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Mike

This is the best world we get to live in

About Me

Let's start with some things that I am not. I detest being the center of attention. I'm not flashy or loud. But I am regarded as a real good listener and friend. Because I'm a good listener, people often tell me intimate secrets about themselves, and sometimes the things they tell me are kind of shocking. But I am also the kind of friend who can be trusted, so you'll never hear me breathe a word.I'm a part-time musician and songwriter and music is at the core of my life in so many ways. I play guitar and bass and some keyboards and am a passable singer. I played in bands for a long time and a band I was a while back had a single out but it only did ok, so at that point I let reality sink in and kept my musical ambitions in check. But it's alway fun. I have a large CD collection and a whole bunch of guitars.I love to fix up old houses and make them back into what they should be; warm, safe homes. I could go on but I think you get the drift, right?

My Interests

Music, reading, movies, plays (I'm an input freak), exercising, traveling, meeting interesting people.....

I'd like to meet:

People who can help me become a better person. Tell me how you can help.....

Music:

Rock and Roll, Powerpop, Soul, R&B. My iPod has 9,000 songs so far. I appreciate almost everything from the Beatles to the Shins, from Otis Reading to the Decembrists, from the Zombies to Fountains of Wayne. XTC are my faves who are still releasing stuff.

Movies:

I avoid typical Hollywood movies like the plague. Give me an edgy movie like Shortbus or a great international flick like Babette's Feast and I'm a happy guy.

Television:

Hardly ever watch it except in the morning I watch the news and the financial headlines.

Books:

Novels, detective stories, autobiographies, history, economics....

Heroes:

My dad. Post-Presidential Jimmy Carter. Dr. Paul Farmer (look it up). Mother Theresa.....