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About Me

Sassy. humorous. forgiving. level-headed.I won't agree with you if I think you're wrong just to make you feel better. I'll challenge you, and you might think I'm being mean because I won't settle for "because" as a reason. I might just disagree for the fun of it. "People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend." -Walter Savage Landor. I believe the pursuit of a Christlike existence is the only fulfilling direction that we may take. I'm not perfect, and don't claim to be, but I strive for the kind of perfection that is exemplefied in Jesus. ************************************************************ ******************************************************* My best friend Cathy knows me well, she guessed that if I was stranded on a desert island the items I would choose to take with me would include my IPOD and some sort of solar power apparatus. Too true. I love the way music can change or heighten our feelings. It can transport us...to a desert island for example. I would also add my Bible to the list, how many other books that you've read can you read a million times and still learn something each time, not only about God but yourself and human nature? Enough to keep a stranded person busy while rockin' out to some IPOD tunes... ************************************************************ ********************************************************** I love to laugh. Sometimes for no reason. People think I'm crazy, but it puts you in a better mood and helps you take life less seriously. We don't need to stress out and be unhappy. Its a choice. I choose life; a happy life! ************************************************************ ********************************************************** Acronymns are awesome. I like making up names for things or titles for people and then shortening it into a few non-sensical letters....it makes me laugh. Actually, any kind of word play or use of puns puts a little more pep in my step. :) I like words that aren't used enough, good words that just get forgotten about... gleeful, jovial, saucy, vex, licious... ************************************************************ ****************************************************** I talk to strangers in the supermarket aisle...or sometimes they just start talking to me. Random comments on produce and current mark-downs, or how the windows fog up and you can't see anthing in the frozen food section when somebody opens the door... Why not enjoy moments with eachother, whether we know the people or not? Reaching out to one-another makes life more enjoyable, enriching, and helps us to feel less like we're in a race against the rest of the world.MySpace Contact Tables

My Interests

God, Architecture, Music, Humor, Cats, Drawing, Photography, Painting, Books, Biking, Volleyball, Hiking, Swimming, Skiiing, Sleding, Rowing, Watching Hockey, Tubing, Stunt Kite Flying, Puddle Romping in the rain, Sun-bathing, Climbing Trees, Picnics, Walking and talking with friends, Lectures & Tours, Traveling, Cooking and Baking, Dinner parties, Recycling, Sustainable Design, Ferris Wheel Rides...

I'd like to meet:

Matthew, Mark, Luke & John, Harriet Tubman, Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, FDR, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mary Queen of Scotts, Snoopy, Dumbo, Bucky Kat... and the love of my life.

Music:

Grey Holiday, Oceans Above, Until June, Mute Math, David Crowder Band, Desperation Band, The Remote, Imogen Heap, The Knife, The Klaxons, Kelley Polar, Jars of Clay, Guster, Collective Soul, Counting Crows, Mae, The Swift, Starfield, Elefant, The Bravery, The Academy Is, The Carolines, The Decemberists, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips, Midnight Movies, Modest Mouse, Days of The New, Dandy Warhols, Dashboard Confessional, Yellowcard, Fall Out Boy, Alien Ant Farm, Aqueduct, Pinback, Death Cab For Cutie, Toby Mac, 4th Avenue Jones, Kanye West, Citizen Cope, Hil St Soul, Gwen Stefani, Eve 6, Gomez, New Radicals, Beck, Jason Mraz, Palo Alto, Muse, Nickleback, The Used, Falling Up, P.O.D. Evanesence, Skillet, Switchfoot, David Grey, NickleCreek, Bond, Yanni, Copeland, Chopin, Enya, Anuna, Caedmon's Call, Mercy Me, Calling Simon, Newsboys, The Benjamin Gate, Beth Orton, Royksopp, Orbital, Res, DJ Skribble, Fat Boy Slim, Moby, Conjure One, Darude, The Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, The Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, Hooverphonic, Blue Foundation, Postal Service, Snow Patrol, Jem, Frou Frou, Goldfrapp, Air, Halou, Ed Harcourt, Bebo Norman, Michael W. Smith, Belle & Sebastian, Keane, Ben Folds, Howie Day, Gavin Degraw, Jack Johnson, Pete Yorn, New Order, Depeche Mode, Jimmy Eat World, Chalk Farm, Matchbox 20, Coldplay, Wilco, Bleu, Semisonic, Stir, Vertical Horizon, Barenaked Ladies, The Verve, Radiohead, Bjork, Natalie Imbruglia, Sarah Kelly, Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Shea Seger, Calexico, Gotan Project, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Craig Chaquico, Dave Brubeck, The Ventures, Basia, Laura Branigan, Avalon, Jennifer Knapp, Irish Rovers, Aimee Mann, Dar Williams, Abra Moore, Fiona Apple, Chris Isaak, Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, Tim Mcgraw, Gary Allen, George Strait, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Johnny Cash, Simon & Garfunkel, Phil Collins, Supertramp, America, Journey, Foreigner, Moody Blues, Bruce Springsteen, CCR, The Eagles, Crosby Stills & Nash, Starship, Fleetwood Mac, Abba, The Bangles, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews, Milla Jovovich

