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Michael

To sail beyond the sunset...

About Me

And I like to think of the space heater I've got in the bathroom not as a space heater, but something else entirely. When it's on, and it has so much to heat, and yet it's still cold in the bathroom, it's not a space heater anymore - I'm beginning to think of it as a lone soldier against the encroaching darkness. It's the last salvation of warmth, and it knows it's not enough to make everything warm, as the cold darkness creeps up around it and on everything it knows in the world, but there's this little area around it that it's managed to keep and will keep on fighting for. I'm beginning to think of it as such, creating the image in my head, and I smile to think about it.
In a lot of ways, I feel like the space heater and I are much alike, but there's two important things to take from this. The first is that I'm beginning to think in images, and not words, and that opens up a whole different medium for me these days. The second is that I'm willing to fight for what's mine in this world too, no matter how overwhelming it might be.

My Interests

admiring catholicism (not practising!), anything brilliantly written, avoiding conflict, avoiding responsibility, being a cowboy, being a hero, being a ninja, being a pirate, being a student, being a superhero, being a viking, being annoyed by poseurs, being awesome, being clever, being hilarious, being impatient, being in love, being more unique, being original, being patient, being quiet, being serious, being somber, being totally laid back, being witty, being zen, brilliant one-liners, calvin & hobbes, charlie brown, christian mythology, clever dialogue, counting on my luck, crusading causes, dave eggers, defeating evil handily, defying the odds, describing things as breathtaking, engaging in wacky hijinks, experiencing life, experiencing wanderlust, facing the day, falcon punches, fear of car accidents, fear of children, fear of death, feeling restless, female vocalists, film noir detective flicks, final moments, finding my place, gainful employment, gainful unemployment, getting to the point, girls with jackets, girls with scarves, going beyond the horizon, hating angsty teens, hating animals (except penguins), hating annoying people, hating cultists, hating laugh tracks, hating nazis, hating puns, hating stupid people, hating zombies, having a victory notebook, heart-purging catharsis, heroic last stands, hum, ignoring life, imagining things, juggling, late night biking, lazing through life, loving romantic notions, never liking unsophisticated humour, norse mythology, not shooting myself, owning a rosary, poignant quotes, public speaking, pushing my luck, rambling day time confessions, rambling late night confessions, reading comics, rhyming poetry that flows, riding into sunsets, rosencrantz & guildenstern, sleeping a little, sleeping a lot, slow-paced dialogue, sometimes being evil, sounding intelligent, suffering insomnia, tabbed browsing in firefox, taking responsibility, taking the high road, talking to myself, that last final moment that little red-headed girl, the cold, the feeling of silence, things that are breathtaking, things that are exquisite, things that are funny, things that are heartbreaking, things that are surreal, things that are uplifting, things with brilliant titles, totally random things, touching literature, traveling via hitchhiking, unrequited love, watching boy meets world, watching cartoons, watching cartoons still, watching the wonder years, wearing a hat, wearing a jacket, wearing pants, well-executed television shows, wishing for working wings, wishing impossible things, writing brilliantly, writing while depressed, writing while in love.