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Rawed

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me


I was a quiet boy. I wrote stories to entertain my classmates and learned to play chess from my uncle (whom I've beaten only a handful of times). I was a loner adolescent with some exceptional friends: Chris. Colin. Timiffany. Nicole.
I was a young husband TEN years ago, dedicating the rest of my life to a wonderful woman. Waking up the day after our wedding and confessing: "I have no idea how to be a husband." Relieved when she smiled and said "I have no idea how to be a wife."
I'm a father who worries whether or not I'm a good father.
I make people laugh. My mind works that way. I've great comedic timing. I make enemies. It's difficult to suffer fools. It used to cause me much grief, but I'm okay with it now. You don't have to like me.
I'm fiercly protective of my family. God help you if hurt any of them.
I'm a filmmaker. I'm one of the makers of myth. I'm one of the tellers of stories. My mind works that way too.
I'm pretentious in 'About Me' sections.

My Interests

If we're ever at a party and find ourselves stuck together alone and suddenly you run out of things to discuss here's some ideas:

1. Martial arts. Will a gentle spirit always choose to study a soft style, such as tai-chi or aikido? Will a tumultuous spirit gravitate towards a hard style, such as Tae Kwon Do or Muy Thai?

2. Spirituality. Are we our spirits, or do our spirits guide us? Does religion generally help mankind or generally hamper mankind? Does it lift us up and bring out the best or does it keep us in control?

3. Wow this iced tea is great!

4. Who'd win in a fight: Jason Bourne, Jame Bond, or Harry Tasker?

5. Seriously, J. Ho isn't that good looking, right? Gweneth Paltrow is below average, don't you think? I mean, really.

6. What makes a relationship work? I've been married over 9 years and we're still in love, but we've no idea what we're doing right... or what we may be doing wrong.

Just some ideas! Or we can just find a chess board and play a game, simply enjoying each other's company. I'm good with that.

How to make a Rodlyman
Ingredients:
5 parts success
3 parts crazyiness
3 parts instinct
Method:
Blend at a low speed for 30 seconds. Add a little cocktail umbrella and a dash of curiosity
Username:

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

I'd like to meet:

Debbie Gibson.
Stephen Chow
Simon Pegg
A real ninja master who is willing to invest a little time and energy into molding me into the PERECT KILLING machine but who will know that I will only use my intense skills and unshakeable willpower towards keeping the world in balance.

Also, Bill Gates would discover I'm a charming guest. As would Debbie Gibson. I can mention her twice.

I wish I could read minds. That has nothing to do with who I'd like to meet. But if I could read minds I would be very interested in meeting people with secrets.

My Blog

Newsworthy Episode TWO

Well, it took a lot longer than I would have liked - and there was a bit of drama behind the scenes - but here it is. I hope you enjoy it! Newsworthy Episode 2If you like it, please leave a comment, o...
Posted by Rawed on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:43:00 PST

Rod versus the Drunk Driver

Driving home from work late on Friday night. It's a long commute. I love my mp3 player. I'll have the occasional audio book keeping me entertained, or randomly listening to my favorite movie ...
Posted by Rawed on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:55:00 PST

Why a seperate blog?

Not only am I not able to check Myspace while I'm at work (which is taking up a majority of my time lately) but I think it's pretty cool that my friends can see my blogs without the ton of advertising...
Posted by Rawed on Sat, 26 May 2007 10:23:00 PST

Three days away

(as posted on my *other* blog)Three days away from shooting the next installment of Newsworthy. The cast has been finalized. We have eight cast members this time, compared to the two we had i...
Posted by Rawed on Fri, 18 May 2007 05:28:00 PST

Cheating on you

Since I cannot access Myspace from work, I've gone back to using my previous blog - with a new improved look and more info on my filmmaking, since the blog is more customizable than Myspace anyway.I'l...
Posted by Rawed on Tue, 08 May 2007 07:15:00 PST

Nothing like a good debate

I touched off a mini-firestorm of discussion yesterday when I asked Mary and Travis, who were editing in the video room with me, what I thought would be a simple question: Is an online affair a real w...
Posted by Rawed on Sat, 05 May 2007 09:48:00 PST

Yay

It's my b-day!
Posted by Rawed on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:58:00 PST

Random Musings

There's been a lot on my mind lately, small stuff, and none of it deserves a full blog by itself, so I'm going to purge it all out here and clear the way for more junk to accumulate in the attic o' my...
Posted by Rawed on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:41:00 PST

Adventures in Short Film Making

Rod frowned at the cellphone, angrilly. "Fine. We're shooting something this weekend.""You mean in two days?" Gabe asked.It was Thursday afternoon and Gabe had called Rod to tell him that someone they...
Posted by Rawed on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:58:00 PST

10 Years Ago Tomorrow

It's so weird looking back...Ten years ago, tonight, I was nervously trying to sleep at my soon-to-be (but not yet) father-in-law's house. Chris was there, keeping me sane.Ten years ago, tomorrow morn...
Posted by Rawed on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:24:00 PST