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About Me

WWW.MIKEBRANA.COM

I am artistically frustrated, and that is all you need to know.

My Interests

music
moving
DVD's
hair dye
thrift stores
mass media
psychology
human nature
tattoos
bats
graphic design
advertising
being an asshole
reiki energy healing
tarot cards
meeting new people
biographies of old famous people
film
time periods like the 1900's, the 20's, and the 30's etc.
art deco stuff
old houses
architecture
good craftsmanship
gardening
creating things
the french language
Vaudeville

I'd like to meet:

Like minded individuals who know how to have a conversation. Shirley Manson would be nice too. Actually the whole celebrity things sounds rather ridiculous to me. I have come across Juliette Lewis 3 times now, and could have attacked her with a camera or bugged her so she couldn't eat her dinner. But, in all of those situations I just waved and let it go. They are just people with the jobs everybody wants. They get to be creative and travel and for that I am extremely envious. But I don't need a picture of them to prove my worth or status as a human being, because in the end you are who you make yourself to be. ---

Music:

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
Juliette and the Licks
The Distillers
Garbage
Hole
BRMC
Social Distortion
Rasputina
Pink Floyd
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
PJ Harvey
Led Zeppelin
NIN
Rancid
The Pixies
Weezer
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tom Petty
The Horrorpops
Louis Armstrong
Stevie Nicks
Lars Frederickson and the Bastards
Joy Division
David Bowie
The Misfits
Echo and the Bunnymen
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Regina Spektor
Liz Phair
Trojan Boxed Sets
Peaches
Ella Fitzgerald
Tom Waits
Kings of Leon
Fiona Apple
Bjork
Stiff Little Fingers
The Damned
The Strokes

Movies:

200 cigarettes
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
clash of the titans
labyrinth
donnie darko
kalifornia
eye of the beholder
trapped
cecil b. demented
high fidelity
fight club
imaginary heroes

Television:

ab fab
vh1 behind the music
I don't really watch tv.. well not for 2 years.
I recently discovered books... and there is just tons of them. who knew?!

Books:

The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

(honestly I have never finished that book, I really admire the craftsmanship and blood and sweat that went into it. I have started it at least 4 times so far and keep getting farther each time. Eventually, it will be really good. I can feel it.)

A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Chaplin by Charlie Chaplin
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

Heroes:

ink
espresso
bleach
the power of the mind

My Blog

dog day afternoon

I have been taking care of a 4 year old chocolate lab for the whole weekend to see if things will work out with me keeping it. It is a really friendly, excitable,...
Posted by dr.jekyll & mr.asshole on Mon, 28 May 2007 01:08:00 PST

trials and tribulations

Had another meeting with the boss today. It was one of those "let's discuss your future role at our company" lunches. I wanted to shoot myself or better yet my boss multiple times throughout the attri...
Posted by dr.jekyll & mr.asshole on Thu, 24 May 2007 01:03:00 PST

I need YOUR opinion please

Okay so here is the deal. This is my final exam for my Adv.Photoshop class. The assignment is to make a poster for Social Change. Clearly I prefer graphics/illustrations to Photoshop style (I'd rather...
Posted by dr.jekyll & mr.asshole on Tue, 15 May 2007 10:15:00 PST

FEEL THIS MOTHERFUCKER

I feel like I haven't been able to catch my breath for an entire month. I am in a perpetual state of anxiety. My heart keeps pumping, pumping, pumping, so fucking rapidly I feel like I will never be a...
Posted by dr.jekyll & mr.asshole on Tue, 08 May 2007 06:52:00 PST

not homeless

It has been brought to my attention that I forgot to put up here that I found a place to live and am not living on the streets. So, for those of you that actually care or read these things rest assure...
Posted by dr.jekyll & mr.asshole on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:16:00 PST

reflections of a 21 year old

I am still homeless, and now 21. Everyone keeps asking me what it feels like.. well to all of those that are wondering: "It feels the same as all of the other years." Or maybe they are referring to be...
Posted by dr.jekyll & mr.asshole on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:16:00 PST

homeless

Once again I am looking for a place to live in the downtown sacto area. I have 43 days before I start living in my car. If there are any interesting people out there with a room to rent out in the dow...
Posted by dr.jekyll & mr.asshole on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:38:00 PST

numero cinq

so it all starts out at work. I walk in and Ann (our office manager) is wearing Navy dress blues and she and Cristin (my old boss) are talking and immediately stop when i walk in. I say to her: "What ...
Posted by dr.jekyll & mr.asshole on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:04:00 PST

numero quatre

dream #4 I am in Michigan and I go to visit my friend Alayna completely spur of the moment in midsummer. It was really humid. I got to her house to find out she was in jail. Her mom start...
Posted by dr.jekyll & mr.asshole on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:01:00 PST

Off to a CRAZY start 2007

let's see. so far this year a lot of crazy shit has happened. The house I am renting a room in is for sale..... My boss asked me to run the company for him...... I started reading more about Christian...
Posted by dr.jekyll & mr.asshole on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:51:00 PST