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Mikey

The dude abides - I dunno about you but I take comfort in that

About Me

I'm 28 and I live in South East London. Sorry guys, though I am a gay icon in 10 countries, I'm all about the ladies so don't try the sneaky "I'm a straight man, do you have a webcam?". I'm not interested and COME OUT OF THE CLOSET ALREADY!I like watching painfully-average films, especially if I have no expectations. How else would I have enjoyed Gladiator? I love listening to music on my headphones and mouthing the words. I once told somebody I got into that habit so my deaf brother could understand what I was saying. Unfortunately, I don't have a deaf brother. I used to occasionally tell bombastic lies and spin silly yarns for a laugh. I've stopped that as it's hard to remember the stories.Some people think I'm a teensy-weensy bit gobby and I have been known to hold some minority views, with regards to scoring in UFC and the qualities of Marlon Harewood. I love to sing and have been looking for a band for many years.Oh, this is a bittersweet moment now, that goes to prove West Ham cannot manage success but only the repercussions of failure.

My Interests

It seems my interests are shrinking by the month, especially since I hurt my back. Currently, I'm interested in going to see live bands and I'm again very interested in joining a band or forming my own. I like watching and writing about MMA. In recent history, I was involved with a local theatre group and I dabbled in some sports, which included my yearly attempts to play football and my formerly-regular dalliance with martial arts. Apparently, it looks like a cross between violence and sex. However, as a gay icon in 10 countries, it's not like I'm letting the side down.

I love watching sports of any kind with the exception of ice hockey, especially football and MMA. I used to be a huge wrestling fan but, alas, the love has faded.

I'd like to meet:

I think this section is really vague. Do I list celebrities I like or admire? Hot redheaded actresses? West Ham players I'd like to talk some sense into? Amusing people?

Music:

70s soul, funk, electro funk, underground hip-hop, hard bop, 80's/90's indie (and their followers), cheesy early 80s metal, 70s rock. Bit of everything to be honest and I think I'm relatively open-minded. If we're going to list bands/albums; Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Bobby Womack, "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield, Rick James, The Gap Band, Leon Ware, Jurassic 5, Crown City Rockers, MURS, "Kamaal the Abstract" by Q-Tip, The Stone Roses, Oasis, Primal Scream (before their electro period), Rolling Stones, The Who, Black Sabbath, Saxon, Van Halen (with DLH), Whitesnake.... phew, not scratched the surface there. Oh, I also like 90s R&B.

Movies:

Favourite movie of all-time is Swingers. I finally came up with my top 10. In no particular order; Swingers, Clerks, This is Spinal Tap, Major League, Bull Durham, the Secret of my Success, Goodfellas, Singin' in the Rain, Airplane and My Cousin Vinnie.

Television:

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe. Lost, Life on Mars and Veronica Mars are currently top of the tree. In the summer, I very much enjoy Entourage and the Closer. My other favourite other shows of the past few years are The West Wing, Chappelle's Show and CSI.

Books:

Non-fiction - Sports, left-wing/anti-corporate, well-written biographies.
Fiction - mystery novels, "bloke books".

Heroes:

I don't have any heroes I can think of.

My Blog

The restorative power of acetaminophen

As we learned last year, acetaminophen is the American name for paracetamol. I raided my emergency supply as I felt so bloody terrible and, with another hour's sleep, I now feel OK.So...SF 2: PART O...
Posted by Mikey on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:29:00 PST

A little blog about being abroad

Yes, here I am, back in the City and County of San Francisco. I feel quite ill right now and I guess I should explain why.SF 2: PROLOGUE - I desperately wanted to come back and get to all the stuff ...
Posted by Mikey on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:37:00 PST

Finishing up the holiday

I realised I didn't finish the story of my holidays.TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS: PART 3 - So, we headed down to Girne harbour to see the soldiers march but... the soldiers didn't march because...
Posted by Mikey on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:53:00 PST

So, it gets better

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS: PART 2 - Things have improved somewhat over the past few days.   After I blogged on Wednesday, we left dirty Girne and came back to Lapta....
Posted by Mikey on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:15:00 PST

Disconnect

I suppose that I should tie up a few loose ends first.   SF pics are on Facebook and I'll upload them here next week. THURSDAY TO SATURDAY - So, Thursday afternoon and I just crashed. &...
Posted by Mikey on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PST

Tiredness is just a state of mind

Yes, I am home and I am pretty tired.   My body is telling me that it's 5am and I should have been in bed hours ago.   I only have something short to add though.SF: PART 7 - I made good on m...
Posted by Mikey on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:44:00 PST

Three blogs... in one DAY!?!

Yeah, I know. Three blogs in one day is excessive. Well, not if you're a professional blogger but it is if you're supposed to be on holiday. However, I called an end to the sightseeing a little early ...
Posted by Mikey on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:04:00 PST

I have 18 1/2 minutes left on a pay terminal

Somehow, I'm back in the Haight again. I likely don't have enough time to bring everybody up to date so let's see how much I can get through in the 17 minutes that remain.SF: PART 5 - I was so hungo...
Posted by Mikey on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:57:00 PST

"And then... in walked sunshine"

It's 7.10am and I have been up enough time to make myself some porridge. The porridge isn't terrible but the oats aren't fine enough and so it makes for a really coarse breakfast, like eating Scott'...
Posted by Mikey on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:50:00 PST

This post could all have been so different

Had I posted this yesterday, I would have called it "Mankind's three biggest disasters". However, this is now not so. I'm sat in the hostel and everybody bar one in my dorm was up and out at the c...
Posted by Mikey on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:00:00 PST