Surfing Surfing Surfing; Music (CDs and concerts); playing guitar; travel; running and trail running; other outdoor activities (hiking, kayaking, SCUBA). ; world cultures; reading (fiction: suspense, horror, classic literature; non-fiction: ancient history, religion, biography, conspiracy theory and alternate history).
Music
Beachwood Sparks
Neil Young
further
the Jesus and Mary Chain
Pink Floyd
Johnny Cash
Pearl Jam
Brian Wilson / The Beach Boys
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Ryan Adams
Paul Westerberg
Neal Casal
The Tyde
Mystic Chords of Memory
Frausdots
All Night Radio
Rogue Wave
Roy Orbison
Gene Clark
Jay Farrar
Dinosaur Jr
The Doors
The Band
Neko Case
Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon)
Nick Cave
Mark Lanegan / Screaming Trees
Calexico
Gram Parsons
The Clash
Anthrax
7 Seconds
Richard Buckner
The Misfits
The Warlocks
Paul Burch
Emmylou Harris
Townes Van Zandt
Hapa
The Sadies
Mazzy Star / Hope Sandoval
Black Sabbath
Bob Dylan
Leonard Cohen
Lucinda Williams
Otis Redding
Sam Cooke
The Faces
Iron Maiden
The Rolling Stones
Slowdive
Ride
The Raveonettes
Etc...
Movies
"The Endless Summer"; "the Innermost Limits of Pure Fun", "Crystal Voyager", "Shelter", "Step Into Liquid", "The Searchers"; "the Good, The Bad, The Ugly"; "Cinema Paradiso"; "Thicker Than Water"; "A Brokedown Melody"; "Say Anything"; "The Omen"; "The Exorcist"; "Once Upon A Time In The West"; "Casablanca"; "Jaws"; "Galipoli"
Television
Don't watch much television these days... "Lost" and "Heroes" are about it...."The Office" when I can fit it in.
I'm also a big boxing fan, so I watch the fights when they are on...but not much else in the sports department.
Books
Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island (my all-time favorite); John Steinbeck - East of Eden; W. Somerset Maughm - The Razor's Edge; Ernest Hemingway - For Whom The Bell Tolls; John Steinbeck - To A God Unknown; Graham Hancock - Fingerprints of the Gods; Stephen King - 'Salem's Lot; Phil Rickman - The Man in the Moss
Heroes
My Mom and Dad, my Grandfather, Gerry Lopez, Chris Malloy and his brothers, Marvin Hagler, Neil Young, Lance Armstrong, my friend Andreia who passed away from cancer, Neal Casal for teaching me that being true to yourself and following your own path is the only way to live, and this guy I work with named Bob Willman...nicest guy I've ever met with a heart of gold.
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park,Pennsylvania
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Chemical Engineering
Minor: Spanish
Clubs: Happy Hour regular at Cafe 210 West on Fridays and the Saloon on Wednesdays. Those were the days, sometimes...
1993 to 1998
Michael's Companies
W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc. Elkton, Maryland US Associate
July 1998 - Present
Michael is in your extended network. Posted at 1:57 PM Jan 26, 2008 view more
About me: Life's full of many wonderful things, even if lessons sometimes come in hard ways. I'm a thirty-something surfer with a white collar gig during the working hours. I stay pretty active and love surfing and the ocean, music, running, hiking, and most of all,my dog, Sunshine (alias Sundog). I presently reside in Newark, Delaware, but, like everything else, that is subject to change.
I love surfing and try to get into the water whenever I can, no matter what time of year it is. Winter waves are better than summer waves around here anyway. I gravitate towards a few breaks in Delaware and Maryland, though enjoy trips to other spots in the vacinity from time to time. I often drop whatever I'm doing to get out in the water, where I feel most connected. Those who surf will know what I mean.
I love music, all kinds...I mean, I'm all over the map. I like finding new bands, though I don't get to concerts nearly as much as when I lived in Chicago. After seing them live a few times over the past month, I can say that my favorite band of all time is Beachwood Sparks. They are phenomenal.
I fumble around on the guitar and enjoy it, though I have no aspirations there.
I also like running and have done a few marathons. I'll probably start training for another one sometime soon.
I hadn't kept in touch with many of my friends from days passed very well, but recent events have reminded me just how important friends are, and how amazing the friends I have are. I love them all.
Who I'd like to meet: Neil Young, the Dali Llama, Gerry Lopez, The Malloy Brothers, Del Cannon; my Dad's Dad (he passed away before I was born), Stephen King, and everybody who is interested in just getting along with everbody else.
I want to hear all about it! Did you get in some sun and surf? I am sure you did. I just couldn't manage it out that way. Definitely keep me posted if you journey out this way. It is bound to actually happen one of these days!
we didn't get many good photos but earlier in the day there was real nice decent sized clean sets from gustav..maybe Ike this week...i saw hanna heading to Maine ENJOY!!!
i think i'm supposed to be landing at LAX around 1:20 PM Friday or something like that-got a rental car and staying at some rich folk's home in Bel Air (which is mighty fresh).
i'll still haveto see when the flight home is cos the tix are already booked and stuff--but i think there;s a rad thing on Friday that Brent said something about, i'll double check on these and get back to ya.
i'm not sure if i'm leaving on that monday or tuesday-bummer cos i'd love to catch Bolero, and from what i've heard around the grapevine is that Josh is playing gtr w/ The Tyde now too.//but that might have been a limited stint...dude, it's gonna be soo freaking rad. can't wait. hope you're up for having lots of beers and befriending as many Calif.grrls as possible...that's my plan anyhow-while catching the best bands, record shopping, skateboarding and hitting a surfspot or two.
actually, i haven't booked a ticket yet-in fact i'm leaning more towards the Sunset Junction shows cos i know more people in L.A. and am more familiar w/ that town..so Seattle might be out of the realm of reality for me too..
glad you dig the discs! sorry it took so long to put them in that direction. yeah definitely Seattle-i'm buying my ticket this weekend/early next week-we ought to meet up for some beers and stuff for sure.
