Exercise, yoga, painting, movies, dining, travel, shopping, art, antiques. I am blogging here a few times a week. I am trying to write as humorously as possible, it isn't serious in general. I am not celebrity obsessed.
Well, I already met (okay, "saw") Willem Dafoe at the baggage claim in LAX (he's tiny), Diane Keaton at a museum in NYC (she was looking for a book), Dikembe Mutombo at Rouge (hanging out while the 76ers were playing LA in the finals) and Patrick Ewing in a corridor of Dulles. I passed John Street just walking on North Broad. Allan Page (NFL Hall of Fame) shook my hand at a reception, as did Walter Mondale (VP under Jimmy Carter - I am sorry that I have to add that Walter but there are a lot of kids on this site). I've seen Ed Rendell many times. He once told me I didn't need to slide down, he already had enough room to sit. He's very likeable. I spoke with James Heckman, a Nobel Prize winner in economics. So my path has already been star-splashed in a major way! I'm expecting to start getting invited to freaking Oscar parties at this point!!! In the meantime, let's enjoy an impossibly cold martini!!!
Help me please. I know nothing. Video Codes | Chicago Condos | Minneapolis Real Estate
There are a million films that I have really liked, from the big hits like "About Schimdt," "Gladiator," "Pulp Fiction," "Shakespeare in Love," "Deer Hunter," "Scent of a Woman," "Raging Bull," and "The Piano," to smaller releases like like "Wit," "Pieces of April," "A Simple Plan," "Wendigo," "The Squid and the Whale," and "Junebug" to foreign films like "King of Masks," "Not One Less," "Jou Dou," "The Shower," "Tampopo," and "Shall We Dance?."
My friend broke my tv recently. I went through withdrawl initially but am now used to not having one. (I bought a 32 inch flat screen recently.)
Right now I am reading "Guns, Germs and Steel" and "Auhtentic Happiness." I just ordered "Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov because a friend in Ukraine told me it was her favorite book. I am interested in reading everything and like books from different cultures. "The Silent Cry" by Oe Kenzaburo is not one to read at a low point in life. Everything by
Andre Dubus is so good. "A Prayer for Owen Meany" is my favorite John Irving book. I liked "The Kitchen God's Wife" by Amy Tan. I recently read: The Kite Runner, History of Love, The Beggar King & the Secret of Happiness.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Mike (that's unusual!)
Birthday: 9th month of the year of the tiger
Birthplace: state flower = Wild Prairie Rose
Current Location: Philly
Eye Color: green
Hair Color: brown
Height: 5-9
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: european blend
The Shoes You Wore Today: Clarks
Your Weakness: the telephone
Your Fears: birds, bats
Your Perfect Pizza: thin crust, woodfire, coppacola, fresh basil, tomato
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: to do my best
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lol
Thoughts First Waking Up: snooze button
Your Best Physical Feature: rock hard body
Your Bedtime: 11
Your Most Missed Memory: fishing trips as a kid
Pepsi or Coke: neither
MacDonalds or Burger King: neither (see blog regarding ice vs. toilet water)
Single or Group Dates: both
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I hate sweetened fake tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: cappuccino
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Swear: only for comic effect
Do you Sing: yes but poorly
Do you Shower Daily: at least once
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: I did (9 years)
Do you want to get Married: yes (again)
Do you belive in yourself: totally
Do you get Motion Sickness: always (except not on cruiseships)
Do you think you are Attractive: mais oui (It's not even healthy to think otherwise! But I really am.)
Are you a Health Freak: yes (not to the extent of needing therapy, no I am not in denial)
Do you get along with your Parents: yes (but a week is a good amount of time for a visit)
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes (unless I am outside on a lake or swinging a metal gold club)
Do you play an Instrument: the kazoo (I have no muscial ability what so ever)
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes (LOVE it! But in moderation because I am very hangover prone)
In the past month have you Smoked: no (it's disgusting)
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no (never)
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes (glad the question is not how many though)
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: no (but I have been shopping)
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no way (not interested in Oreos)
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes (quite fond of it)
In the past month have you been on Stage: nope
In the past month have you been Dumped: not yet
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: never
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no!
Ever been Drunk: In my life? This is the United States of America.
Ever been called a Tease: no, it is the rare guy who is called a tease
Ever been Beaten up: not recently (not since the 7th grade)
Ever Shoplifted: no
How do you want to Die: peacefully, in the far distant future
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:
What country would you most like to Visit: I want an Irrawaddy or Mekong River Cruise.
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1. JC 2. Buddha 3. Galileo 4. Ghandi 5. Superman 6. Lincoln 7. King 8. Heckman 9. Batman 10. The little people