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About Me

Hey everyone, I'm Sam. I'm from a very German Catholic family and family and tradition are very important to me. I'm trying to teach myself German now, but if you know some I'd love it if you could help me out. I love art, music, poetry, coffee, foreign languages(French(good), Latin(Alright), German(Working on it), philosophy, and theology. I play guitar, and hand drums in a trippy jam band. I work in a sweet coffee house called Ground Sphere with great coffee and interesting music. I'm going to be in Grand Rapids next year attending Aquinas College, so I hope to see some of you in that area.Oh, and in case you were wondering, my favorite sounds are birds in the morning, and crickets at night. And my personal motto that I came up with, but I'm sure someone has said somewhere is, "All the world's a stage, and the show is improv, so get your act together, because this isn't a dress rehearsal."I hope that my profile will be a nice place of peace, enjoy and drop a comment. Take it Easy. . . Sam (Shautzie) I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Art, Guitar, World Percussion, Mysticism, Philosophy, Meditating, Yoga, Theology, Philosophy, Catholicism, Buddhism, Orthodoxy, The Desert Fathers, hanging out with friends, making movies, taking pictures, watching movies, bonfires, listening to music, generating and appreciating art, I'm a very go with the flow kind of guy who wants to revive the lost art of conversation.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who slows down and looks with kind eyes on my little space. fycG-d in the Streets of New York City

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Music:

Phish, Trey Anastasio, Oysterhead, John Butler Trio, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, Primus, Tool, Dredg, Led Zeppelin, Mudfunk, Benedictine Monks, Gregorian Chant, hand drums, Orthodox choirs, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Colieda, Clutch, Queens of the Stone Age, Victor Wooten, Black Sabbath, CKY, Fonn Mor, Thanatopsis, moe., Matisyahu, Rise Against, Matisyahu, Leo Kottke, Flogging Molly, Flatfoot 56, Drums & Tuba, Turbonegro, Pink Floyd, MASTODON, Sigur Ros, Turtle Island String Quartet ... and lots more that I can't think of now. I'm a musician, there are so many to think of.:)

Movies:

Big Fish, Forest Gump, Edward Scissorhands, The Professional, Office Space, Willy Wonka(Old One.), 300 is crazy cool, Hellboy, Young Frankenstein, Indiana Jones, Bowling for Columbine, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, What the Bleep Do We Know? and We're back a Dinosaur Story.

Television:

Family Guy, Who's line is it anyway, Stand up comedy, National Geographic, History channel, PRISON BREAK, Battlestar Galactica, EWTN, PBS(Red Green especially). . . that's about it.

Books:

Anam Cara, Life of Pi, Farenheit 451, The Illustrated Man, the Martian Chronicles, anything by Ray Bradbury, The Dharma Bums & On the Road(Big fan of Jack Kerouac), Howl, LoTR, Angels & Demons, Picture of Dorian Grey, Dracula, The Bible, The Alchemist, Siddartha, Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Works, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Inferno, Hellboy Comics. . . and many more, I can never sit with one book at a time, so the list grows. ANYTHING WRITTEN BY G.K. CHESTERTON!!!

Heroes:

Jesus, Buddha, Ghandi, Alex Grey, Salvador Dali, Jack Kerouac, Ray Bradbury, John Paul II, G.K. Chesterton, Kaldi: who was that crazy monk who herded goats who discovered coffee, people with Roman collars, Mother Angelica, Fr. Corapi, Fr. Benedict Groeschel, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Padre Pio, Elie Wiesel, Fr. Dan from Subiaco. . .and many more.

My Blog

Back when things were good . . .

I didn't write this, but was affected deeply by a wave of nostalgia . . ."You're a 90's kid if:You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"...
Posted by Sam on Sat, 19 May 2007 08:44:00 PST

G. K. Chesterton

Quotes by G.K. ChestertonEVERYONE has got to read some of these. G.K. Chesterton is probably the best author we've never heard of. He was 6' 4" over 300lbs, and died decades upon decades a...
Posted by Sam on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:52:00 PST

300

Sweetest movie I've seen in a long time. I saw it opening night with Ben, Brad, Ross, Jeff, Maeghan . . . We're all history nerds and folks like me and Ross totally dig comics/graphic novels. &n...
Posted by Sam on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:25:00 PST

Nazis, Pro-Life groups, and Margaret Sanger

I recently read that pit bulls are going to exterminated if California passes its legislation. That's pretty bad. And I hear people get up in arms over this, but it can't just stop with pi...
Posted by Sam on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:24:00 PST

My Theology Test

Yulp, still Catholic . . . You scored as Roman Catholic. You are Roman Catholic. Church tradition and ecclesial authority are hugely important, and the most important part of worship for you is mass. ...
Posted by Sam on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:44:00 PST

I've never done one these survey's before, Stole from Caleb.

Name Samuel Ward Granger Sex Male Age 17 Hair Color Espresso Brown:) Eye Color Dark brown, because I'm full of it. Height ~6, 1 or 2 Your Heritage LOTS of German, French, English, and o...
Posted by Sam on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:05:00 PST

France in a nutshell.

I stole this format from my buddy Sarah, so I'm filling in my own thoughts . . . Effiel Tower: Very impressive, the lawn in front of the tower is where we had an awesome picnic and there were wine and...
Posted by Sam on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:38:00 PST

Book of Revelation:666 and 144,000.

In two weeks it will be June 6, 2006, 6/6/6. I've heard some people freakin' out over this. First of all, I was wondering what makes this so different? It happens every hundred years...
Posted by Sam on Fri, 26 May 2006 10:29:00 PST

East to West in One Loving Embrace.

Today I went out to Little Mount Zion ( Nice hill in the cornfields.), I admired the lush green life blooming all around my desolate lonely mountain- but I looked up and was comforted by the empty sky...
Posted by Sam on Sun, 21 May 2006 10:40:00 PST

Our Waddling ways . . .

On several occasions I've heard the question what kind of animal are you? I've heard of feline sensuality, bear hugs, sad puppy dog eyes( More my breed.). Most people believe that people w...
Posted by Sam on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:49:00 PST