judas Priest
Crush 40
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sevendust
DragonForce
Arch Enemy
Rebel Meets Rebel
The Pillows
Linkin Park
... the list goes on and on...

Artist: Metallica
Song: One
Album: ... And Justice For All
Click here!

Artist: Pantera
Song: Cemetery Gates
Album: Cowboys From Hell
Click here!

Artist: Joe Satriani
Song: Always With Me, Always With You
Album: Surfin' With The Alien
Click here!

Artist: Joe Satriani
Song: Flying in a Blue Dream
Album: Flying in a Blue Dream
Click here!

Artist: Joe Satriani
Song: The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing
Album: Flying in a Blue Dream
Click here!

Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Song: Life by the Drop
Album: The Sky Is Crying
Click here!

Movies:


Gone in 60 Seconds (director's cut for the win)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story
Harry Potter [I - IV]
Mononoke-hime ("Princess Mononoke")
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi ("Spirited Away")
Hauru no ugoku shiro ("Howl's Moving Castle")
The 5th Element
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Jurassic Park
Contact
Disney-Pixar's "Cars"
Pixar's "Monster's Inc."
... I'm sure there are more ...

Television:

Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Emeril: Live (yeah, a cooking show, got a problem with that?)
House, M.D
ER
SportsCenter

- Animation | Stop Motion | Etc. -
The Simpsons
South Park
Family Guy
Futurama
American Dad
The Critic
The Tick
Sonic The Hedgehog ("Saturday AM")
Sonic X
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

- [adult swim] shows -
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
The Boondocks
Robot Chicken
Moral Orel

- Anime -
Full Metal Alchemist
FLCL ("Fooly Cooly")
Witch Hunter Robin
Wolf's Rain
Trinity Blood

Books:

Um ... astronomy / astrophysics text books? Harry Potter series [yay for box sets!]
Time until the next Harry Potter book and movie:

Heroes:


- Personal -
My mother, may she rest in peace.
Carl Sagan
Patrick Stewart

- Music -
Dimebag Darrell [RIP]
Kirk Hammett
Joe Satriani
Jun Senoue [Crush 40]
Kerry King
Stevie Ray Vaughan [RIP]

- Video Games -
Shigeru Miyamoto
Sonic Team (Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog)

- Sports -
Jackie Robinson
Mario Lemieux
Wayne Gretzky
Sidney Crosby
Dale Murphy
Chipper Jones
John Smoltz

My Blog

My Health and a Queensryche

Some of you have probably heard or know that I've been sick a good deal lately.  I'm not sure what the hell happened.  I *never* get sick.  Then, out of the blue, I got food poisoning o...
Posted by Mikey on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:58:00 PST

Happy Birthday George Carlin

One of the funniest men alive and one of the best stand up comedians ever orbited the Sun once more in his lifetime.  I found the following via Fark.com linking to a blog.  I felt it necessa...
Posted by Mikey on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:28:00 PST

Fractals, 94 Rock, Wii, Midna, life, and other things  Mikeys new blog!

I know very few actually read my blog or give a crap about what I say or do, but here goes anyway.  The title says just about everything that I'm going to try to put in this blog.   Fracta...
Posted by Mikey on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:40:00 PST

The long awaited new blog by Mike

My life's been crazy lately.  I've been working an awful lot and haven't really been around here very much.  Sooooooorrrryyyyy.  Here's an update of my life -------------------------...
Posted by Mikey on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:19:00 PST

R.I.P Steve Irwin, The Croc Hunter; Realization of Adulthood - Kingdom Hearts II

On my way home from the wifey's house, I actually was pondering writing a blog on MySpace, a thought that rarely, if ever, pops into my mind.  The subject of that blog is actually much futher dow...
Posted by Mikey on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:18:00 PST

As Cartman says: Cuz it's my Birthday, mah b-b-b- biiiirrthday.

Straight up stolen from my post on RacingSouthWest.com----------For the last two years, I've had little birthday gatherings at O'Neill's Uptown (now "uptown") and @ Anodyne. This year, I've got a lot ...
Posted by Mikey on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:48:00 PST

Updated blog section colors; need a new PC; other random BS

All work and no play makes Mike a pissed off boyWatching:  Random stuff on the History Channel    Saw something called "Roman Vice" earlier, about how the Romans were a lil' crazy ...
Posted by Mikey on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:49:00 PST

Wow, Mike posts a new blog on MySpace.com?!

So, I'm going to get off my lazy rear and do a blong on this here MySpace.com thing.  I doubt more than 5 people will read it, but here goes anyway.First off, music...http://www.myspace.com/slaye...
Posted by Mikey on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:10:00 PST

Heeeere snakey snakey snake

So, today couldn't get any worse.  A projector broke at work [red tube = shattered].  And now that my good friend [technician from work] came to get his snakes from my house, we've discovere...
Posted by Mikey on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:06:00 PST