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Andrew

The purpose of reality is to tear our dreams asunder

About Me

Im a Junior at Roanoke College Majoring in Music Composition and History. I have been playing guitar for 14/15 years, and I can play the Trumpet and Piano. In addition, I have a band and will be coming out with a demo soon. Otherwise, I like to chill and relax.I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!

My Interests

hard rock, soccer, and kicking ass. Then, I go in my room to reflect upon the day and write down some of my meditations.

I'd like to meet:

anyone, but if someone can hook me up with a recording deal that would be sweet. aim me at NightSojourner.

Music:

For those who want a list of influences, here you go: Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, The Who, The Doors, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Cream, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Franciso Tarega, John Willaims (the composer and classical guitar player), Blind Guardain, Iced Earth, HammerFall, Opeth, Trivium, EverGrey, Lost Horizon, Tool, Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Queen, Stratovarius, Yngwie Malmsteen, HIM, Avenge Sevenfold, Creed, Django Reinhardt, George Benson, Freddy Greene, Duke Ellington, Rusty Cooley, Stephen Wolffe, The Eagles, Dire Straights, Rhapsody, My Chemical Romance, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society, Fall Out Boy, Incubus, Alice in Chains, Guns n Roses, Primal Fear, Primus, Victor Wooten, Bela Fleck and the Fleck tones, Manowar, Symphony X, Therion, Kamelot, Jet, Falconer, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, NIN, BB King, Metallica, Iron Maiden, System of a Down, The Stones, Queens of the Stone Age, DragonForce...the list shall continue.

Movies:

way too many!

Television:

boondocks, family guy, simpsons, reno 911, ER, Law and Order, soccer

Books:

On War by Carl Von Clausewitz, Art of War by Sun Tzu, Candide, Lord of the Rings, the Harry Potter books, Why I Am so Wise, Walden

Heroes:

Depends on what defines a hero...i often times think that we put too much emphasis on one who does it all whereas its usually the people that we never hear about fighting the battles, which we dont want to know about because it discomforts us too much. When we call someone a hero, arent we trying to objective them to make them more than man. Therefore, i often see a hero as person transcending beyond our conceptual framework of man in the eyes of our society. As for me, there are ppl that fit into this category, but the ppl that media tells me are heroes are not heroes in my eyes. Therefore, I feel that in my personal heroes are awaiting to be discovered.

My Blog

frustrated

i realized today that the source of my problem is that im sick of the single life. Yeah, supposedly its simple to find a g/f...wait till time sets you up or go on the prowl, but come on its been 20 ye...
Posted by Andrew on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:36:00 PST

The Nature of Things: Introduction

Where to begin...while i am enjoying a great thanksgiving break, things only seem to get more complicated.  When one talks about life, the subject becomes overwhelming due to ...
Posted by Andrew on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 05:31:00 PST

Rainfalls and Memories

Here are the lyrics to a song i just wrote (I hope its good, but you tell me.)  Verse Memories come and go as I shed my tears and fall The pain will subside but my mind will go numb Sorrow c...
Posted by Andrew on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 12:09:00 PST

Week I: new insight and direction

Note to ppl reading: this poem does not reflect any moods that i may have, its just a reflection of my creativity/stimulus for my academic discussion. trust me im going to be in super mood when my pap...
Posted by Andrew on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:28:00 PST

The truth behind our illusions

Everlasting stream of reality its constant babble defines insanity its torrent is the storm where chaos is the norm progress is rarely made where everything is a facade yet each person is a drop thoug...
Posted by Andrew on Tue, 23 May 2006 05:18:00 PST

Reality (a poem)

The mind is a vice Constrained by the construct of insight lured and enticed to live in a mirage of the night. The illusion is a solid as ice, but awareness must be the light to sear through the illus...
Posted by Andrew on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:58:00 PST

Rant II (maybe a worthwhile discussion)

          I was thinking about my goal for this semester: focus, and I have come to realize many things about myself and the world in general that I would ...
Posted by Andrew on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:50:00 PST

Actualization/Socialization: the Placona ramble...the life process

 It has been far too long since I have posted a blog that has significant substance, or more the point, contained any information that would be incredibly useful to others. Looking back upon the ...
Posted by Andrew on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:54:00 PST

A Week in a Half in Review

Coming back to my Second semester of college has been "bitching" people or rocking all out! Every night on during the past week I was out with friends watching all sorts of movies until the early hour...
Posted by Andrew on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:33:00 PST

Rant and Rave no.1

I am really frustrated right now. Why? becuase I feel like I am not living up to my full potential. More to the point, I feel like I still have not achieved that social connection that I am searching ...
Posted by Andrew on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:26:00 PST