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Andru

Oh the times, they are a-changin...

About Me

I'm a Christian.
I'm a musician, a drummer.
I also play guitar and sing.
There's a little bit of piano in there, but not enough.
Music is life.
Not just any music though.
I like everything rock, from acoustic, to piano rock, all the way to hardcore, metal, it's all good.
I'm developing a taste for Jazz.
Reggae is the bomb.
I also like classical music.
I listen to anything that makes me feel something.
Music with no emotion or feeling is worthless music
People are kinda the same way.
I'm not saying people are worthless, but without drive, without passion, what's the point?
The surest sign of living is the need to fulfill something.
"People weren't made to be lonely."
Recently I've started reading Philosophy.
Some of it's out there, but you just have to take it all in and see what works.
I really like the idea of existentialism.
However, Nihilism isn't practical.
I believe that we are all given a life and the opportunity to do with it what we choose.
In other words, you have to make your own life meaningful by making the most of everything.
You can't just sit aside and wait for things to happen.
I'm involved in my community.
I am a firm believer in community service.
Anyone can change their surroundings for the better if they only take the time to.
I admire anyone trying to make a difference in this world.
Politically, I am very opinionated.
I come off as liberal, but it's because I'm not afraid to think about things.
I try not to align myself with either side, because neither side has it right.
I do believe in the seperation of church and state.
I think a lot of major "moral" issues would be solved if people would allow others to have the personal freedoms that this country gives them.
God gave us a mind so we can choose our destiny.
So I think it is extremely wrong to play God and mandate what people can and cannot do with their lives.
I'm not really in to labels.
I am who I am.
I think it's wrong for me to change who I am to please people.
So I don't.
"Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."
-Thomas Jefferson
"Ain't it funny how the factory doors close,
Round the time that the school doors close,"
-Zack de la Rocha
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
- Aristotle
"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?"
- Mahatma Gandhi

My Interests

Music, music, music, music, and, ummm......food? no, definitely music.

I'd like to meet:

John Bonham, Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Max Weinberg, Zach De La Rocha, Thomas Jefferson, Sean Connery, Josh Scogin, Aaron Weiss, Christian Lindskog, John Stewart, Robin Williams, and Peter Griffin.

Music:

A Perfect Circle, Aerosmith, AFI, Alice In Chains, Alterbridge, As Cities Burn, Atreyu, Audioslave, August Burns Red, Beloved, Billy Joel, Blindside, Bob Marley, Candlebox, Classic Case, Coheed and Cambria, Coldplay, Collective Soul, Colour Revolt, Comeback Kid, Dashboard Confessional, Dave Matthews Band, Dead Poetic, Deftones, Dream Theater, Emery, Extol, Family Force 5, Filter, Flogging Molly, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Garbage, Green Day, Hans Zimmer, Haste The Day, He Is Legend, Howard Shore, Interpol, Janes Addiction, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Eat World, John Lennon, John Williams, Johnny Cash, Killers, Led Zepplin, Live, Lovedrug, Mars Volta, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Matisyahu, Mewithoutyou, Modest Mouse, Nirvana, No Doubt, Norma Jean, P.O.D., Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Rush, Shane Baker Band, Showbread, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Sting, Stone Temple Pilots, Tears for Fears, Thrice, The Beatles, The Chariot, The Clash, The Ramones, The Who, Tool, U2, Underoath, Weezer, and many more.

Movies:

Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Cinderella Man, The Untoachables, Lord of the Rings, Braveheart, Shawshank Redemption, V for Vendetta, Fight Club, Garden State, Good Night and Good Luck, Hook, Patriot, Gladiator, Constantine, Clear and Present Danger, Facing The Giants, Conspiracy Theory, Pelican Brief, Murder at 1600, The Siege, Enemy of the State, Pulp Fiction, Outbreak, Master and Commander, Back to the Future, A Few Good Men, Mystic River, Boondock Saints, Lord of War, Anchorman, We Were Soldiers, Windtalkers, Saving Private Ryan, Office Space, Toy Story 2, It's A Wonderful Life, Donnie Darko, Dodgeball, and many many others.

Television:

Daily Show, Colbert Report, Scrubs, Reno 911, the Cosby Show, CSI and CSI related shows, Band of Brothers, all those VH1 shows, and CNN.

My Blog

in a sweater poorly knit

In a sweater poorly knit, and an unsuspecting smileLittle Moses drifts downstream in the NileA fumbling reply -- an awkward, rigid laughI'm carried helpless by my floating basket raftYour flavor in my...
Posted by Andru on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:33:00 PST

where the streets have no name

I want to runI want to hideI want to tear down the wallsThat hold me insideI want to reach outAnd touch the flameWhere the streets have no nameI want to feel sunlight on my faceI see the dust cloud di...
Posted by Andru on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:29:00 PST

bullet to binary

Let us die, let us die Dying we reply "don't talkto us about suffering, look in our eyes". Let us be, let us be- Our closeness is such that wherever she rests her head in the softness underneath, she'...
Posted by Andru on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 02:19:00 PST

torches together

Why burn poor and lonely under a bowl.Under a lampshade or on the shelfBeside the bed where at nightYou lay turning like a door on it's hinges?(First on your left side, then on your right side, then y...
Posted by Andru on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 02:05:00 PST

fell in love with the game

Put the knife in the tableDeck of cards fly across the roomThis game has ended someone need to dieCause i put my life on the table but forgot the risk i assumeNow it's going downFell in love with the ...
Posted by Andru on Sat, 03 Sep 2005 10:25:00 PST

eye of the storm

I think I've stayed for the last time, goodbyeHope is so much closer to beauty than sorrowI think I'll leave and leave self pity to dieReflection is always brighter than shadowPlease come closerCause ...
Posted by Andru on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 12:34:00 PST

a rush of blood to the head

He said I'm gonna buy this place and burn it downI'm gonna put it six feet undergroundHe said "I'm gonna buy this place and watch it fallStand here beside me baby in the crumbling wallsOh I'm gonna bu...
Posted by Andru on Sun, 21 Aug 2005 01:51:00 PST

of want and misery: the nothing that kills

I watched you float away on a wave of want and misery. Now I've got to find you. I watched you float away on whatever caught your eye. Now I've got to find you 'cause I've got to keep your head above ...
Posted by Andru on Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:46:00 PST