Chuck - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am a man of mystery. I am mighty. I have a glow you cannot see. I have a heart as big as the moon; as warm as bathwater. I'm a superhero, man. I don't have time to be charming. The boots of evil were made for walking. I'm watching the big picture, friend. I know the score. I am a public service, not a glamour boy. I'm not a captain of industry, or a maker of things. Keep your vulgar monies! I am a justice sandwich. No toppings necessary. Do you catch my drift?Do you dig?
THE VITALS
Name: Chuck
Birthday: 6/6/69
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois (aka CHILL)
Current Location: Chicago, Illinois (aka CHILL)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'10"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: 1/2 Greek, 1/4 English, 1/4 German, All American
The Shoes You Wore Today: Harley Davidson motorcycle boots
Your Weakness: Red-headed women with Southern accents
Your Fears: raptors
Your Perfect Pizza: cheese and sausage (I'm simple that way)
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: I'll let you know when I achieve them
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: any emoticon, acronym, or abbreviation works for me
Thoughts First Waking Up: Oy, Vey! I gotta pee.
Your Best Physical Feature: legs
Your Bedtime: Anywhere between 11:30 p.m. - 4 a.m. daily
Your Most Missed Memory: the ones that cannot keep me warm, but never leaves me cold
Pepsi or Coke: neither
MacDonalds or Burger King: BK
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Luzianne
Chocolate or Vanilla: French Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: espresso
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Swear: Like the sailor I once was
Do you Sing: Yes, but it's a loose definition
Do you want to go to College: off an on
Do you want to get Married: no
Do you belive in yourself: yes
Do you get Motion Sickness: no
Do you think you are Attractive: yes
Are you a Health Freak: no
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes
Do you play an Instrument: yes
Ever been Drunk: yes
Ever been called a Tease: yes
Ever been Beaten up: yes
Ever Shoplifted: no
How do you want to Die: in a blaze of glory
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Harpo Marx
What country would you most like to Visit: New Zealand
Best Clothing Style: casual
Number of Drugs I have taken: More than a handful, less than two.
Number of CDs I own: 600
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: none, but I do have some drafting pencil lead stuck in my knee from high school
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I've had a few

My Interests

Bicycling, Photography, the conjugating of subjects and predicates, Bonsai gardening, jazz music, roots music, travel, cooking, wine, bourbon, film, live performance

I'd like to meet:

Well, since you asked, I'll lay it out. I don't want friend requests from webcam "girls", bad white boy hip-hop acts (too many of you around these parts), jam bands, dirty south rappers, and Tila Tequila types. I'm sure you think your music is the proverbial shit when you're on high on hash, you may need to work your way through college by posing in a thong, you may have always had a beauty mark shaped like an arrow there, roll bounce with a fistful of Remy, and have unresolved issues with Daddy that causes you to exhibit way more than I'd like to know about you. I'm more of a "don't come to me, I'll come to you" person, alright?Whoever you are, just be cool. Cool?

Music:

MeShell N'Degeocello, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Olu Dara, Allison Moorer, Neko Case, Louis Jordan, Susana Baca, Orchestra Baobab, Ozomatli, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Sam Cooke, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson, Cassandra Wilson, Jimmy Smith, Johnny Cash, Kelly Hogan and the Wooden Leg, Del McCoury, Coltrane, Miles Davis

Movies:

Classic Universal horror films, Marx Brothers films, Clouzot's original Diabolique w/ Simone Signoret, Dr. Strangelove, Dead Man, Lost In Translation, Bad Santa, American Splendor, Ghost Dog, Bubba Ho-Tep, Night of The Hunter, Chaplin's "Limelight", The Bad Seed, My Little Chickadee, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Bull Durham, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Television:

Simpsons, 24, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Barbecue U. I really miss "Arrested Development."

Books:

Bridges of Memory: Oral Histories of Chicago's Black Migration, Bastard Out of Carolina, The Revolt of the Cockroach People, Maus, Giveadamn Brown, American Gods, Mr. Vertigo, Watchmen, The Soul of a Chef, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke, The Brewmaster's Table, Oxford American Magazine, The Sun Magazine, anything by Michael Chabon (the man can do no wrong after Spider-Man 2), Hunter S. Thompson circa "The Great Shark Hunt."

Heroes:

Charles Chaplin, Groucho Marx, Steve Earle, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Spider-Man, W.C. Fields, Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and most anyone who isn't a Republican. Oh, and Mom.