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mikey

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About Me

Je suis gringo.

My Interests

staying sane, rugby, taking time to think, laughter, getting outside my comfort zone, learning something new, good conversation, film, maker's mark, bondi beach, 2002 burgundy wine, traveling, writing, zuma beach, the houston astros, monty python, surfer's paradise, cape town

I'd like to meet:

Reg Reagan
Chuck Klosterman
Henri Jayer
The man behind the curtain at philalawyer.net
Ambra Medda
Mélissa Theuriau

Music:

Jeff Buckley, Doves, Gomez, Johnny Cash, Yann Tiersen, Ludwig von Beethoven, Maria Callas, Moby, Louise Attaque, The Killers, Jack Johnson, Thievery Corporation, Radiohead, Gipsy Kings, U2, Coldplay, Frederic Chopin, Jan Hellriegel, Led Zeppelin, Stephane Pompougnac, Donavon Frankenreiter, Townes Van Zandt, early Jimmy Buffett, Jose Gonzalez, Cut Copy

Movies:

Amélie, Son de Mar, La Fille sur le Pont, Chariots of Fire, Fandango, Empire Strikes Back, Profession of Arms (Il Mestiere dele Armi), The Big Lebowski, That Man From Rio (L'Homme de Rio), The Third Man, Cool Hand Luke

Television:

Gumbel to Gumbel

Books:

Waking the Dead, The First Man, The Stranger, The Alchemist, Foucault's Pendulum, Love in the Time of Cholera, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness, Ferdinand the Bull, History of the Peloppensian War, Jihad vs. McWorld, 10 Actual Official LSAT Prep Tests, Siddartha, Empire Strikes Back Pop-Up book, On the Road, French Rugby: A Cultural History, Hurrah! For the Last Man Who Dies, Persian Fire

Heroes:

Greatest American Hero

My Blog

riddle me this, aardvark

Why won't my digital camera upload photos to my laptop?!?! Lousy Canon.
Posted by mikey on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:08:00 PST

C'etait un Rendezvous

As the story goes, on a Sunday morning in August 1978, French film director Claude Lelouch strapped a gyro stabilized camera (cutting edge technology for the time) to the front bumper of a Ferrari 275...
Posted by mikey on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:58:00 PST

The Amaryllis Playlist

While crashing a TLC Marketing happy hour last Thursday (there's nothing like drinking on the company's dime and winning an iPod gift card when you're not even invited), my co-worker Amaryllis and I g...
Posted by mikey on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:43:00 PST

Monkeybars

Wish I could've written this... PARKER ZANE ALLEN MONKEYBARS Swing-Climb, Blisters, Dangerous Pulling on her pigtails does not endear you to her, but she does know who you are because of it. Unfortun...
Posted by mikey on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:27:00 PST

Maker's Mark & Ginger Ale

Discerning readers have long asked what is a proper Maker's Mark & Ginger Ale.  This is a delicate thing.  Pulled off properly it evokes a certain je ne sais quoi, a discrete yet di...
Posted by mikey on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:57:00 PST

my picture is inaccurate

After Friday night, I now resemble former teen hearthrob Joey Lawrence (minus the earring and crystal meth habit).  Yes, I have a buzzcut.  Or, what was supposed to pass for one.  ...
Posted by mikey on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:07:00 PST

dear god

I swear, this is the last time I go out drinking with the rugby team on a school night.  Last.  Time.  Ever.  Put the bullet in my head.  I don't deserve to live.  Ma...
Posted by mikey on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:04:00 PST

done

Law school applications are done.  Fucking over. I'm getting drunk tonight.
Posted by mikey on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:08:00 PST

phil hartman

Caught a rerun of The Simpsons last night because I had no strong desire to watch the Super Bowl. (next year, everyone's playing for second place behind my Redskins)  As luck would have it, ...
Posted by mikey on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 03:38:00 PST

my roof

There are moments when standing on my roof I think to myself, "How good is life?"  Despite all the b.s., all the tomfoolery, I reckon this is a pretty good gig.  Night is slowly falling acro...
Posted by mikey on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:13:00 PST