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Merker

Merk-a-liscious

About Me

Just a guy who likes having a good time. Love travel, literature, writing, staying active, meeting interesting people.

My Interests

Traveling to new places, reading, writing, staying active outdoors, cooking, basketball, film, music.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with a sharp sense of sarcasm who's known to make others laugh. Always down for an interesting conversation. Have always been attracted to intelligent, articulate people, regardless of race, skin color, religion, appearance or sexual orientation. Tend to think outside the box (for better or worse).

Music:

Sufian Stephens, Cold Play, Wilco, American Analog Set, Jamiroquoi, Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Otis Redding, The Black Keys, Martin Sexton, Sublime, Bill Withers, The Band, The Doors, Neil Young, Nora Jones, The Grateful Dead, Amos Lee, Bob Marley, Miles Davis, The Roots, MF Doom, Outcast, Mos Def, The Boards of Canada, Bob Dylan, Jason Miraz, Stevie Wonder, The Velvet Underground, Rage Against the Machine, Marvin Gaye, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Lynard Skynard, Erica Baydou, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, David Bowie, Steely Dan, Paul Oakenfeld, DJ Shadow, JJ Cale, Stevie Ray Vaughn and anything else you can think of.

Movies:

Waterworld (just kidding), Goodfellas, Shawshank Redemption, Office Space, Braveheart, Ned Kelly, Good Will Hunting, The Thin Red Line, The Last Waltz, Platoon, Inherit the Wind, Three Kings, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Rules of Attraction, O Brother Where Art Thou, Miller's Crossing, Great Expectations, Swingers, Forty Year Old Virgin, Old School.

Television:

Don't Watch Much TV- mostly HBO and the news: Frontline, 60 Minutes/ The Sopranos, Six-Feet Under (Discontinued), The Wire

Books:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, On the Road, Into Thin Air, Huck Finn, Christine, Friday Night Lights, Among the Missing, Motherless Brooklyn, The Count of Monte Cristo

Heroes:

Ali G, Stephen Colbert, All the working class guys and gals out there who routinely go unappreciated but keep waking up for work every morning and doing their best.