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James

"Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest". -Mark Twain

About Me

I enjoy all things creative: music, literature, theatre. I enjoy speaking in public, but don't get a chance to do it much these days. I'm a people person. I'm in school studying to teach History and English. I enjoy being active in my local church.

My Interests

God, literature, music, theater, history, movies, driving, soccer, baseball, traveling, people, shopping, social science, public speaking, bookstores, libraries, philosophy

I'd like to meet:

Creative types like myself; people interested in the Arts; fellow Christians; and basically anyone who finds something interesting amongst all of this I've written. If you come across my profile feel free to say hello. I don't add people just to make my friend section bigger. If I send an add request to you it's because I know you and would like to keep in touch or I think you are interesting and would like to get to know you better. Don't be afraid to say hello.

Music:

I like a lot of different styles from classical music to Jazz to people like: Norah Jones, Alison Krauss & Union Station, U2, The Fray, Nine Days, Amos Lee, John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Caedmon's Call, Jars of Clay, Third Day, The Normals, Andrew Osenga, etc.

Movies:

favorites include: Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Cider House Rules, Shopgirl, High Fidelity, Elizabethtown, Hitch, Mystic River, Fight Club, The Matrix Trilogy, Gladiator, Brick, Tombstone, Unforgiven, Heat, Walk The Line

Television:

don't watch much t.v. but when I do my favorites include: frasier, friends, my boys, 24, x-files, friday night lights, gilmore girls, also news and history channels, c-span's booktv.

Books:

Okay, this is the big category. I love to read: newspapers, magazines, books, whatever. A few of my perennial favorites and recent reads are: the Bible, Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, everything Charles Dickens ever wrote but especially Great Expectations, A Separate Peace, the entire Ernest Hemingway catalog, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Empire Falls, The Professor and the Madman, In Cold Blood, Blue Like Jazz, Band of Brothers, Angela's Ashes, John Eldredge's books.

Heroes:

I am a supporter of our Armed Forces and have been since I was a child. If not for my physical disability I would have most likely made a career of military service. My heroes include anyone who has served or is serving our country in the military.

My Blog

Randomness

Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird, random things, facts, habits, or goals about yourself. At the end, choose 7 people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chos...
Posted by James on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:01:00 PST