Michael

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Michael, albeit not very well

Vitals

Name: Michael van Breemen

Nickname: Bubba, Charlie Brown, Hey You, Dork, the list goes on...

Age: 30

Birthday: 10/08/1978

Sexual Orientation: Straight

Status: Single

Religion: Religionless but not Faithless

Chronic diseases/Other Illness: None yet, give me time.

Allergies: Bees.  They make me swell... and not in the good way.

Drinks: Milk, juice, water and soda

Smokes: Only when accidentally burning something on the burner

Illegal Drugs: Nope, the legal ones are so much more interesting...

College: Haven't finished yet

Favourite Feature: My eyes

Least Favourite Feature: My nose (thereby effecting my voice)

Greatest Strength: Mentally recalling completely useless information at a moment's notice.

Biggest Weakness: Women, specifically ones that I'm attracted to that may or may not share those same feelings.

Biggest Fear:  That this is all there is.

Most Common Misconception: That I'm actually sane.

Name Meaning

Michael - Hebrew for In the Likeness or Image of God

Ryan - Celtic for King

Appearance

Height: 6'1

Weight: 202 lbs (as of Friday)

Build: Slender, smallish width arms, longer than average torso

Hair: Brown, tends to ignore gravity, goes curly/wavy once it goes beyond a certain length.  Absorbs water faster than a sponge.

Eyes: Blue/grey/silver, depending on the weather

Complexion: Pale to normal white, apparently isn't as pale as his sister though

Glasses: For almost twenty years now (couldn't cheat on the eye exam anymore)

Scars: Five inch scar on my right arm from sneezing (no joke), over twenty stitches on my right ankle (when the doctor cut open my leg to insert the iv into my body so I couldn't take it out anymore), over a dozen stitches on my right hand (slammed my hand through a pepsi bottle... back when they were made of glass.)

Tattoos: Nope, not going to happen.  I don't get drunk or lose my mind long enough to ignore the fact that there's a needle involved.

Usually Wears: Clothes. 

Never Wears: Other people's clothes.  Or other people.

Personality

It varies, depending on the day.  I have a varied sense of humor that ranges from being funny to being not funny.  Unfortunately, I don't always know which is and isn't funny.  Beyond that, I do better at listening to other people's problems and their lives than I do with my own.  I alternate back and forth between being depressed or not, most likely resulting from some form of depression that I don't take medication or counseling for.  In the core, there's a person who wants nothing more than to have people like him, especially from women which is my weakness.  I tend to bend over backwards to the point of hurting my own self in some fashion in order to try and get a girl I'm interested in.  Unfortunately, it never works out which only fuels both my depression and my perceived own diminished worth.  I'm currently working on fixing myself because I'm going to be with just me for quite some time.

Personal History

I was born in Corvalis, Oregon to Mom and Dad, thereby sending my Grandpa to the morgue in the process (He passed out in the hospital elevator which took him down to the morgue.)  I'm the oldest of all my siblings, both from marriage and from both my parents.  I have a sister, half-brother, step-brother and step-sister as both sets of parents have since remarried (Parents got divorced when I was four, Dad remarried when I was five while my mother just got remarried in this decade.)  Odd fact that both of my brothers have the same name - Chris.  Lived the majority of my life in Seaside, Oregon except for a year in Georgia and summers with my Dad in Ohio, California and Georgia.  Eventually, I moved to Portland, Oregon where I'm currently working for Charter Communications (a cable company.)  Before that, I sold phones and can answer most any question about them, rate plans, etc.  

This is the short version, it could take much longer if you want to know.  Just ask.

Living Situation

Address: Portland, Oregon

Lives With: Me, Myself and I (someday I'll have to name some pets that...)

Lives in town since: March 2007

Transportation

I have feet, a broken bike and my bus pass.

Job

Job: Broadband Sales Specialist, Charter Communications.

Schedule

You Can Find Him

Online (either on his Blackberry or from home.)

On the Bus

At Work

Barnes and Noble

This covers about 99% of the time.

Stuff He Uses Daily

Blackberry (it's just good stuff)

Bus Pass

Backpack

Computer (laptop)

Bed (I don't have a couch or a recliner)

Coat (I live in Oregon, the weather is bipolar and off its meds)

Useless Facts

1) I have AB negative blood.

