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Michael

we hold on tight to what little we have

About Me

I'm just your average, unemployed, cynical, flip-flop wearing, pen over keyboard preferring, art loving, movie watching, deep thinking (but not too deep), nature frequenting, book reading, typography appreciating, jean wearing, guitar playing, print making, occasional dart throwing, designing, friend loving, impecunious, laughing enthusiast (we all know it is good for us) who isn't a fan of haircuts and it shows (trust me, even i can admit it). Feel free to say 'hi.'

My Interests

surrounding myself with the people i care about the most, music, graphic design, screen printing, letter press, art history, drawing, traveling, art shows, street art, good books, running, reading, frisbee, wanting the motivation to get in the best mental and physical health possible, learning to climb and forgetting how to fall, my band 'the province', road trips, the desert, mountains, canyons and a variety of other natural geological phenomenons, coffee, fake moustaches, smoothies and other homemade juices, good movies, fender telecasters, tea, crisp fall air and that smokey smell of winter, the humid yet strangely satisfying summer air, rockin', taking a nice sweaty jog during this global warming catastrophe

Music:

the national, sage francis, beirut, of montreal, andrew bird, ad astra per aspera, black rebel motorcycle club, arcade fire, buck 65, death cab for cutie, wolf parade, the dears, dosh, battles, sixtoo, alias, do make say think, band of horses, beck, lcd soundsystem, cold war kids, tapes n tapes, mates of state, handsome furs, mew, band of horses, sufjan stevens, apostle of hustle, nightmare of you, eisley, madlib, mf doom, jel, nick drake, elliott smith, the apples in stereo, brand new, limbeck, bob dylan, guster, the smiths, jimmy eat world, modest mouse, silverchair - diorama, simon and garfunkel, the shins, the decemberists, johnny cash, the album leaf, q and not u, built to spill, flaming lips, the postal service, old u2, blur, cat stevens, sigur ros, belle and sebastian, bright eyes, the mars volta, the killers, bloc party, muse, snow patrol, rjd2, rilo kiley, motion city soundtrack, matthew good

Movies:

motorcycle diaries, vanilla sky, the departed, little miss sunshine, kiss kiss bang bang, garden state, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the science of sleep, casino royale, high fidelity, lord of the rings trilogy (i know, im a nerd), grindhouse, donnie darko, shawshank redemption, i heart huckabees, the graduate

Television:

adult swim, sopranos, band of brothers, arrested development, carnivale, history channel, futurama, discovery channel and national geographic channel - especially the new planet earth show

Books:

jitterbug perfume, sex, drugs, and cocoa puffs, wild ducks flying backward, villa incognito, lullaby, another roadside attraction, still life with woodpecker, a rumor of war, some writings of alan watts, the da vinci code, angels and demons, the count of monte cristo, dracula, all quiet on the western front, candide, on the road...

My Blog

Firenze

We are in Florence right now for what was expected to be the best weather we would have on the trip. Things took a turn for the worse and it is cold and rainy. We still did the tourist stuff today but...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 28 May 2007 06:48:00 PST

Ireland

Just wanted to say, Irish countryside = absolutely beautiful.
Posted by Michael on Fri, 18 May 2007 11:15:00 PST

Europe, here I come.

Well, after all of that anticipation the time has finally come. I leave for Europe in about 10 hours and I just started packing half an hour ago (horrible idea). Anyway, I wasn't able to see everyone ...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 15 May 2007 11:17:00 PST

awesome.

I seem to be developing a strange obsession with eastern-european gypsy music. it makes me feel at home, even though ive never been to hungary and frankly know nothing of the culture. but holy shit it...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:33:00 PST

Where are my priorities?

It is strange to know i will be overseas in 2 weeks and 3 days and be finished with school in a week or so, however, i still have that last long shove to finish the few final projects that i have. So ...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:45:00 PST

Andrew Bird in Amsterdam!

Yup.
Posted by Michael on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:56:00 PST