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Michael Jacob

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I like people who are goofballs with a solid center, that can discuss Sartre and boogers in the same sentence. A nice brain and an ability to take risks.Music. I play a bunch (or "grip") of instruments and write songs in the bathtub. I've been plinking on the piano more often now. It's just out of tune enough to make everything sound honkey tonk.Work. I like working with shovels, stones, plants and wood. I can build a tree house, a stream bed, walls, or most other outdoor projects. My dream is to get good enough to build my own private Myst and raise a family there. Hopefully my sons wont get all crazy and try to imprison and kill me. Those are the risks you take.Sailing. I love to sail. I love to tell my girlfriend that I have an 8 foot dinghie. It makes her eyes go wide for a second. She has beautiful eyes. Back to sailing. Love it, can't get enough, love it. The only way to travel. Talk nice to me and I'll take you on a trip around the bay. BYO Rum.

My Interests

stiltwalkng, Botany, juggling, shakespeare, rocking hard, rolling soft, Landscape design, mah baby, fire breathing, fire juggling, puppies.

I'd like to meet:

Ignacius P. Riley, Captain Blood, Francis Crick (already met him), Beck, Don Gonje NPR Whitehouse Coorespondant, Voltaire, Curley from the 3 stooges, GertheAdventurers, Traveloholics, Pirates, pyromaniacs, gypsies, jugglers, accountants (I need tax help).

Music:

Architecture in Hellsinki, Manu Chao, Postal Service, Iron and Wine, Death Cab for Cutie, Reel Big Fish (well... Danny), Metric, Iggy pop, David bowie, bluegrass, Y'allternative,

Movies:

City of lost Children, Forbidden Plant, Gilliam (most), A night on earth, Harold and Maude, Blazing Saddles,

Television:

Daily Show, Colbert Report, Arrested Development, Scrubbs, Deadwood, Carnival

Books:

a prayer for Owen Meany, confederacy of dunces, Lamb, A natural history of California,

Heroes:

Dad and Mom, My dead dog Bailey, My roomate's live dog Ben...maybe i should get another dog

My Blog

Good life in the morning when Im ditching work.

I can't tell you how cool it is to be sitting in our living room in Ocean Beach, dust motes swirling through the crisp morning sun, competeing with our new solar powered rainbow maker for most spectac...
Posted by Michael Jacob on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:32:00 PST

SCI bar update

I woke up on the in the lounge. I've started droolling more in my old age, the puddle beneathe my cheek formed an absorbed stain into the blue fabric of the sturdy couch. I'm still out here on San Cle...
Posted by Michael Jacob on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:55:00 PST

Island fever

I got the fever. My eyes are going. Everywhere I look I see green splotches. Men in shaved heads with white faces and green splotched jackets. Top secret facilities that are in front of my face, but I...
Posted by Michael Jacob on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:42:00 PST

Letter from an island

The wind is gently howling outside of the bar. It rarely stops or changes direction, always from the west always a little cold. The bar is decorated with plasma TVs, pooltables, and 70's nautical kitc...
Posted by Michael Jacob on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:45:00 PST

movin to an island

So, I'm moving to an island. Metaphorically and literally. I got a job with SERG to help restore San Clemente island, a channel island 30 miles off the coast of Del Mar (google it if ye dare). The Nav...
Posted by Michael Jacob on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:37:00 PST

Have nose, will travel

Greetings in amorphous internet land! Its been an interesting summer, finishing an east coast bike trip with Simon, sweating in my house, juggling, and spending all together too much time with fire, ...
Posted by Michael Jacob on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:47:00 PST

Long Beach, Caffinated malt beverage, and a satelight dish for a dog

    The warm glow of the sun burn i had a few days ago is keeping me company. My mom's dog, having undergone dog-surgery last week, is studiously bonking into furniture with the digital...
Posted by Michael Jacob on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 10:39:00 PST

a late wet Seattle night

Its raining. Its always raining. but, thats ok. Rain is comin down from the sky to land on my head to remind me that life is about being cold and wet in a most beautiful place to be cold and wet in. ...
Posted by Michael Jacob on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST