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Jax

I like the white ones, the kind that taste like Christmas

About Me


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I'm a third year physics grad student at UT. I'm originally from Wisconsin but have lived all over including California in the desert, Florida and Indiana. I've also been to New Zealand and the South Pole, which was amazing.
My wife and I were married in Thunder Bay, Ontario in march of 2004 after being together for 5 years. She's an amazing person.
Besides being into most anything science related I'm also really into music. I'm slowly rebuilding my drumming skills, and I'm very excited to get good enough to form a band in the next year or so once grad school calms down. Sometimes I write, basically when I remember to write or when I relax enough to be creative. So anyone in austin looking to form a kickass band, drop me an email. I'm hoping to have a punkish band in attitude but with talent and musicality besides just raw energy.
One day I'd also like to be a natural healer and plan to study qi gong and tai chi once my classes settle down. In addition I'm a member of the jedi realist movement which strives to incorporate the philosophies that George Lucas used to create the jedi knights into our lives. I don't dress up or anything, just seek to better myself and the world around me. :-)
I do most of my journaling and such on my blog, so feel free to head over there and check it (me) out. Searching for my truth...Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

My Interests

everything! music - both playing and listening, space, fusion, geology, anthropology, literature, reading, writing, flint knapping, camping, star wars, women's basketball, usmc

I'd like to meet:

anyone interested in jamming/forming a band... basically if you play something besides drums, especially if you write and sing and are in the austin area, drop me a message!

Also, I'm amused by talking to people I knew in the past, so feel free to drop me a line and let me know how life is for you. Don't worry, I won't pretend we were friends or anything lol

Also, if you have a Wii and want to trade id's, drop me a line. Our id is 6790 5141 6768 8742.

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Music:

Favorite bands, in semi-random order: Sarah Mclachlan, Ellis (Minneapolis musician), Butchies, Ash Riot (you're the best!), Melissa Etheridge, Matchbox 20, Team Dresch, Bon Jovi, Echoset (austin band), Winger, Dixie Dregs, Heart, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, Nelly Furtado, Miles Davis (early stuff), Count Basie, Stan Kenton (Malaguena!), Tchaikovsky, John Williams, Murmurs, Indigo Girls, Moody Blues, Guns N Roses, Slaughter, Ani DiFranco, Led Zeppelin, Melissa Ferrick, Police, John Mellencamp, U2, Tegan and Sara, Lunachicks, and many many more...

Movies:

Harry Potter, Star Wars, Finding Nemo, Better than Chocolate, Prey for Rock and Roll, But I'm a Cheerleader, Charlies Angels, Tomb Raider, Girl Interrupted, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, Girl Play, DEBS (wow I'm gay)

Television:

Buffy!!!!!!!!!!!!!, The L Word (why can't showtime be on basic cable!), Aqua Teen Hunger Force, King of the Hill, Rosanne, Ellen, Family Guy, National Geographic channel, MASH

Books:

Star Wars, Harry Potter, Orson Scott Card's Enderverse, Neale Donald Walsch's Conversations with God series, Dan Millman's Peaceful Warrior books, James Twyman, basically the new spirituality stuff, things that make me really think (yes, star wars makes me think lol) I can't wait till I'm finished with classes and can read for fun again!

Heroes:

My Wife, One of my best friends, Ash , Sarah McLachlan, Tammy Lynn Michaels (Etheridge), Melissa Etheridge, Billy Joe Armstrong, Leslie Feinberg, Alix Olson, Bono, Carson McCullers

Ellis

My Blog

I got a job!!!!

Woohoo!!!  I start monday at CTL Thompson.  I'll work in the lab at first, learning to identify soils and test them along with testing asphalt and concrete occasionally.  As I learn mor...
Posted by Jax on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:50:00 PST

When do you know a person?

This is a question that popped into my head after two different situations.  First, in Rosie's blog she tells of an interaction of a stranger with her son.  The woman asked him if he knew w...
Posted by Jax on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:20:00 PST

The Hospital and Other Tidbits

Thank you, Sue Ann, for reminding me that I didn't update again.  Carrie's appointment was canceled due to government bureaucracy.  They still have her as pending medicaid (or disability) b...
Posted by Jax on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:36:00 PST

FYI - The Wolf

My wolf is never on a chain. It's a well trained wolf that is pretty darn mellow unless provoked by something truly important. For instance, my wife's health. Endanger my wife and rest assured my wol...
Posted by Jax on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:59:00 PST

Carrie’s Hospital Stay

Carrie is checking into the hospital on monday, August 27th.  She'll be there for at least 3 days, possibly longer, so they can evaluate her seizures.  It's strange to hope that she has seiz...
Posted by Jax on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:43:00 PST

An apology to my friends

For those of you who I have been out of contact with, which quite frankly is everyone, I'd like to apologize.  I have between 2 and 3 weeks to finish my master's thesis, graduate, and find a full...
Posted by Jax on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:46:00 PST

finding old friends

Do you ever find someone on myspace that you haven't talked to in a while, but then couldn't decide if you should contact them?  With many people I do send them a message because we were friends,...
Posted by Jax on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:06:00 PST

The Purpose of Adversity

I'm writing this as I'm going through quite the period of adversity.  As I lay in bed and think about what I want to focus on in my sleep, I caught myself thinking, "Why does it take so much adve...
Posted by Jax on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:44:00 PST

Class of 97 - New London - Reunion

>SAVE THE DATE> for the 10 year Class Reunion> CLASS OF 97'> August 11, 2007>>Invitation to Follow this spring.>Please e-mail Angela with your current>address & e-mail information at schwartz78...
Posted by Jax on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:27:00 PST

revisting

So everything I've been reading has said now is the time for revisiting old issues.  It seems like I've definitely been doing that, which I'm sure is healthy.  But it feels like I'm not goin...
Posted by Jax on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:17:00 PST