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Michael

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About Me

I'm a first year graduate student in economics at UNC-Chapel Hill. hmmm what to say. I suppose my friends would say I'm laid-back and easy going. Put succinctly: I enjoy all things that could be described as "gezellig".

My Interests

Cheering for UNC and NCSU. Cheering against Duke. Traveling is definitely my favorite activity. In fact there are very few places in the world that I wouldn't like to visit. London, Scotland, Holland, and Spain were among my favorites. Other interests include golf, cooking, reading, wine, sports (badminton!), bonnaroo, guitar, and sittin on the porch, sampling new beers.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who hates Duke!

Music:

Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Coldplay, Bela Fleck, Alasdair Fraser, Carbon Leaf, Dave Matthews, Widespread Panic, Guster, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Nickel Creek, Radiohead, OAR, a whole bunch of other stuff.

Movies:

Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, Love Actually, Sideways, Cinderella Man

Television:

The West Wing, Family Guy, South Park, The Simpsons

Books:

Mostly non-fiction. I like reading about politics, economics, and international affairs. The newspaper and news magazines are always favorites. I love travel books (fiction or non). Bill Bryson is great. Also Rick Steves.Currently I only have time for such terrible texts as: Romer and Gibbons.