Movies:

Anything Jane Austen, Horatio Hornblower, Wives and Daughters, Far From the Madding Crowd, Anne of Green Gables, Moulin Rouge, Strictly Ballroom, Stardust, Princess Bride, Man from Snowy River, Sweet Home Alabama, Paper Moon, The Apartment, 12 Angry Men, Gattaca, Pitch Black, The Postman, Bend It Like Beckham, The Sting, Sneakers, Hackers, The Italian Job, Charade, Gladiator, X-men, Office Space, Better Off Dead, The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bullers Day Off, Stand and Deliver, Life as a House

Television:

Dr. Quinn, Little House on the Prairie, M.A.S.H., MacGyver, The Facts of Life, Joan of Arcadia, Daria, Felicity, Boy Meets World, Strange Luck, Early Edition, The Pretender, Sliders, Red Dwarf, Numbers, Firefly, Third Rock from the Sun, Family Guy, That 70's Show, This Old House, Trading Spaces, Extreme Home Makeover, The O.C., Love Monkey

Books:

The Wheel of Time Series, Sword of Truth Series, Sophie's World, Pillars of the Earth, Trinity, The Cloud Sketcher, The Inheritance, The Family Nobody Wanted, The Way Designers Think, The Red Tent, Jesus Did It Anyway, More Than a Carpenter, Brave New World, A Tale of Two Cities, The Comedy of Errors, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Hearing God, The Case for Christ, Mere Christianity

Heroes:

Jesus!

My Blog

Growing up in God

How do you grow closer to God without feeling like you're leaving everything and everyone you know behind? Isn't that part of the point? He calls us to be "in and not of this world". ...
Posted by Wambui on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:47:00 PST

Breathing for God

Every breath for God. That is the meaning of life. Or it should be our goal anyway. With God as the focus of why we do everything that we do: why we think, speak, act and feel. Of course, ...
Posted by Wambui on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:22:00 PST

Right vs. Fair

Doing or saying what's right isn't the same as doing or saying what's fair. To be fair, we would say that he or she deserves the same treatment or response that they dish out to others, or the e...
Posted by Wambui on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:05:00 PST

self vs. others focused

Who decided that self preservation, through ambition, drive, goals and advancement of self before all else is the way to live your life? People climbing over people, casting their lot with anyon...
Posted by Wambui on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:03:00 PST

Life Choices. How do you decide?

Life Choices: do we decide based on people and relationships or what's best for ourselves? Hmmm, pondiferous... can't it be both? As with all things Leise does in her life, she tends not to wander too...
Posted by Wambui on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:00:00 PST

Does Evil Exist? Does God?

A University professor challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?" A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!" "God created everything?" The professor asked. "Yes...
Posted by Wambui on Thu, 11 May 2006 03:05:00 PST

"RADICAL LOVE"

Love is many things in our culture. For many it can be likened to an electric charge: either the zap of the feeling is there or it is not. For others love is an arrangement, almost like a contract, so...
Posted by Wambui on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:11:00 PST

Happiness, Self Improvement & Change

Is everyone happy where they are in life? Are all people prone to live the way they do because that's just what's easiest, or what they are used to? Is change scary? What is it about self-reflec...
Posted by Wambui on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:59:00 PST

Friendship?

How much time apart does it take for you to no longer be friends with someone? Can you still consider yourself a friend of someone who doesn't talk to you?
Posted by Wambui on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:56:00 PST

What is practice?

Perhaps the word "practice" is easy to get caught up on, and make people get upset because they think I'm saying we all try to get better at doing the wrong thing...or sinning. By "practice" I mean: A...
Posted by Wambui on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:35:00 PST