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WILL the BEAR [ppc]

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About Me

I DRAW. I READ. I WRITE. I MAKE PAINTINGS.
I SING & SCREAM. I DANCE WHEN INSPIRED TO DO SO.
I PLAY DJEMBE AND CONGAS
I TRY TO LOVE JESUS. I YELL AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS SOMETIMES JUST TO DO IT. I WHISPER. I LISTEN. I TALK.
I MAKE JOKES. I TELL STORIES.
I HATE GOSSIP. I HATE HIDDEN AGENDAS.
WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT WHAT YOU GET.
I AM A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
I BELIEVE IN JUSTICE.
I SUPPORT THE TROOPS AND THE U.S. STAYING INVOLVED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN TO FINISH THE WAR.
I LOVE TONS OF PEOPLE.
I HAVE CONSERVATIVE MORALITY.
I HAVE CONSERVATIVE THEOLOGY.
I HAVE MOSTLY "CONSERVATIVE" POLITICS.
IN LIFE, I HAVE A VERY "LIBERAL" APPROACH.
I LOVE TO LOVE OTHERS.
SIMILARLY, I HAVE A "LIBERAL" APPEARANCE.
I BELIEVE IN CONSEQUENCES, NOT DESTINY, NOT FATE.
I LIKE:
MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE.
BOOKS.
VIDEO GAMes.
ART.
HONESTY.
TATTOOS.
OMAHA.
GUNS. [NO 2ND AMMENDMENT, NO 1ST AMMENDMENT!]
MUSIC & GOING TO SHOWS.
HANGING WITH MY BRO'S.
DANCE PITS.
WORSHIP.
COMIC BOOKS.
GOOD SCI-FI LITERATURE.

My Interests

GOD.
HIGH FIVES!
food.
my awesome friends.
people & cultures.
art.
hot-rods.
tattoos.
Old bolt-action & automatic rifles & ammo.
hand guns.
PIT CREW.
paintballing.
my awesome Youth from St.Paul's & tha ATL

I AM PIT CREW! visit us @ www.myspace.com/pitministry

I'd like to meet:



Music:

i couldn't make a "top ten", so...
my musical "top twenty" are as follows:

1. UnderOath
2. Comeback Kid
3. mewithoutyou
4. thrice/dustin kensrue
5. jimmy eat world
6. As I Lay Dying
7. Deathcab for Cutie/Postal Service
8. Further Seems Forever
9. Johnny Cash
10. Anberlin
11. David Crowder Band
12. Dashboard Confessional
13. Beloved {RIP}
14. Barter the Trigger {RIP}
15. Copeland
16. the Cure
17. Five Iron Frenzy/Brave Saint Saturn
18. the Get-Up Kids
19. Mae
20. Cool Hand Luke

Other bands i love:

the FOO FIGHTERS,
the Psalters,
16 Horsepower,
FOR TODAY,
WAR OF AGES,
Zao,
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE,
Iron & Wine,
Sufjan Stevens,
FLATFOOT 56,
SILVERSTEIN,
LIVING SACRIFICE,
converge,
he is legend,
the yeah yeah yeah's,
hercules (local),
Franz Ferdinand,
Becoming the Archetype,
Alethian,
xLOOKING FORWARDx,
Haste the Day,
life in your way,
August Burns Red,
Eisley,
Wilco,
David Bowie,
Bradley Hathaway,
O Lovelle (local),
Skypiper (local),
Project 86,
U2,
Bob Marley,
Squirrel Nut Zippers,
Brandtson,
veda(vedera -- KC, MO),
Symphony in Peril,
Dillenger Escape Plan,
Randy Travis,
Merle Haggard,
Hank Williams,
Al Green,
Stevie Wonder,
Marvin Gaye,
John Reuben,
the Showdown,
Norma Jean,
billy talent,
Blindside,
brand new,
Cursive,
Shawn McDonald,
Taking Back Sunday,
MUTEMATH,
the Mars Volta,
Coheed & Cambria,
Matisyahu,
the Beatles,
Queen,
Ars Nova,
Nodes of Ranvier,{RIP}
Mortal Treason {RIP},
April in Andalusia,{RIP}
As Cities Burn,
Chicago,
the Who,
Pink Floyd,
Lynard Skynard,
Joe Cocker,
Billy Joel,
Steve Miller and the Silver Bullet Band,
the Beastie Boys,
Run DMC,
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME,
Emery,
Led Zepplin,
the Chemical Brothers,
Basement Jaxx,
The Crystal Method,
daft punk,
Elton John,
Micheal Jackson {before he became creepy},
weezer,
Bob Marley,
MxPx,
Dogwood,
The Almost,
Flyover Country {RIP},
The Zachs {RIP},
Names Without Numbers {RIP},
Better In Eleven {RIP},
Jonathan Hape,
DC TALK {RIP},
moby,
COLDPLAY,
WITH BLOOD COMES CLEANSING,
Stretch ArmStrong,
SOMEWHERE SOON.

