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Mike

El Mike

About Me

I once worked nights and often found myself up at 4am with nothing to do. That fact was the genesis of this profile. That and my friend Herschel's nagging almost a two years ago.
Guess my ethnicity? Really do it.... because I have no idea what it is. Wanna know my hometown? I was born in Spain but a my fathers a military man and my mom is flighty so after Spain I went bouncing all over the globe.
I have a hard time answering basic questions like that. Sorry if it makes me come off a little unctuous. I just don't know how to answer them
I'm in Portland now, the most livable city in the United States and it's grand.
There is a 5,000 acres wilderness park ten minutes (walking) from my apartment that's how great this place is, thank you Portland city planners.
In Portland, I attend college, something I should have done years ago because I seem to be pretty good at it. I also, go to the aforementioned park as well as others, there are many to choose from. I ride public transportation to school and these parks, while listening to NPR.I have just realized; I am a northwest-liberal stereotype.I'm sorry.

My Interests

addison, adlai stevenson, adoption, airports, america's best transit system, architecture, art, art history, australia, ballparks, baseball, basketball, beaches, beavers, belmont shore, biscuts and gravy, black eyed peas, blind melon, blur, bossacucanova, boys, britain, c-17, calder, california,chamomile, chavez ravine, chinotto, college basketball, dark haired irish boys, david bowie, dean martin, degrassi, dodgers, don drysdale, don schollander, doodling, elliott smith, espn, fenton, fenton jacob beaver, fullerton, geggy tah, geography, ghetto fabulous jews, goofy guys, gore vidal, guys, high school basketball, history, in-n-out, jack johnson, joan didion, joan miro, johnny cash, joni mitchell, joseph gordon-levitt, judaism, keller fountain, komar and melamid, kostars, lacma, lakers, las vegas, lawrence halprin, lego planes, lego sheep, legos, linux, living end, long beach, lonliness, los amigos invisibles, los angeles, louis prima, luscious jackson, mario cuomo, marvin gaye, mexico, michael phelps, micronesia, mildenhall, moorcheeba, murals, nba 2 nite, nerds, nerdy guys, neutra, no. 3 pencils, oil islands, old 97's, oregon, oregon coast, oregon history, ouzo, palm trees, pardon the interruption, paris combo, pink martini, pizza, pizze, pizzerias, polynesia, porno for pyros, port, portland, poverty, r. kenton nelson, red hot chili peppers, redlands, ruben gonzalez, rudyard kipling, running away, salem, salman rushdie, sammy davis jr, slinky, south pacific, southern california, sublime, surfers, surfing, tennis, the beach, the eels, the family guy, the living end, the pharcyde, the shins, the west wing, the who, they might be giants, this american life, tmbg, tom mccall, torrejon de ardoz, travel, trula's biscuts and gravy, wayne morse, wikipedia, wilco, willie nelson, wondering, yellowcard, yma sumac, zero7

I'd like to meet:

Lets see, I already know enough fuck-faces, so none of them. Sorry fuck faces, I'm looking for a little more diversity.

Music:

Luscious Jackson, Marty Robbins, Moorcheeba, Old 97's, Johnny Cash, Kostars, Joanna Newsom, Elliott Smith, Los Amigos Invisibles, the Pharcyde, Danger Mouse, Slum Village, Geggy Tah, Louis Prima, Joni Mitchell, Porno for Pyros, AC Newman, Patsy Cline, Rhett Miller, The Shins, Postal Service, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Owsley, Wilco, Addison, Beck, Beyonce, Bjork, Black-eyed Peas, Blind Melon, Bob Marley, Bobby Darin, Cake, Calexico, Celia Cruz, Dave Brubeck, Dave Navarro, David Byrne, Del Tha Funky homosaipien, Dick Dale, The eels, Edith Piaf, Ely guerra, Estopa, Foriegn Legion, Flogging Molly, G love, George Clinton, Heiroglyphics, Jack Johnson, Les Baxter, Living End, Los Lobos, Mirah, Peggy Lee, Poe, Portishead, Prince, Pavement, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, RX bandits, Rufus Wainwright, Sammy Davis Jr, Merle haggard, Snoop, Spooks, Sublime, Talking Heads, Supreme Beings of Leisure, That Dog, Decemberists, They Might be Giants, Tito Puente, Tracy Chapman, Yma Sumac, EVERYTHING, I LOVE IT ALL, I WILL LISTEN TO EVERYTHING BUT ABBA, I HATE ABBA

Movies:

I Want to Live, Mumford, Casino, Kill Bill,

Television:

West Wing, Amazing Race, Pardon the Interruption, Futurama, Sealab, Family Guy, Basketball, Daria, Degrassi

Books:

Step Across This Line - Salman Rushide, The Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling, Going Solo - Roald Dahl, Maverick - Tom McCall

Heroes:

Tom McCall, Mario Cuomo, Salman Rushdie, Adlai Stevenson, Henry Agard Wallace, Chief Joseph People who ceaselessly fight to make the world a better, fairer more civil place