Personal
Name: Charles Michael Ruark, Jr.
Call me: Mike
DOB: 11.5.83
Family: mom and dad, one sister (2 years younger)
Interests: baseball, football, music, photography, thinking, traveling
Major: Architecture
Religion: Christian
Denomination: Presbyterian
Instruments: Trumpet and piano

Contact info
Email: cmruarkesq@ou.edu
Email: cmruark@gmail.com
Email: magicalarmchair@blazemail.com
AIM: desolejesuis
[Let's Play Steak]

Favorites
Books: "City Baseball Magic" by Philip Bess, "The House of God" by Samuel Shem, and "America The Book" by The Daily Show staff
Teams: KC Royals, KC Chiefs, OU Sooners, USC Trojans, Arkansas Razorbacks
TV:
Scrubs
Monk
Arrested Development
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
Cowboy Bebop
Family Guy
Futurama
Robot Chicken
The Office
Chappelle's Show

Movies:
Star Wars 3-6
Garden State
American Splendor
Lost in Translation
The Royal Tenenbaums
Can't Hardly Wait
Dogma

Five Bands:
Ben Folds Five
The Beatles
Better Than Ezra
Barenaked Ladies
The Shins

Other
Places of residence:
St. Joseph, MO (birth - Jan 4, 1989)
Hope, AR (Jan 4, 1989 - Dec 30, 1996)
Midwest City, OK (Dec 30, 1996 - Aug 15, 2002, May 14, 2003 - Aug 24, 2003)
Los Angeles, CA (Aug 15, 2002 - May 14, 2003)
Norman, OK (Aug 24, 2003 - present)

Education:
First Presbyterian Preschool (4 yrs old, St. Joseph, MO)
First Methodist Preschool (5 yrs old, Hope, AR)
Garland Elementary School (K-2, Hope, AR)
Hope Primary School (3-4, Hope, AR)
Beryl Henry Elementary School (5-6, Hope, AR)
Yerger Junior High School (7, Hope, AR)
Carl Albert Junior High School (7-9, Midwest City, OK)
Carl Albert High School (10-12, Midwest City, OK)
University of Southern California (1st yr, Los Angeles, CA)
Rose State College (2nd yr, Midwest City, OK)
University of Oklahoma (3rd yr, Norman, OK)

Ballparks visited:
Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, GA)
Arlington Stadium (Arlington, TX)
Ameriquest Field (Arlington, TX)
The Kingdome (Seattle, WA)
Angel Stadium (Anaheim, CA)
U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, IL)
Jacobs Field (Cleveland, OH)
Fenway Park (Boston, MA)
Busch Stadium (St. Louis, MO)
Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, CA)
Coors Field (Denver, CO)
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
Minute Maid Park (Houston, TX)
Minor leagues/others:
PGE Park (Portland, OR)
All Sports Stadium (Oklahoma City, OK)
SBC Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City, OK)
Doubleday Field (Cooperstown, NY)
Surprise Stadium (Surprise, AZ)
Peoria Stadium (Peoria, AZ)
Football:
War Memorial Stadium (Little Rock, AR)
Turpin Stadium (Natchitoches, LA)
Vanderbilt Stadium (Nashville, TN)
Owen Field/Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK)
Lewis Field/Boone Pickens Stadium (Stillwater, OK)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, CA)
Stanford Stadium (Stanford, CA)
The Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA)
Dolphins Stadium (Miami, FL)
Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City, MO)

Concerts:
2.25.06, The Red Room, Norman, OK
Gunship, The Separation, The Evangelicals

2.8.06, The Conservatory, Oklahoma City, OK
The MGMT, Grand Buffet, DJ Jester the Filipino Fist, Of Montreal

11.19.05, Nokia Theater, Grand Prairie, TX
The Fray, Ben Folds

8.13.05, City Market, Kansas City, MO
Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds

8.1.05, Bricktown Live, Oklahoma City, OK
Veda, Dredg

5.20.05, The Opolis, Norman, OK
The Separation, Tilly and the Wall, Of Montreal

5.9.05, Bricktown Live, Oklahoma City, OK
Neva Dinova, Rilo Kiley

2.10.05, Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, OK
Resident Funk, Ben Kweller, Ben Folds

10.10.04, Hamilton Field House, Edmond, OK
Better Than Ezra

10.8.04, Simon Recreation Center, St. Louis, MO
Ben Lee, Ben Folds

7.17.04, City Market, Kansas City, MO
Gavin DeGraw, Ben Folds, Guster

6.14.04, The Conservatory, Oklahoma City, OK
Death Comesto Matteson

4.8.04, Donald W. Reynolds Center, Tulsa, OK
G Love and Special Sauce, Ben Folds

10.19.03, Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City, OK
The Solace Bros., The Delusions, Built to Spill

9.5.03, Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK
Better Than Ezra, Ben Folds, Barenaked Ladies

Five Facts
1. I don't care about heights, but hate falling.
2. I was voted Most Musical by my senior class in high school.
3. My parents are both pastors in the Presbyterian church. They preach in different congregations.
4. I will not wash clothes unless they are wrinkled, stained, or smelly.
5. I love Peach Nehi.