My Name is Mike, or "Creepy Mike" as my friends sometimes call me to distinguish me from the other Mikes they know.
I enjoy collecting and caring for Hermit Crabs. I've owned a total of 7 since I began collecting them a year ago. They die rather easily and the cause is usually impossible to determine, but I do have a few persistent survivors. I always make sure to buy them in radically different sizes and species, since that's the only way to tell them apart, what with all the little whipper-snapper's shell-changing shenanigans and goings on.
I'm very passionate about music. I have quite an extensive list of favorite artists covering an incredibly wide range of styles. I also write a bit of my own stuff and hope to at least get it recorded someday, but what I'd most like to do is rally up a small ensemble and perform it live. However, until I get the proper equipment, practice, transportation and like-minded folk to my avail, there is absolutely no rush.
I'm also fond of videogames, particularly those developed, or at least licensed by the industry's perennial top innovator, Nintendo. I was one of the shamefully few fortunate enough to land myself a Wii on launch day, and it has been non-stop gamer's paradise ever since. The "Redead" Zombies from the last few 3D Zelda games scare the shit out of me to the point that I won't even fight them unless my wife is at home and awake.
Speaking of my wife, I love her very very much, and have continually for the past 9 years. She and I were probably the two most hated individuals at Meadowbrook Middle School, a fact we both take great pride in. Since then, we have been virtually unseparated, weaving in and out of various stages of betrothal, until finally being wed on June 15, 2006 by our good friend and honorary Rabbi, Zachary, for whom you'll find an eternally prominent position in my "Top Friends" list.
I am a major proponent of science, logic, reason and intellectual honesty. I am adamantly opposed to all faith and dogma, though I do not treat each doctrine nor individual follower thereof equally. Up until very recently, I chose to express this position by calling myself an atheist, and being more than a little vocal, even obnoxious about it. However, after having read some eye-opening words by one of my favorite modern thinkers, Sam Harris, I have elected to turn away from that and other such counterproductive labels in favor of simply maintaining a "default position" and attacking bad ideas as I see them, religious or not.
I'm also applying this non-principle to politics, no longer pigeon-holing myself as a liberal, progressive, or what have you, but rather, making informed decisions about the things that effect my life and the world around me without paying heed to the party affiliations of anyone involved. But in case you're wondering, I despise this current administration, for all the usual reasons, and this will hold equally true to any and all future politicians who enact similar mischief, regardless of party.
And that's about all I can think of for now. Congratulations, you are now a bona fide Creepy Mike expert.
