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Benjamin

Master of Self, Servant to All, Slave of None

About Me

Graduated AHS '98, joined the Navy '99, was assigned to VAQ-137 which deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt 9/18/01 to 4/1/02, we did 159 straight days at sea on that tour. The Navy wouldn't transfer me to a sunnier clime so I chose to be honorably discharged at the end of my 4 year commitment in '03. I then headed back to Ashland for a year before heading down to Los Angeles to attend the Los Angeles Theatre Academy in '04. In the Summer of my second year there, '06, I walked from L.A. to D.C. as part of an attempt to begin a movement I named 'Promise to the World'. I made it to D.C. but the movement failed to gain momentum. I graduated in June '07 from LATA and was blessed with roles in this years productions of 'The Merchant of Venice' and 'The Taming of the Shrew' with the San Pedro based touring company Shakespeare by the Sea. Finished my New York debut a few weeks ago with warm reviews. Now I'm working on Walking in LA by Sara Wookey and an Academy production of Recent Tragic Events that is frightfully appropriate. I ache. My music is my hobby, my blog is my voice, and acting is my calling. Feel free to approach me with any discussion, question, accusation, complement, or condemnation. I'm all ears.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/26/2005
Band Members: Everyone
Influences: The Goose; John Lennon; Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; Gandhi; King; Murrow; JFK; Roosevelt; Anyone labeled a Philosopher; The New Autonomous Folk Singers; Frank Sinatra; Nat King Cole; Bing Crosby; the one and only Jeff Stanley; Loose Change; Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs, and all the Beat Generation writers; Poe; Shakespeare; Arthur Miller; Eugene O'Neill; Jack Jones; The Allmans; all the lame music my mom listened to when I was young: Glen Medieros; Michael Bolton; Kenny G; hahahaha; OH! The Carpenters (when I was a baby she sang 'Close To You' all the time)... anyway the list goes on and on...
Myspace Chinese Astrology
Sounds Like: Benjamin Clark

Enneagram: Type 2 - The Helper

Record Label: Little World
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Proposition

To be, or not to be; that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferthe slings and arrows of outrageous fortuneOr to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them.I believ...
Posted by Benjamin on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:23:00 PST

I love myspace bulletins

    ? Georgilla the Luminous Gorilla ?Date: 24 Feb 2008, 01:56 PMTHE SECRET POLICE ARE HERE  PROTECT YOURSELFPost Crafted by:.:The Peaceful But Vigilant Gorilla:.Definition:Agent Provo...
Posted by Benjamin on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:40:00 PST

The future is here and I hope we’re ready

Here's an example of what's to come, what follows, is up to ALL of us. Here's hoping they don't get Stanley Meyer-ed. ...
Posted by Benjamin on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:26:00 PST

Good Night, and Good Luck

    This movie changed my life, here's an excerpt. This might just do nobody any good. At the end of this discourse a few people may accuse this reporter of fouling his own com...
Posted by Benjamin on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:52:00 PST

In My Opinion

Okay, I usually use my blog to relay information that I come across in my long hours of sitting at a computer with nothing else to do; today I'm going to share my personal views directly. I think the...
Posted by Benjamin on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:08:00 PST

WhaaaaaA?

    The hand gesture at the end.... Where have I seen that before?  It's a long horns thing, yes?  Somewhere else..... Ah... Yes, Oh, but he's from Texas, wait a minute  ...
Posted by Benjamin on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:49:00 PST

Mad As Hell

I want this reposted, I want it to reach the two hundred twenty four million, four hundred ninety thousand, three hundred and sixty three people in my extended network at least three times. At 9pm pa...
Posted by Benjamin on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:17:00 PST

Sensitive

The music, the speech, the imagery.... I cried..  I feel so strongly about this world, and I feel each day how little it feels for itself, and when I hear the clip from Network it makes me cry.&n...
Posted by Benjamin on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:38:00 PST

And then there were two.... right?

    McCain Story from NY Times.Still the right guy for the job?  I told you so...... GO RON PAUL! GO OBAMA!...
Posted by Benjamin on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:49:00 PST

Why are they there?

This is a pretty good news source by the way.Japan warns ties at risk over US troop behavior DETERRENT: The foreign ministry said it would install security cameras and conduct j...
Posted by Benjamin on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:48:00 PST