mc94301
Who am I?

Physically

6'2, 195 pounds, athletic, brown hair, blue eyes.  Born in October, 1976.  Grew up in Irvine, CA, Woodinville, WA, Lake Oswego, OR, and Los Altos, CA.  Like to run, bike, hike, snowboard, skateboard, play soccer, windsurf, and sail.

Scholastically

Finished two bachelor of science degrees in engineering at UC Berkeley, was awarded one of them.  Went to high school in Mountain View, CA and Lake Oswego, OR.

Professionally

Work for a small engineering firm between San Francisco and San Jose.  Have been there since 1999, mostly writing software.  Have worked on other side projects (startups) when they appealed to me or looked promising.

Politically

Quite left of center and very progressive.  Principles like equality and being good to your environment are no brainers.

Creatively

Music: Enjoy writing short pieces of music for a few performers as well as small operas/vocal/a capella pieces.  Also play in an improv rock band, Tennis Roberts, and as member of I.D.E.A. Ensemble, assist in design and implementation of musical installations.

Words: Write a blog with occasional poetry, and write lyrics to opera and songs.  Working on a few sets of short stories, some that tie into music and some that don't.

Influences

Books: Vonnegut, Chmosky, Emma Goldman, Sagan, Zinn

Music: Hendrix, Glass, Harrison, Buffett, Yorke, Bjork, Jobim/Gilberto, Merritt

Movies: Dr. Strangelove, Run Lola Run, Go, Europa Europa, The Blues Brothers, Frida, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

People: Everyone on the right, plus some more

Aliases

mitch, jamitch, micxjo, cxjo (cx is esperanto for ch), mc, dmc


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