NAME: Michael
BORN: 10-17-56
AGE: 44
RACE: Caucasian
ETHNICITY: Irish/German
HEIGHT: 5'10"
WEIGHT: to tbe honest, around
220# (sounds like a lot but I do carry my weight well) -- I am
"stocky" of build -- I've never been skinny and I would
like to lose some weight (actually I am losing -- slowly -- taking
it a day at a time) -- but I'm not exactly sloppy either -- I
work out 3-5 X a week.
SHOES: size 9
SEXUAL
ORIENTATION:
Gay. Never have done the straight thing.
MARITAL
STATUS:
single/available
HIV STATUS: negative.
PENIS: (yes I have one)
average -- in good working order -- circumcised
FAVORITE
SEX ACT: mostly
bottom but occasionally versatile, affinity for "leather"
type sex, very open minded, love kissing, very passionate
DISEASES: just the usual aches
and pains and failing eye sight of growing older -- actually I'm
very healthy.
HEAD HAIR: what little remaining
is light brown, some gray (especially in beard). I keep it buzzed
off.
BODY HAIR:
very hairy
chest -- some upper back hair -- less so other places
BODY TYPE: bearish (though I
really don't follow the bear culture).
FACIAL
HAIR:
short goatee -- short side burns
TATTOOS: two. One is one my
right upper arm -- crescent moon and star (no I'm not a Muslim)
-- it means divinity and sovereignty -- I got it in Hawaii in
1994. The second I got in October of 2000. Same place on the Big
Island of Hawaii in the town of Kona. The same woman did a band
on my left arm. Maybe I'll be ready for another one in anouther
six years.
EDUCATION: high school grad
1974. Graduated from nursing school in 1987. About one year of
grad school but never completed my Master's (why bother?).
EMPLOYMENT: I work as a staff
nurse in an oncology setting (Stem Cell Transplant and Leukemia
Unit) at a major medical center in St. Louis.
RESIDENCE: Suburbia, Metro St.
Louis Area (Illinois side of the river).
STABILITY: I think I do a good
job emotionally -- I've come a long way in 44 years (my 20's were
a horror); Financially solvent, I hope to buy a house in the coming
year.
VICES: food, spending money,
men, caffeine; I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't take partake
in illegal drugs. Friend of Bill W.
CRIMINAL
RECORD: none
(no matter how hard I've tried in the past).
POLITICAL
AFFILIATIONS:
I tend to be pretty liberal minded, but I don't like labels.
FAVORITE
SMELLS:
baking bread, patchouli oil, bar-b-que, coffee brewing.
FAVORITE
COLORS:
shades of green and brown.
FAVORITE
CLOTHES:
jeans and tee shirts or flannel shirts; I abhor wearing ties
FAVORITE
SHOES:
boots of all kinds (especially Timberland); Nike Airs.
FAVORITE
FOODS:
bar-b-que, lasagna, steak, potato salad, strawberry shortcake,
carrot cake, fried chicken, chocolate anything (no wonder I have
trouble losing weight) -- I do like all varieties of fresh fruits
though -- especially tropical fruits like papaya, mango, pineapple.
LEAST
FAVORITE FOODS:
Liver (or any other "organ" meat -- yuck -- just saying
it grosses me out), brussel sprouts, anchovies, olives.
RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION:
not part of anything -- though I am very spiritual and pray daily
-- have an interest in Buddhism and Native American beliefs.
RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION (raised as): nothing really -- mother was Methodist and
my father was Catholic -- I didn't buy into any of it.
PEOPLE
LIKES:
sense of humor, honesty, affection, kindness.
PEOPLE
DISLIKES:
people with a sense of entitlement, people who lie or cheat, people
who seem to think they know what is best for you.
PERSONAL
SHORTCOMINGS:
I'm extremely shy -- this prevents me from experiencing a lot
of life I think. There have been times when I haven't stood up
for myself because of this. On the other hand I also have very
a nasty temper which I keep on a very short leash (though I've
never been violent with anyone -- but there is always a first
time -- I wouldn't fail to protect myself or someone I care about).
I'm also very bad with money -- if I have it I tend to spend it.
FAVORITE
SEASONS:
autumn is my favorite. I'm not fond of extreme heat nor extreme
cold.
CURRENT
AUTO:
Currently I have two. A 1996 Saturn SL2 and a 1998 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Laredo.