2) I almost got kicked out of kindergarten due to my handwriting.

3) Ignoring states that I've traveled through by bus or layover in planes, I have been to Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.  If you inclue bus and layovers, then there's Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Texas, Missouri, Kentucky and Michigan.

4) I haven't watched tv since late December.

5) It's exactly 78 days from my birthday to Christmas (which is the same year I was born.)

6) Most people instinctively spell my name wrong.

7) I have double vision all the time except for things less than a yard away, roughly speaking.  Obviously, I don't drive.

8) I've spent three nights sleeping in the streets of three different states because I didn't have a place to stay.

9) Was born a Celtics fan and will remain one forever.

10) My body temperature hovers around 100 all the time.

Family

Barbara - Mom

Paulus - Dad

Kate - Sister

Chris - Half-Brother/Stepbrother

Tarah - Stepsister

Josh - Brother-in-law

Cindy - Stepmother

Brian - Stepfather

Music He Listens To

Madrigals,

Opera (Mozart, Bizet primarily),

Classical/Romantic (Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, generally piano pieces),

Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holliday, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Fats Waller, Louie Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck and others),

Early/Classic Rock (Beatles, Eagles, Early Elvis, CCR, Steve Miller Band, Animals, Kansas, Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin),

Early/Classic R&B (Temptations, Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave)

Blues (Blues Brothers, Ray Charles, Stevie Ray Vaughn, BB King)

Music in my Lifetime (Christina Aguilera, Nickelback, Boyz 2 Men, Blackstreet, Seal, Santana collaborative albums, Dave Matthews Band)

Other Characters Talk

Filo - "So you're the one that came up with me?  Hmm, and you couldn't make me suave or able to have a successful love life because why exactly?

Miko - "Why did you do this to me?"

Andrew - "I don't believe you."

Life

Activities:  Writing, chatting with other people, reading

Likes:  Sweet food, being on the positive side of the finances, employed, women, Star Trek

Dislikes: Good portions of his personality, not understanding, pain, cottage cheese

Loathes and Fears Beyond Almost Anything - Needles

Favourite Song:  Round Midnight (music by Thelonious Monk, sung by Ella Fitzgerald)

Favourite Quote: "Now, you're looking at now, everything that's happening now is happening now, what happened to then, we passed then, when, just now.  We're in now now, when will then be now, soon."

Favourite Food: Cereal or Crab

Favourite Drink: Chocolate milk

Favourite Alcoholic Drink: Uber-sweet wine coolers

Favourite Colour: Black, Red, Green, White, Blue, Purple, Orange, Yellow (in that order)

Favourite Book: Don't have one

Favourite Film: Don't have one

Favourite Actor/Actress: Performing-wise, don't have one.  Visually speaking, Jessica Alba.

Least Favourite Food: Seaweed, cottage cheese

Least Favourite Colour: Yellow

Love Life

Status: Single

Crush: Yes

First Kiss: Ignoring family, that would've been in August of 2000.

Longest Relationship: At max (from meeting to being dumped) three months

Ever Had a Broken Heart: Yes

If You Want to Win His Heart, You Have to Be: Yourself and able to love me despite being myself.

3 Things He Can’t Stand in Girls: Being hyper-self critical about your appearance, being attracted to jerks who look hot over nice guys and not always making sense.

Does He Believe in Love At First Sight: Not anymore, no.

Virgin: Yes

When Did He Loose His Virginity?  It's still there.

For Him, Love Is? Absent

For Him, Sex Is?: Filled with unanswerable questions

Questionnaires

What Makes You...

...Joyfully smile?: My nephew

...Laugh out loud?: Things that are funny

...Get on the dance floor?: Either a need to make a complete fool out of myself or a girl.

...Cry your eyes out?: Periods of hopelessness

...Really sad?: My inability to relate with people like I would like to

...Smirk?: Seeing guys with other girls

...Hide in a corner?: Needles

What is...

...Something about you that no one knows?: Lots of stuff

...Favourite board game: Monopoly or Clue

His Secret

Ideally, it'll only ever be that - his secret.

Celebrity Used

Never used a celebrity to be himself yet.