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derekstellar!

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

My career doesn't define me. Neither do my friends, my tattoos, my beard mustache (though loved and adored the world over),or my scene(-ness or lack thereof). I'm just God's kid. Trying to figure stuff out and live my life for Him. Trying to love others and have fun along the way.

Anything else you wanna know, just ask. I'm pretty much an open book.

My Interests

Good times; God's Word, pro wrestling, rockin', church, graphic design, web design, manipulating the English language for fun and nonprofit, workin' w/ the younguns, friends, homeownin', old arcade games, ROMs, Ring of Honor, tattoos

I'd like to meet:

Real people.

Music:

Lately: Springsteen, Promise Ring, MxPx, Go Aberdeen, Redfoot pre-mixes.

All time: MxPx, Queen, Saves the Day, Get Up Kids, The Who, Stavesacre, Zeppelin, New Found Glory, David Alan Coe, Johnny Cash, Mineral, etc...

Movies:

Wayne's World 1 and 2, Napolean Dynamite, Mean Girls, Josey and the Pussycats, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Happy Gilmore, Kung Pow!, The Waterboy, Shaun of the Dead, UHF, Anchorman, Walk the Line, Ten Things I Hate About You, Say Anything, teen movies in general

Television:

I can take or leave TV.

Books:

The Holy Bible; "To Be the Man" by Ric Flair; "It's Good to be the King...Sometimes" by Jerry "The King" Lawler

Heroes:

The Lord Jesus Christ and my Grandmother

My Blog

Epiphanies

Epiphany 1: Tho' I'm Barely Grown...I've been thinking about mortality an awful lot lately. It hurts me to think about health issues shortening some of my best friends' lives. For the first time in ...
Posted by derekstellar! on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:42:00 PST

Crazy dream about...Maine?

OK, so you have to read this, cuz some of you are were in this dream I had. It was long and very vivid, so I want to post about it while it's still fresh in my mind. So the dream starts w/ me driving...
Posted by derekstellar! on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:45:00 PST

Nigel is on holiday.

While waiting for Adobe Illustrator CS3 to install last night, I decided to make some facial hair adjustments. I do this from time to time- changing my appearance to mark events and phases of my life....
Posted by derekstellar! on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:07:00 PST

Ro-ad trips

The last weekend in July, I'm going w/ Brandon and Sarah to Atlanta. It'll be a tight schedule, but we hope to spend QT w/ the Miles's, Josh and Jenny, and the Schweizers if possible. Maybe, just ma...
Posted by derekstellar! on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:28:00 PST

shocked.

Chris Benoit was a pro wrestler who I followed and admired for 15 years. What was to admire? Here was a guy who, despite being short in stature, not possessing great looks or as much charisma as many ...
Posted by derekstellar! on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:31:00 PST

SK Returneth!

Brandon, Josh, and I decided last night that we are going to record (with Jon, so it will sound good) and hand package one last EP with the last 3 songs we wrote, and performed a handful of times. We...
Posted by derekstellar! on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:34:00 PST

Be a MAN, Hulk!

Dudes, stuff is crazy.Due to a recent corporate split, my salary, as well as my co-workers' and boss's salaries, have been cut in half for the time being. That puts me at um, about minimum wage. The...
Posted by derekstellar! on Thu, 17 May 2007 08:47:00 PST

REDFOOT - NEW SONGS

Hey everyone - this is the folky alt-country band that Brandon and I are in - new demos up produced by Jon Doss for our forthcoming full length "The Winnowing Fork".  It's a real departure from S...
Posted by derekstellar! on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:52:00 PST

What's going on in my life.

Dear God,I'm tired of being depressed all the time. I've been so wrong for such a long time. Here, take all this crap. I know it's not going to be easy, but I'm going to give it my best to trust You w...
Posted by derekstellar! on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:50:00 PST