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Obi-Raun Kenobi

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About Me

I'm 23, Christian, I sell medical supplies, and I write/perform music...and I usually lean right-of-center on most issues.

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My Interests

Gaming, Music, History

I'd like to meet:

Living - none as of yet
Dead - Johnny Cash, Ronald Reagan, The apostle John

Music:

Pretty much everything: Classic Rock, Punk, Rock, (very little)Screamo , Hardcore, Metal, Folk, Country (mostly Old-School though), Reggae, New Wave, Old-School Rap, Old-School Jazz, Classical, Video Game Music, Drum 'N Bass, Progressive Rock, Ska, etc...

As for actual bands, here is a fraction...in no particular order (except the first one) artists in bold are a signifigant influence on me:

Johnny Cash, Five Iron Frenzy, Hangnail, Relient K, 311, AE, A-Ha, Atreyu, The Beatles, Billy Idol, Blondie, Boston, Brad Paisley, Bush, Chet Atkins, cKy, The Clash, Craig's Brother, The Cure, The Eagles, The Echoing Green, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, The Human League, Incubus, Iron Maiden, James Taylor, Jars of Clay (especially the first album...pure genius!), Jim Croce, Jimi Hendrex, John Williams, Joy Electric, Kansas, Keith Urban, Limozeen, The Folksmen, MxPx(wouldn't be in music if it weren't for these guys...heh), Nobuo Uematsu, Pennywise, Pearl Jam, Peter Gabriel, Peter Huttlinger, Phil Collins, Philmore, The Police, Queen, Quncy Jones, Rush, Seal(his unreleased album Togethland is a must-listen...if you can get ahold of it), Slick Shoes, Dogwood, Seven Day Jesus, Soundgarden, Stavesacre, Steely Dan, Steve Miller Band, Sting, Styx, Sublime, Tears For Fears, U2, UnderOath, Subseven, Showdown, Vigilante, Vince Guaraldi Trio, War, Weezer, Willie Nelson, The Doobie Brothers, DCB, Herb Alpert, Chet Atkins

Movies:

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Star Wars saga (yes, even the new ones!), The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Godfather I and II (definatley not part III...that movie deserves an Award of Excellence In the Field of Crapulence) All of the James Bond movies, most of Tarantino's films (notably Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill), all of Tim Burton's films, Donnie Darko, Clerks, Angus, Team America: World Police, Napoleon Dynamite, The Princess Bride, Christopher Guest's mockumentarys (notably Best In Show and A Mighty Wind), all of the Pixar films, The Muppet Movie, Saving Private Ryan, Star Trek II: the Wrath of Kahn, Forrest Gump, Spirited Away, Termanator 2: Judgement Day, Apollo 13, The Back to the Future Trilogy, That Thing You Do, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, The Goonies, Shaun of the Dead, SLC Punk!, X-Men, Dogma, Ferris Beuler's Day Off, A Christmas Story, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, Tommy Boy, and more...

Television:

The Simpsons, Modern Marvels, Band of Brothers, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Office, My Name Is Earl, Family Guy, Robot Chicken

Books:

The Bible, Dreamality, The Man Called Cash, Left Behind, No Man's Land, Ragnarok

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Johnny Cash, my father

My Blog

Fare Thee Well...

OK...as of March 18 I will no longer be living South FL. It's a long story, so I'll start at the beginning: I have been growing steadily more and more dissatisfied with my job. Employees were dropping...
Posted by Obi-Raun Kenobi on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:14:00 PST

How Things Change

My life is on a course of change going 100 miles an hour. My boss sold the business effective December 1, 2005, and I have several options now, including moving to Greenville, SC. So theoretically, I ...
Posted by Obi-Raun Kenobi on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:51:00 PST

A Long-Overdue Vacation

I am counting down the days...after work on Friday I will be officially on vacation, and I really need one. After losing a car to a tree, moving a business, and being without power/internet/hot water&...
Posted by Obi-Raun Kenobi on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:19:00 PST

::FredFlinstone:: WILLLMAA!!

I freakin' HATE hurricanes...just a little lesson: when it's a tree vs. your car, the tree wins. Here's the damage on both me and my wife's car: This is mine...you can see a squirell in the upper lef...
Posted by Obi-Raun Kenobi on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 03:26:00 PST

Recovering From Sunday...

Sunday nite was really good for me, Rick ended up coming over and we talked 'til 4:30am...and then I had to wake up 3 hours later for a full day at work! Me and Rick used to be real close, and in rece...
Posted by Obi-Raun Kenobi on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:53:00 PST

Jim Henson = Marxist?!?

So Jackie got me the complete first season of Fraggle Rock on DVD for my birthday. I was pretty excited to re-live a part of my youth watching this show...but now that I'm older and a little wiser, I ...
Posted by Obi-Raun Kenobi on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:53:00 PST

Videro Games...

You know when something really cool comes out, and you actually get around to experencing it a couple of years later? Well that just happened to me. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a game you c...
Posted by Obi-Raun Kenobi on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:06:00 PST

The Hurricane (yet again...)

Yeah...so I'm stuck here at work, and nobody's calling in because they're all home...like I should be. Oh well, at least I can catch up with some purchasing... Anyway, I guess I'll do the Advent Child...
Posted by Obi-Raun Kenobi on Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:39:00 PST

JPONRY!

Final Fantasy VII is my favorite video game of all time. So I was more than excited when I heard they were making an animated sequel with a release date of 9/14/2005...and as luck would have it they p...
Posted by Obi-Raun Kenobi on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:15:00 PST

I Married An Addict...

...a Sims 2 addict is. The new expansion comes out today, and I know I won't be on our computer for like the next 5 days. It's ok though...she promised she'd still make dinner. I'll just have to keep ...
Posted by Obi-Raun Kenobi on Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:15:00 PST