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Church Key

It's not just a daydream if you decide to make it your life!

About Me


Well, there is a whole lot to know about me, but I took most of it down. Why you ask? I think it’s because there are too many people who watch T.V., which gives me about 8 seconds to hook them before they switch to a different profile. Anyway, these whiners (you know who you are) started carrying a grudge regarding my long ass “About Me” section. They complained loudly about it which broke the nice delusion I had that they gave a crap... I guess we can’t have THAT, so my extended “About Me” is now posted as a blog which will soon fall out of my menu at the top of this page and you will have to go looking for it… Experience tells me you won’t. So, here is my greatly abridged “About Me” that won’t tell you much about me at all, but hey, less is more… or less is the new black… or something.
I can be lazy when I have to rewrite things. I hold some pretty exclusive notions that fly in the face of one another. I love Waffles! I dig electronics of all sorts. I am a geek. I have a weird sense of humor. I like to cook, but hate to do dishes. I think the general public is stupid. I think science is keeping Darwin’s theories from working. I have lived the self examined life and now I try not to think about it too much. I love HOT showers! I like to read. I prize original ideas, though I see them less and less. Sometimes I can be completely in awe and humbled by the kindness of others. Sometimes I am ashamed to be human. I don’t understand why people make the same mistakes over and over again. I have some sneaking suspicions that God and our notions of him have NOTHING to do with each other. I also know that if nothing we do matters, then EVERYTHING we do right now does. I know several people for whom I would give my life for. I am smart, but can be slow on the uptake. I do not please everyone and do not care to. I do not care what you think… alright, I might care what you think after all. We are being ruled by fear. I think baked goods are chief among our best inventions. I like coffee with mankind’s best inventions. I am partially color blind and partially deaf. I love to make things with my own two hands. My own two hands have been a large source of joy and pain for me. There can never be a utopia without something ugly beneath it. I have seen things I wish I could “un-see”. I have seen things so beautiful that I desperately wish I had pictures of them, but forgot my camera. Oh yeah… I forget things from time to time. My friends and family are my power.
Need a shorter summary?
I am my body in the physical sense. I am what my experience and history teaches me. I am what I like. I am the mental and physical scar tissue from lessons learned less than gracefully. I am the friends I choose and the family I was born to. I am the caretaker for all these things, and I must carry out that role the best I can with the tools I have. Still, there is more to do and know, and more in my life that I cannot, or dare not see yet.

My Interests

This Lady!

A confession from me: I let her do all the work on this... and then I stole it! Hee hee! What can I say? She likes me enough to let me get away with it!

You are a geek

You are into sci-fi and technology. You are very clever although you are also socially smart. You have lots of friends, geeks and non-geeks.

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My Pirate flag, the "Jolly Arnie". Want this on a T-shirt? How about some other cool stuff featuring pirates, ninjas, and robots?
Come visit my store PIPE DREAMS
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OR
My second store on CafePress: PIPE DREAMS 2 for Ninja love!
Seriously... I'm getting married soon and I need the money!

Movies, music, friends, reading, writing, video games, SCUBA! and burnable art. I have a number of weird hobbies that I try for a while and then switch to something else. Blacksmithing and weapons making were the last weird activities (See my pictures for a helmet I made). Currently I am home brewing Mead. For the uninitiated, that's wine made from honey instead of grapes. I've had pretty good luck with the last few batches. I'm never sure when something strange will crop up again!



Some favorite quotes:


"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Marianne Williamson

"We are the only creatures that both laugh and weep. I think it's because we are the only creatures that see the difference between the way things are and the way they might be. Tears bring relief. Laughter brings release.
-Robert Fulghum

"As often as I feel certain that God exists, I feel as often at a loss to say what difference it makes... that he exists... or even: that to believe in God, which I do, raises more questions than it presents answers. Thus, when I am feeling my most faithful, I also feel full of a few hard questions that I would like to put to God - I mean critical questions of the How-Can-He, How-Could-He, and How-Dare-You variety."
-John Irving
A Prayer For Owen Meany


"From birth, Man carries the weight of gravity of his shoulders. He is bolted to Earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. Buoyed by water, he can fly in any direction: up, down, sideways. Underwater, Man becomes Archangel."
-Jacques Cousteau

"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
-Thomas Jefferson

"Little is the number that think with their own mind and feel with their own heart."
-Einstein

"You can run from your pain, but take it from experience: you will tire before it does."
-Gerrard to Crovax

"When my tantrum, which is what I call my TV set, waves boobs in my face, and tells me that everybody but me is going to get laid tonight, and this is a national emergency, so I’ve got to rush out and buy pills or a car or a folding gymnasium I can hide under my bed, I laugh like a hyena. I know and you know there are millions upon millions of good Americans, present company not excepted, who aren’t going to get laid tonight."
-Kurt Vonnegut

"Let me tell you: if you go to Mapquest.com and click ‘Driving Directions’ and enter your own name as the starting address and ‘HELL’ as the destination, you may be surprised to find out how short the distance really is, excluding potential traffic issues or unexpected delays.”
-Greg Howard on WWJD

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I'd like to meet:


I would love to meet a host of cool people here on myspace (so long as it's a manageable amount... I think keeping up with your friends is important!) There are famous people I'd like to meet too, but I'm not going to boor you with that! Anybody who muddled through my entire bio and wants to be friends anyway! *smiles* Tune in, turn on, and let's whisper dreams around the room!

Music:

I love classic rock. The BIGS! Zep, Floyd, Beatles etc. I love electronica and rave stuff. I like some off kilter stuff too like "The Squirrel Nut Zippers" and "They Might be Giants!" If it has a driving beat... If it makes me MOVE... If it's lyrically strong... Chances are I'll like it!

