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fireman04

COURAGE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF FEAR BUT THE REALIZATION OF SOMETHING OF MORE IMPORTANCE THAN FEAR.

About Me

Hello...i am a firefighter/emt seeking job as a paramedic....well after schooling that is. i love anything outside, movies, and music. i also fancy riding my motorcycle. in my field of work.....i see alot of things that keep my views on life humble. everyday is another reminder to count my blessings.......so i guess i can say my head is in the right place or is close as i have ever been. i am here to keep in touch with friends and hang with my homeboys.
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My Interests

emergency medicine, gardening, working out, lots and lots of music, playing guitar and bass. sharing fun and exciting things with a loved one. and motorcycling.

I'd like to meet:


Your Irish Name Is...
Darragh Quinn What's your Irish Name?

Music:

classic rock, metal, bluegrass.....lol, anything that has good guitar in it. favorite band is rush.

Movies:

forest gump rules

Television:

the show paramedics, the simpsons, everybody love raymond, and sienfeld. i love the discovery channel. anything funny or interesting.

Books:

the ghost rider and the masked rider by neil peart........and the good book

Heroes:

alex lifeson, geddy lee, and neil peart......the members of rush. god, the many people of the ems and fire service.

My Blog

thoughts of a fireman

I WISH YOU COULDI wish you could see the sadness of a business-man as his livelihood goes up in flames, or that family returning home, only to find their house and belongings damaged or destroyed. I w...
Posted by fireman04 on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:34:00 PST

time stand still

I turn my back to the windTo catch my breathBefore I start off again.Driven on without a moment to spendTo pass an evening with a drink and a friendI let my skin get too thinI'd like to pauseNo matter...
Posted by fireman04 on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:46:00 PST

peaceable kingdom

A wave toward the clearing the skyAll this time we're talking and sharing our rational viewA billion other voices are spreading other newsAll this time we're living and trying to understandWhy a billi...
Posted by fireman04 on Sun, 14 May 2006 11:17:00 PST

new world man

He's a rebel and a runnerHe's a signal turning greenHe's a restless young romanticWants to run the big machineHe's got a problem with his poisonsBut you know he'll find a cureHe's cleaning up his syst...
Posted by fireman04 on Sun, 14 May 2006 11:02:00 PST

one little victory

A certain measure of innocenceWilling to appear naiveA certain degree of imaginationA measure of make-believeA certain degree of surrenderTo the forces of light and heatA shot of satisfactionIn a will...
Posted by fireman04 on Sun, 14 May 2006 10:59:00 PST

scars

I've stood upon my mountaintopAnd shouted at the skyWalked above the pavementWith my sense amplifiedI get this feeling...All my nerves are naked wiresTender to the touchSometimes super sensitiveBut wh...
Posted by fireman04 on Sun, 14 May 2006 10:58:00 PST

something for nothing

Waiting for the winds of changeTo sweep the clouds awayWaiting for the rainbow's endTo cast its gold your wayCountless waysYou pass the daysWaiting for someone to callAnd turn your world aroundLooking...
Posted by fireman04 on Sun, 14 May 2006 10:56:00 PST

the pass

Proud swagger out of the school yardWaiting for the world's applauseRebel without a conscienceMartyr without a causeStatic on your frequencyElectrical storm in your veinsRaging at unreachable gloryStr...
Posted by fireman04 on Sun, 14 May 2006 10:50:00 PST

distant early warning

An ill wind comes arisingAcross the cities of the plainThere's no swimming in the heavy waterNo singing in the acid rainRed alertRed alertIt's so hard to stay togetherPassing through revolving doorsWe...
Posted by fireman04 on Fri, 12 May 2006 03:46:00 PST

resist

I can learn to resistAnything but temptationI can learn to coexistWith anything but painI can learn to compromiseAnything but my desiresI can learn to get alongWith all the things I can't explainI can...
Posted by fireman04 on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:12:00 PST