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About Me

time to build my castle and stop collecting stones

My Interests

making music; listening to music; movies; writing; the arts; playing sports (can't be a spectator), ultimate and soccer; cooking and eating; martial arts and serrada; bouldering; good shows; chillin...

I'd like to meet:

a glimpse at tenderness in tumultuous life, where everything is bathed in a soft white-blue light. : of ribs sliding under flesh. Ribs and serratus : two hands clasped : a hand holding sheets : arms wrapped around a torso : the curve of a hip : feet twining about, ticking off the seconds

Music:

top o' the list : neptunes/timbo and protegees; cursive; the bad plus; storm..... the rest : shelby lynne; g.s.y.b.e; atmosphere; beth gibbons; outkast; sleater kinney; tool; toast machine (sorry, b! i do.); francoise hardy; no me pises que llevo chanclas; 187; estradasphere; okkervil river; joe pass

Movies:

il conformista; office space --- fight club, station agent, annie hall. good writing, good direction and cinematography, bonus for good acting. movies to make me think by.

Television:

friends, good morning miami, she-spies, extreme makeover, full house..., MXCall that, or just madTV.

Books:

choke; lolita; ahwsg... "everything is illuminated" totally sucked at the start, but it surprised me.

Heroes:

mlk jr - words fail.akira kurosawa - for starting so late in life, but making his mark as he could.richard p feynman - for understanding that teaching and learning are separatemy grandparents - surviving to live incredible, full lives. i'm just grateful to be part of a wonderful family.mark twain and ambrose bierce.

My Blog

all the world's a stage (or:: not overlooking life's little metaphors)

i'm back in florida to attend my 10 yr high school reunion. i'll bypass the surreal aspects of the event, as they're ancillary to this weekend's message. before attending the reunion, i went with ...
Posted by michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

brilliance

http://www.thewebshite.net/nickelback.htm "this is how you remind me" of "someday" http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1EQL5TSPKTHOP/r ef=cm_cr_auth/102-0955706-1728148 now that's a mas...
Posted by michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

rainbow out the window

despite working on another saturday (i find it more bearable to work on a saturday when it's raining), there's a glorious little rainbow up here in marin that i can see out my new office window. wo...
Posted by michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

lovin life

workin too late, but still lovin what i do. got home at 8.30, made some dinner (garlic and parsley alfredo from scratch; organic frozen veggie pot stickers boiled, then sauteed with cumin, sesam...
Posted by michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what i'm looking for (in a digital camera)

absolute : - total size of camera is small enough to fit in my pocket without worry -- ~1" thick, max, 3.5" wide, max, length is negotiable - image size >=4 MP - ability to take raw format ima...
Posted by michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

slanted

am i wrong? i've been frustrated with an old friend, an upper middle-class, well-educated white folk, who is big on volunteering and making an effort to connect with the destitute and economically ...
Posted by michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

augest

anyone notice that tom mispelled the month of august there? yeah, that's a lame blog topic; i should just email him.
Posted by michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

best excuse for being late

i tried to get here too quickly, at near light-speed; relativity is why i'm late.
Posted by michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

biggest split i've done in 24 hours

left foot in the atlantic right foot in the pacific silly, but fun.
Posted by michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

in jersey

where the wild things grow; where the kids dress so hard, in their mesh jersey's and ballcaps with the tags still on; where it's nigh impossible to find sushi grade fish... oh, my that was a fun and a...
Posted by michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST