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Ben, the other white meat

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About Me

I'm a Junior Chemistry major at Elmhurst College, a musician, a politician, and a Cub fan. Playing guitar is much of my life as well as the other 8 instruments I play. Check my myspace music page (Benny Z on my top friends) and add me there too! I'm always busy, but I still like meeting new people, so give me a shout!I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
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My Interests

Playing guitar and singing. The only thing I like better than playing music is making music with other people. Doesn't matter if your any good or not, if you hear me playing, sing along and It's aaaall good. You can't beat an ole campfire song.Also, I love baseball and I bleed Cubs blue... this year I tended to be doing more bleeding than I'd like...

I'd like to meet:

"The Man", then I'm gunna stick it to him!I wonder what "it" is...oh well, I guess I'll just throw a pie :-D

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Music:

I perform all kinds, and I listen to anything but country and most hip-hop, predominately alternative, metal, punk, ska, etc. I really like Ra, Green Day, Linkin Park, Children of Bodom, System of a Down, and Stephen Lynch. I also like Mustard Plug, AC/DC, Metallica, Simon & Garfunkle, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Eminem, Papa Roach, Shinedown, Slipknot, Estrus, Lostprophets, Mudvayne, Black Sabath, Three Days Grace, Nonpoint, Seether, Foo Fighters, Tenacious D and more...

Movies:

West Wing - Mocking Dr. Jacobs (Dr. Laura)



This is a scene from the West Wing "The Midterms" episode where Bartlet chastises Dr. Jacobs for her extreme views on homosexuals. Dr. Jacobs is a mock impersonation of Dr. Laura Schlessinger. One could only hope that our president were as enlightened.I like any and all. (ok, not really all) Favorites include: Hotel Rawanda, 40 yr old Virgin, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard, Bowling for Columbine, Star Wars, Cindarella Man, Independence Day, and a bunch of others I can't think of right now.

Television:

anything Comedy Central, but mostly The Daily Show with Jon Stuart, The Colbert Report, The West Wing (damn NBC for canceling it and for firing Aaron Sorkin), Family Guy, South Park, and Cubs games.

Books:

Jon Stuart's "America, the book" and "Naked Pictures of Famous People", "Lord of the Rings", "1984", "Of Mice and Men", the last couple "Harry Potter" books, books by Michael Moore and Al Franken

Heroes:

My Grandma is one of the strongest people I know. Barrak Obama's speaches are always very inspiring to me no matter how many times I've heard them. My old Congressman Lane Evans is also one of my heroes.

My Blog

Choices, religion, Nickleback, and George H. W. Bush... not quite in that order

I was taught early on in my family never to make fun of people for things that they cannot control. This means unatractive people, people with disabilities, people who have a different skin color, sex...
Posted by Ben, the other white meat on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PST

Check it y'all

I waited out the cold to see Obama make his announcement, and in the meantime, a reporter interviewed my dad and I. Check the article and audio at:http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=3265...
Posted by Ben, the other white meat on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:27:00 PST

Thingy

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The SurveyName:Ben-JaminBirthday:2/27/87Birthplace:Pullman, Washington (on the campus of Washington State University, that was a crazy party... jk)Current Location:Carlinville...
Posted by Ben, the other white meat on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:41:00 PST

Letter to the big editor in the sky

Dear Catholics, Protestants, Jews... y'all know who you areThank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge wi...
Posted by Ben, the other white meat on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:13:00 PST

Swimming Upstream

The perfect song for these kinds of moods:The sun disappeared right before my eyesMy heart turned and walked awayI gave you the keys to an open doorAnd you threw them right back at meOnce again I'm al...
Posted by Ben, the other white meat on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:37:00 PST

Time of Your Life

I played at the Macoupin County Fair talent show today. My sister and her friend Katie won first place and will be performing at state. I won second place, but I'm thrilled considering all the great...
Posted by Ben, the other white meat on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:17:00 PST

George Carlin and some truth about the sanctity of life

These conservatives are really something, aren't they? They are all in favor of the unborn, they will do anything for the unborn, but once you're born, you're on your own! Pro-life conservatives a...
Posted by Ben, the other white meat on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:26:00 PST

A Perfect Circle sucks

I just listened to A Perfect Circle's album "Emotive" after hearing very good things about both their lyrics and musical talent. Oh was it painful to listen to. I'm pretty sure they just got togethe...
Posted by Ben, the other white meat on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:26:00 PST

Reunion

Alumni night was awesome last night. I got to play with my old high school band, and though it may sound nerdy, we had the greatest number of alumni show up, ever! So, got to see all my friends who ...
Posted by Ben, the other white meat on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 11:58:00 PST

Sick

Oh god, so sick last night... I has a migraine this morning, but I couldn't find my meds. So, after freezing my ass off in town, I got the bright idea to lplay guitar and watch a movie. By the end ...
Posted by Ben, the other white meat on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:56:00 PST