About Me
- About Me: Hey Folks! Welcome to my MISERY! All I do here is write my journal, but y'all are welcome to read it. Feel free to make comments. I don't mind, in fact, I appreciate them!! I also love Horses and going riding. I live in the mountains of far northern California with a splendid view of Mount Shasta! By the way, I'm BiPolar to top it all off! Thanks!
Music
- Favorite Artists: Celtic Woman, Il Divo, Madonna, Lulu, Erasure and most recently, Celtic Thunder
- Favorite Albums: OBC of Ragtime, OBC (not the concept album) Jeckyl and Hyde, James Blunt - Back to Bedlam.
- Favorite Genre: Don't have a fave except I listen to a LOT of Celtic music.
- Favorite Songs: Bantry Girls Lament, Your Beautiful, 1973
- Favorite Lyrics: "This is the Moment" from Jeckyl and Hyde
- Songs for Roadtrips: A wide variety froom classical to classic rock to country to broadway.
- Songs I hate: pretty much anything by Jewel, especially that one about her hands being small but they are her own, What's that about, anyway?
- Guilty Pleasure: Singing very loud when I am riding down the road in my truck. Usually some show tune!
- Songs I repeat the most: This is the moment from Jeckyl and Hyde and Younger than Springtime from South Pacific and all of the music from Falsettoland!.
- Band I wish I was in: Erasure
Books
- Favorite Books: The Witching Hour, Salem's Lot, Gone with the Wind, Mandingo, Watership Down, Valley of the Dolls.
- Favorite Authors: Anne Rice, Stephen King, Richard S. Wheeler, Donald Coldsmith. Terry Brooks. Agatha Christie, Lance horner and kyle Onstott
- Favorite Genres: Horror, SciFi Fantasy, Western
- Favorite Characters: Scarlett O'Hara, Neily O'Hara, Lucretia Borgia
- Favorite Quotes: "You're not insane...but I am." A. Christie
- Recent Reads: Bent Red Moon by Russ Hall. I just got The Crimes of Jack the Ripper by Paul Roland (I started it and I cannot wait to finish it!!
Television
- Favorite Shows: Lost, Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, Law and Order: SVU
- Favorite Channels: USA, PBS, History and Discovery.
- Favorite Reruns: Reba
- Most Addictive Show: Lost
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Conan O'Brien
- Favorite Episode: none
- Favorite Theme Song: I know it's old, but I really love the theme song to Cheer's.
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Reba
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin mostly)
- Favorite Dishes: BBQ'd Salmon with broiled Broccoli, Mmmm!
- Favorite Desserts: Cherry cream cheese pie
- Favorite Drinks: Tom Colllins (When I still drank alcohol) Diet Pepsi now.
- Favorite Junk Foods: Cadbury Flakes made in good ole Erin. Brownies, especially the herbal variety.
- Best meal ever: My Mom's Enchilada's and chili beans that she always makes for my birthday.
- My Original Recipes: Cherry Cream Cheese Pie. The "German Meatloaf" that is served in Village Inn Family Restaurants and Baker's Square Restaurants.
- Favorite Restaurants: Neither of the above. Applebee's, Black Bear Diners, Que Pasa
- Foods I hate: Brussel Sprouts! Ew yuk!
College
- School Name: College Of The Sequoias
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1981
- Attended: 1979 - 1981
- Degree type: Associates
- Major(s): Animal Science
- Minor(s): Theatre Arts
- Sports: Haha!
More About Me
- Nicknames: Mikey
- Nationality: Irish (Bantry, County Cork), now American.
- Religion: Gnostic Christian (Catholic in Erin, like all the other good Irish people)
- Heroes: General Maurice A. Preston (my uncle). Walt Whitman. Janet Hinesly ( a truly inspirational and courageous woman). My Great-Grandmother who was known as "Ma Preston" All of her children were extraordinarly successful in their chosen fields, including 3 generations of Military heros.
- Interests: I am a huge fan of Jack the Ripper lore. I read all I can about the case and participate on several websites on the subject. I raise Companion Parrots. I love horses. I have 3 dogs that are just like my children! I also like to read and go camping.
- Expertise: Gay life and coming out. I'm also BiPolar and I try to communicate with as many other people with this disorder that I can. Talking together with other people who truly understand is amazing.
- Occupation: Consulting, Teaching and Acting. (Retired Law Enforcement)
- Industry: Entertainment (Forensic Research)
Style
- Where I shop: Old Navy, Gap and yes, everyones fave, WALMART.
- Brands I love: Levi
- I like to wear: Jeans and a T-shirt
- Can't live without: Jeans and T-shirts
- Prized Possessions: My wedgewood blue Hawaii T-shirt my daughter bought me in Hawaii. along with the sharks tooth necklace she got for me in Morro Bay.
- Guilty Pleasure: Going NAKED!
High School
- School Name: Tulare Union High School
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1979
- Attended: 1975 - 1979
- Sports: Are you kidding?
- Organizations: Band, Choir, FFA and Drama Club
Travel
- Places I love: Oregon, Northern California,
- Places I've been: Mexico, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, all over really
- Places to see before I die: New Zealand, Australia and Belize
- Dream Vacation: A month in New Zealand and Australia.
Contact Info
- AIM: ETCACTOR
- AIM: ETCisme
Movies
- Favorite Movies: All the Harry Potter movies. Gone with the Wind. Last of the Mohicans.
- Favorite Actors: Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, John C. Reilly, Tim Daly
- Favorite Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Sidney Pollack, Ron Howard
- Favorite Genre: SciFi Fantasy, Western, Historical
- Favorite Soundtracks: The Bodyguard, The Wedding singer
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
- Movies I can watch over and over: Last of the Mohicans, Jeremiah Johnson and A Man Called Horse.
- Actor that would play me in a movie: John C. Reilly (He can sing in my key)
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@ETCACTOR - well coolio, glad to have you there! -
@PhilippiansThree14 - Not sure why I was on your site. Probably left a comment on a friends page that I liked so I checked out your site.Michael -
you showed up in my footprints and i just wondered where ya came from. :) have a great day!
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Thanks for the nice thought! -
@ETCACTOR - that i didn't see -
@trav1224 - Just watching BBCAmerica and LMAO
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Hey, Wat r u up to
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hi thanks for approving me to be ya friend. -
I would love to see pics of your birds that you raise. =) -
Thank u so very much
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