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About Me

i love Jesus Christ with all that i am. He's not only my everything, He's my only thing. i am mad in my passions and love to meet people who are organized in theirs. the ideas of justice, love, grace, freedom, and compassion have forever and actively changed my life. i lead worship with all my heart and all my voice. i have a black goldfish named johnny cash. i hum off-key when i'm nervous. i always get nervous when i give blood and when i jump out of airplanes. i can touch my tongue to my nose and fit my whole fist in my mouth. i like to listen to stevie wonder or otis redding when i cook. i always make a slight mess when i cook. i cook a lot. when wearing white, it is inevitable that i will spill coffee or diet coke on myself. i wear a lot of white. when wearing black, chances are you just can't see the spills, nonetheless they are there. i wear a lot of black. my 8 year old nephew, wesley, is my hero, due to his ardor, innocence, and faith. children amaze me. it doesn't take much to make me laugh. i love to laugh. a good joke or a good story will get me going for hours. i dance and sing loudly when no one is around... who am i kidding, i have no shame, i do that in public. i cry at sappy movies. i'm a cuddler/hugger from way back. i kind of think tom cruise has lost his mind. i can fix a flat tire in 10 minutes... in the rain... but i don't want to. i'm a sucker for a good book and a good conversation. sunday afternoon is my favorite time of the entire week. i love to sit in a local coffee shop, pretend to read, and watch people. i am a mac person in a pc family. i love great denim, great t shirts, and great shoes. i go to the art museum as often as i can. i play the piano when everyone goes to bed. and i live to actively pursue becoming the person i intend to be. and as cool as he is, i worry that we love and need bono so much, because most of us aren't willing to step up and be him.

My Interests

today's Christian church, today's culture, good music, laughing, rock climbing, working with children and youth, a nasty funky beat, the beach, the mountains, nashville tn, flyboys cowboys pirates gypsies and the overall vagabong mentality, a really great cover/remake of an old favorite, wikipedia.com, dictionary.com, sailor jerry tattoos, disney world, good books, and being meaningful in the lives of people around me

I'd like to meet:

jack bauer, jack shepherd, lloyd dobler.. width="425" height="350" ....yeah, no, seriously, pause the great song that's playing and watch this. really.

Music:

in no particular order... heather rowell, james taylor, marc cohn, jeff buckley, otis redding, neil diamond, willie nelson, johnny cash, tom petty and the heartbreakers, emmylou harris, loretta lynn, u2, paul simon, bonnie raitt, billy joel, john wait, aimee man, thrice, bruce hornsby, lucinda williams, john mayer, jm3, counting crows, sigur ros, john hiatt, white stripes, david wilcox, patty griffin, david ryan harris, la rocca, air, the gabe dixon band, david mead, radiohead, damien rice, the raconteurs, crowded house, jeremy lister, lori mckenna, brooke fraser, the weepies, the daylights, gillian welch, dolly parton, foy vance, griffin house, the damnwells, josh kelley, charlotte gainsbourg, imogen heap, frou frou, jonatha brooke, flyleaf, anthony skinner, sarah mclachlan, eva cassidy, keane, muse, over the rhine, jump little children, jimmy eat world, rufus wainwright, matt nathanson, eastmountainsouth, keith urban, sufjan stevens, ryan adams, elliott smith, jem, wilco, david mead, rilo kiley, david gray, mute math, snow patrol, joshua radin, remy zero, travis, guster, derek webb, leeland, feist, aimee man, stephen kellogg, weezer (as a tribute to the original not the current), cary brothers, copeland, tim hughes, matt redman, charlie hall, christy and nathan nockels, stevie wonder, holly brook, kathleen edwards, nichole nordeman, ben folds five, ben folds, sting, the poilice, teitur, coldplay, andy davis, michael jackson (i can't help myself), oldschool mariah (she's on fiah), and of course kelly clarkson (no lie, huge fan)...

Movies:

tombstone, top gun, seven, usual suspects, legends of the fall, almost famous, finding nemo, charlie and the chocolate factory, walk the line, the neverending story, american beauty, fight club, give me anything with kevin spacey, johnny depp, edward norton, or brad pitt anyday of the week and i'll be happy, simon birch, garden state, princess bride, three amigos, waiting for guffman, best in show, guy ritchie flicks, james bond movies (i'm a nerd, i know), wes anderson flicks, and anything with that wacky owen wilson in it (isn't he great?)...

Books:

Bible, c.s. lewis, a.w. tozer, erwin mcmanus, richard foster, henri nouwen, john eldredge, donald miller, the cost of discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a tale of three kings by Gene Edwards, night by Elie Wiesel, the practice of the presence of God by Brother Lawrence, confessions by St. Augustine, bright lights big city by Jay McInerney, a prayer for owen meany by John Irving, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, brave new world by Aldous Huxley, the giving tree by Shel Silverstein...

My Blog

"sometimes i feel like i never been nothing but tired..."

i celebrate the life of Christ everyday. i celebrate it because it is my own life. so i guess it's "Christmas" all year round for me. but what is it about this season? call me scrooge all you want. my...
Posted by dee dee on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:18:00 PST

"i see Your face, You’re beautiful..."

so, i was tagging some friends in a facebook album... (yes, i realize the ridiculousness of that statement. what can i do? it's the world i live in...) and for some reason something odd struck me. i r...
Posted by dee dee on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:19:00 PST

"everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades..."

so, i'm incredibly busy these days. incredibly. running from one thing to the next getting very little sleep. having a blast. that's kinda how i like it. and it's painful to a degree, but that good ki...
Posted by dee dee on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:39:00 PST

"one life, we've got to do what we should..."

everything in my soul is screaming these days. everything in my body is physically uncomfortable. everything in my brain is working faster than my means. and everything in my heart is broken. "Is not...
Posted by dee dee on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:28:00 PST

"She offers tithe, but never takes communion..."

"She never prays above a whisperWhen she cries, she doesn't make a soundShe offers tithe, but never takes communionSo scared to death that Jesus found her out&"I mean, come on. That's just a great ver...
Posted by dee dee on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:22:00 PST

"i'm hanging on. You're all that's left to hold onto."

God has me digging deep into the Major and Minor Prohets of the Old Testament these days. (yes, i was a Bible drill geek as a kid. and i did very well in competition i might add. i cheated o...
Posted by dee dee on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:00:00 PST

"I cry in the night just to be saved..."

I am being rescued. Oftentimes, we look at our lives as the beginning and end of ourselves. So we take the moments throughout our earthly lives and string them along together as ups and downs. A rolle...
Posted by dee dee on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:43:00 PST

"God only knows what i'd be without You..."

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not detroyed. these are words of truth that i have to daily speak int...
Posted by dee dee on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:41:00 PST

"cast me gently into morning, for the night has been unkind..."

i am losing myself in a breve in birmingham... so i'm sitting in a great coffee shop in helena, AL reading, praying, watching people, drinking good coffee, being quiet, being still, and listening to g...
Posted by dee dee on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:04:00 PST

"it's the choice of a lifetime... i'm almost sure"

there is much to be said. much has happened in the last couple of months. so much, that i haven't really had the energy to say anything really... let alone, say it all. God is so good and so funny all...
Posted by dee dee on Sat, 06 May 2006 01:36:00 PST