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Mike

Be honest, be different, be better, be...

About Me

I consider myself easy-going. I can get along with anyone (providing I have to or want to ; ). I have a quick wit and can find something humorous in any situation one way or another; sometimes makes for an awkward situation. I am rational and logical and I love to play with words, meanings, and interpretations for fun. I can usually make anything sound reasonable (in a far fetched, but possible way.) And in this brief introduction I have discovered that I like to use “I”. …Oh, and I can guarantee, you have never met anyone quite like me.
"When all else fails, your mind will prevail."
"Everything begins as a dream..."
"There is only one way to aim... and that is high."
"Always play as if you can win."
"If you wish to win, you must be willing to lose."
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart....Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read,
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed,
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet you people. You people with a great sense of humor. You people who are fun to talk to. You people who want to meet me. You people who are just different enough... You people who are intriguing. "I" would like to meet "you" people.

Music:

I like a wide variety of music, excluding rap and country. My taste is on some sort of cycle. Usually I find that I like a style that was boring or annoying a few months ago. Then, it reverses and I am bored or annoyed again. I am not a fan of everything an artist produces—I may like a few songs but none of the rest. Here are a few who have produced at least one song I like. Interstate, Garbage, Aquaria, Lasgo, Blink 182, Armin van Buuren, Oxygen, Ricky Nelson, Collective Soul, Loreena Offspring, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Rammstein, Sarah Brightman, Metallica, Yanni, Weird Al, U2, Trio, Savage Garden, Sarah McLachlan, Nickelback, Andain, Oasis, Orbital, Madonna, La Bouche, Fragma, Third Eye Blind, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Smashing Pumpkins, Nelly Furtado, Roxette, McKennitt, Moby, Michelle Branch, Aqua,Leonard Cohen, Harvey Danger, Green Day, Eve 6, Coldplay, Simon & Garfunkel, Cranberries, Simple Plan, Dido, REM,All American Rejects, Kelly Clarkston, Eiffel 65, Sonique, Alice Deejay, 4 Strings, Lasgo, The Thrillseekers, Motorcycle, Jewel, Rank 1, Delerium, Salt Tank, Enya, Ian Van Dahl, Hoobastank, Train, ATB, Real McCoy, and many more…

Movies:

I like a lot of different kinds of movies, but usually prefer the ones that kind of make you think or wonder or are just plain fascinating and the 'different comedies'. The Ninth Gate, Twelve Monkeys, Amelie, Dirty Work, The Abyss, Snatch, Spaceballs, (when the mood is right, Dead Alive), and many more.

Television:

I am not a television person and watch very little. But of shows I have seen I do like The Office, My Name is Earl, and Scrubs

My Blog

Tired of playing the game.

To me the game is politics.  Politics, to me, is nothing more than how people interact with each other.  I hate knowing more than I let on.  I always give people the benefit of the doub...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 07 May 2007 10:44:00 PST

How does one...

How does one get people to talk (willingly)?  I have always been good at talking to people and getting them to engage me.  Sometimes, I run into those who either shut down or won't open up a...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 01 May 2007 05:23:00 PST

The way it is.

I have always been blessed.  I am intelligent, I am in good health, I can do anything I put my mind to do.  I have all the material things I need or want.  The sky is the limit. And the...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:22:00 PST

Ironic

It is ironic, but it is far worse to lose something you never had than to lose something you once had.
Posted by Mike on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:21:00 PST

mmmmmm.... pirate naaammmeee...

      My pirate name is:           Mad Tom Rackham            Every pirate is a little bit cr...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:00:00 PST

Note to self.

Don't write to people when you are pissed off.  Course, if I haven't learned yet...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:11:00 PST

Lifes a funny thing.

If I were to look back in time, little more than a month ago, I would notice that things were different.  Back then myspace was virtually unknown to me and the people in it illusions.  But I...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:06:00 PST