Movies:

DUNE (from 1983), The Last Samaurai, The Gladiator, Million Dollar Baby, The Professional, super troopers, the royal tannenbaums, Saving Private Ryan, catch me if you can, LOTR trilogy, STAR WARS III - VI, Office space, the Passion of the Christ, Enemy at the Gates, Batman Begins, Fiddler on the Roof, Singing in the Rain, Dawn of the Dead, the life aquatic, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Talledega Nights, ANCHORMAN, too many more to list.

Television:

SURVIVOR MAN, deadliest catch, Planet EARTH, SCRUBS, the office, My name is Earl, Jeopardy, the Simpsons, Family Guy, Discovery Channel, History Channel, TLC & A&E, Fox News, headbangers ball, Military channel, Futurama, Robot Chicken, CSI(vegas), CSI(miami)

Books:

Anything related to the Bible. I also enjoy the "Robot series" by Isaac Asimov, And anything "DUNE" by Frank Herbert I read a lot. I wish i could read more for fun and more sci-fi/fantasy... its been a long while...
i have a nasty habit of writing things [comments, corrections, questions, insights, and the like] in the margins of my books!

Heroes:



ARTISTS (visual, lyrical, or otherwise),
Martin Luther,
John Calvin,
John Wesley,
A.W. Tozer,

my parents (all 4),
my in-laws,
Pastor Les Beauchamp,
JO & JERRY B,
Bing-daddy & Caryn,
Nick & Abby,
John & Sadie,
the Zachs,
the apostle Paul,
the PIT CREW,
local Omaha musicians,
and Batman.

My Blog

Amendments, rights, perverse politics

I am having a hard time with a lot of the crap, world-views, and overall political garbage i am hearing lately on the television.THIS CRAP HAPPENS EVERY CHRISTMAS!I believe in the FREEDOM OF RELIGION,...
Posted by WILL the BEAR [ppc] on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:15:00 PST

The GOLDEN COMPASS

 READ.TRUTH: many people will read the following and will not see how broken-hearted I am over this... Rather, they will see me as a close-minded jerk. I am just educating people on the truth of ...
Posted by WILL the BEAR [ppc] on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:29:00 PST

i must confess...

NONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS MEANT AS AN ATTACK ON ANYONE. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE IT PERSONALLY. I AM JUST VENTING AND TRYING TO SET BOUNDARIES.one confession:PIT is my church. when i am in at Atlantic, its w...
Posted by WILL the BEAR [ppc] on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:26:00 PST

thanks Dale D.

I took the following questions from a bulletin that dale, a 17 year old dude in my youth group posted. Now I won't repost the whole "repost this or you don't love God" part because the scripture is t...
Posted by WILL the BEAR [ppc] on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:46:00 PST

SOMETHING GOD SHOWED ME LAST NIGHT.

HIS GRACE IS ENOUGH... Oh, GOD, let me know this more & more... His Grace is ENOUGH... Religion dictates strict obedience.  Oppositely:  Alive, real, & TRUE Relationship inspires lov...
Posted by WILL the BEAR [ppc] on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:14:00 PST

lately...

LATELY... life feels like a tide. ebb, flow, waves crashing, tide leaving things out to dry and die. impossible to fight against. when it comes in, it comes. The harder you fight, the harder...
Posted by WILL the BEAR [ppc] on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:44:00 PST

wow... Check this out.

We met an interesting man... He is liberal, a self proclaimed "progressive".  He is a homosexual. He is a gay-rights activist.  He is incredibly nice.  He is highly involved with h...
Posted by WILL the BEAR [ppc] on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:18:00 PST

hmmmm. great quote.

Currently ListeningTurn It AroundBy Comeback Kidsee related- #4 Chew on this. My friend Kyle sent this quote my way... Flippin awesome. "a minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, t...
Posted by WILL the BEAR [ppc] on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:29:00 PST

HOLY CRAP, Cindy has sooo much spiritual wisdom.

See, read, pray about, get misty eyed over, and review the following, which Cindy just posted on her Xanga.  She has so much spiritual wisdom it blows my mind.  I loooooo...
Posted by WILL the BEAR [ppc] on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:18:00 PST

i feel so loved. even now, when i don't deserve it.

Jesus Christ is frickin amazing, even when i am NOT.  I am so amazed by and suffering from "Holy dissatisfation". I know this:  I keep receiving this awesome lo...
Posted by WILL the BEAR [ppc] on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:45:00 PST