FAVORITE
TVs: My
43 inch Hitachi Projection HDTV with surround sound -- like being
at the theatre.
FAVORITE
TV SHOWS:
The X Files, South Park, Absolutely Fabulous, Buffy The Vampire
Slayer, Will And Grace, Dawson's Creek, The West Wing, Angel,
Roswell, OZ (a homo's wet deam if there ever was one), Gilmore
Girls (a recent find -- the cleverest dialogue on TV right now).
LEAST
FAVORITE TV SHOWS:
Jerry Springer and others of that ilk, sporting events, infomercials;
those live cop shows that Fox is so fond of, MTV since they stopped
playing music videos.
FAVORITE
GENRE OF MOVIES:
Sci-Fi, Screwball comedies from the 40's, film noir, foreign and
independent films, anything by Hitchcock.
FAVORITE
MOVIES:
To Kill A Mockingbird, Steel Magnolias, The Wizard Of Oz, Hairspray,
Auntie Mame, anything with Tracey and Hepburn, Bette Davis in
nearly everything, Notorious, Vertigo and North By Northwest.
FAVORITE
MUSIC (genre):
Rock, Dance, some country, jazz vocalists, anything obscure or
new, Glam or glitter rock (1970's).
LEAST
FAVORITE MUSIC:
most of the pitiful excuse for music put out by the Rap industry,
hairspray rock groups from the 80's (Warrant, Cinderella, White
Snake, etc), whiney or screeching female vocalists (see least
favorite recording artists below).
FAVORITE
RECORDING ARTISTS:
Stereolab, Dusty Springfield, Pixies, Belle & Sebastian, Portishead,
Saint Etienne, Pet Shop Boys, old Motown, old Aretha Franklin,
Billie Holiday, Elvis Costello, Ella Fitzgerald, The Magnetic
Fields, 80's new wave (Eurythmics, Duran Duran, Human League),
David Bowie, Sparks, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, T. Rex, Roxy
Music, Brian Eno, Joni Mitchell, Melanie (yes Melanie), Nitin
Sawhney, Hefner, Métisse.
LEAST
FAVORITE RECORDING ARTISTS: Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston,
Christina Aguillera (or however you spell her name), Michael Boulton
(they are all bloody awful).
FAVORITE
RADIO:
I hate the radio and never listen to it. I have to ammend this
now. There is a a new station in St. Louis that plays 80's new
wave music call The Mall at FM 104 or something or other -- they
occasionally throw a Bryan Adams in there (God knows why) but
I can forgive them that when they play Bow Wow Wow.
FAVORITE
MAGAZINES:
The Advocate, Genre, Out, Alternative Press, Entertainment Weekly,
Select (British), Attitude (British -- when I can find it).
FAVORITE
WRITERS:
Michael Thomas Ford, David Sedaris, Michael Nava, R. D. Zimmerman,
Michael Craft, Christian McLaughlin, Richard Stevenson, Fred Hunter,
Jonathan Kellerman, John Irving, John Morgan Wilson, Michael Connelly,
Patricia Cornwell, the occasional Stephen King.
WORST
YEAR OF MY LIFE:
2000. I lost both of my parents this year to cancer (Mother to
breast cancer and acute leukemia, my Father to two brain tumors
[glioblastoma multiforme]). It has been a learning experience
though -- and I appreciate each day more and more.
BEST YEAR
OF MY LIFE:
They're really all good -- but I'd have to say 1987 -- the year
I got sober -- nothing really matters if I can't feel it.
HOBBIES: hiking, thrift stores,
movies, reading (usually mysteries or gay authors), music in all
forms, theatre on occasion, writing, looking at interesting architecture
(Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago is fantastic), museums of all sorts;
searching out waterfalls and/or lighthouses (when I'm on vacation).
REASONS
TO KEEP LIVING:
CELEBRITIES
THAT I FIND SEXY:
Michael T. Weiss (formerly of The Pretender), David Duchovny (The
X Files), Carson Daly (MTV), Robbie Williams (singer), Jeremy
Piven (actor), Jeremy Northam (actor).
FAVORITE
CITY:
Chicago.
FAVORITE
VACATION SPOT:
the Big Island of Hawaii, Santa Fe, San Francisco.
FAVORITE
SAYING:
"That's what I'm talking about".