If I had to pick a favorite song... hit "PLAY" and dream a little.

YOU MAY SAY I"M A DREAMER, BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!

I miss you like crazy John!


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I can't wait for Gunther to do a duet with David Hasselhoff! (Maybe that would be too much sexy for the room though!)

Movies:


One of the coolest thing I've EVER seen! These guys are hardcore for their art and I love them for it!

This movie would have sucked a whole lot less if there was a whole lot more of this! Excuse the geek drool at the corners of my mouth...

If you are a FPS gamer, you know why this is funny!

Movies
Too many to choose. Most of the time I'll like something if it is filmed well. I mean that you can tell that the maker put effort into every frame. The lighting, the look of the film, the framing, and the sequece editing are all important to me. I like movies where it is apparent that the director, cast, and crew loved the story and was out to tell it as honestly as possible. Movie making is an art and it should be apparent who is an artist, and who is trying to get asses in seats at eight bucks a pop.

The singularity is inevitable. Let's be a little more careful out there!

Television:



Firefly! (FOX BASTARDS CANCELLED IT!) Family Guy, MYTHBUSTERS!, Chappell Show, Simpsons, Futurama (Zapp Brannigan is a golden god!), South Park, Aqua Teen, Star Trek (TOS and TNG) West Wing, Smallville (Picked it up in re-runs. Wanted to hate it... couldn't.) Who's line is it anyway? M.A.S.H. Montey Python's Flying Circus! I hate the hell out of reality T.V. (I like the fact that I think of being lectured by Mr. Brady when I use "hell" in my television section!)

Das' right... FABULOUS!

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You are Oglethorpe, the dude from Pluto who has all this stuff but doesn't quite no how to use any of it. You think you're great but you're not exactly sure why and no one else is either.
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Books:

Anything "Crichton", Most of "Anne Rice". "Tolkien" is an absolute god! "William Gibson", "T.H. Laurance", "Asimov", "Phillip K. Dick", "Neal Stephenson". I could go on, but all of it fiction and most of it science. Also, "Harry Potter" (It's really too clever to hate). Some things I recently read and now recommend: "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, and "The Art of War" by Sun Tzo. (It's really more of a philosophy for gaining advantage in nearly every aspect of your life, than practical war making advice.) I was also just introduced to "Thomas Harris" in the form of "Red Dragon" and ABSOLUTELY FELL IN LOVE with his prose. My gauge for good art is if I feel I could have done the same or better job, it isn't all that great. I know I will never be the writer this guy is and I am comforted that he is around and jealous of his genius at the same time. My only regret is all the hopelessly mediocre crap I had to wade through to find him!

Heroes:


My family mostly. They have saved me in a number of bad situations. My Father, Mother, my step mother, and my Brother have all saved my life in different ways. They are my heros of reality.....
If we are going to go for the lighter answer: My favorite comic book hero was "Spider Man", because he was the first "real guy" I ever saw in a comic. Peter Parker had family problems, woman problems, school problems, and somehow managed to fight crime through it all. I even remembered an issue where he had a cold and kept sneezing into his mask. That's just good stuff!
Your results:
You are Spider-Man
Spider-Man 70%
The Flash 65%
Superman 60%
Robin 55%
Iron Man 50%
Hulk 50%
Batman 40%
Supergirl 30%
Green Lantern 25%
Catwoman 20%
Wonder Woman 10% You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
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My Blog

Bumper Sticker Madness!

Well dear readers, it has been a long while between posts, but I am fundamentally lazy lately when it comes to blogs. I mean to correct that... sometime... In the mean time I thought I would like to g...
Posted by Church Key on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:07:00 PST

Marriage and Tee Shirts!

I'm getting married! No& Seriously& I really am.   I know you get weird blogs and bulletins on Myspace, but this is a tale of  tiny pebbles of  vacation plans that have since turned i...
Posted by Church Key on Thu, 08 May 2008 12:04:00 PST

Fireflies... (No not the show for once!)

To all of my long lost readers,I am hardly ever on Myspace anymore as you may have noticed. I can remember a time where I was on twice a day checking for messages or fun stuff. Browsing my friends pag...
Posted by Church Key on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:24:00 PST

Hater Day

Greetings all!   I seem to be falling off of the "Myspace planet" lately. I am sorry not to have left most of you a hello or some catchy glittery movie, but I have been drifting away from Mysp...
Posted by Church Key on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:30:00 PST

About Me... The book is better!

This is my old Extended "About Me" section. It is a long winded book about... well... me. If you have read it already, then there is really no need to revisit it. If you wanted a whole lot more detail...
Posted by Church Key on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:03:00 PST

The voice from beyond? Sorry... it's just me!

Well dear readers, it's been a while since I have peeked out of the hole I have been living in to tell you of my adventures. So today is the day you get random snippets and useless information that y...
Posted by Church Key on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:15:00 PST

My trip through stone and corn!

    When we last left our hero he was ass deep in tying up loose ends in California and trying to get to everyone to say goodbye properly& I guess it's time to pick up the action again ...
Posted by Church Key on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:15:00 PST

Fare thee well party!

I have THEE best friends on the planet! After my hangover seemed to pass tonight, I got in and clipped some photos of events last night. I had a blast and I got drunk so I wouldn't blubber like a ch...
Posted by Church Key on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:23:00 PST

Fun with words!

      As often as I have held up the English language, I have also been confused by it's contrary nature. Foreigners say that it is the most difficult language to master, and ...
Posted by Church Key on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:20:00 PST

Fire and Holy Ground

It feels like a long while since I spilled the beans with what is going on with me lately, and as the following has an interesting announcement at the end. I kind of feel like I owe it to the people ...
Posted by Church Key on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 02:07:00 PST