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cole

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About Me

my name is cole.

map.org is a good charity.

i probably want to hang out with you.

My Interests

honest people, passionate people, the piano, the sky/anything that reminds me that i'm small, music, learning/trying/eating new things, driving into storms, horchata, english with dal, writing, drums, blue '95 volvo 850 turbos, pizza garden, telling stories, camping, road trips, waffle house, breaking prejudice, the architecture of words, good actors, honey bunches of oats with peaches.

Music:

allman brothers, ALO, a tribe called quest, j.s. bach, the band, B.B. king, the beatles, ludwig van beethoven, bela fleck and the flecktones, ben harper, bill evans, blisse (the afters), bob dylan, bob marley, bugs henderson, charles jones, chick corea, chris rice, coldplay, counting crows, damien rice, d'angelo, dave matthews band, david crowder band, dianne reeves, the doors, dr. dre, duke ellington, ella fitzgerald, elton john, emmylou harris, eric clapton, eric whitacre, erykah badu, fred hammond, george strait, gorillaz, herbie hancock, israel and new breed, jack johnson, jeff buckley, jimi hendrix, john coltrane, john mayer, johnny lang, joni mitchell, kirk franklin, led zeppelin, maroon 5, miles davis, wolfgang amadeus mozart, nick drake, outkast, pink floyd, the police, queen, radiohead, ray charles, reeve carney, rich mullins, rolling stones, shelly berg trio, sheryl crow, simon and garfunkel, snarky puppy, stevie ray vaughn, stevie wonder, sting, the styx, the temptations, tenacious d, a tribe called quest, U2, william gramling, willie nelson, zero 7, zz top.....

Movies:

garden state, 300, v for vendetta, waking life, big fish, forrest gump, office space, anchorman, little miss sunshine, lord of the rings, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, rebecca's old choir dvds, lion king, braveheart, ferris bueller's day off, goodnight and good luck, 40 year old virgin, the patriot, school of rock, curious george, stuff that coach fuller quotes, tim burton stuff, all the old star wars

Television:

adult swim, jon stewart, the history channel.

Books:

anything c.s. lewis, blue like jazz, a brief history of time, to kill a mockingbird, the assault, frankenstein, shakespeare plays and sonnets, t.s. elliot stuff, hank the cowdog, ray bradbury stuff, the stranger, the bible, calvin and hobbes.

Heroes:

rich mullins , my brother william , mark garner, the jones..es, and pretty much everybody i know in some way.

My Blog

hoy es martes

there is value in feeling overwhelmed, in not understanding, in occasionally feeling like crap.you stop assuming you're better, or higher, in some wayyou're freed to really, actually stop caring what ...
Posted by cole on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:02:00 PST

well, dang.

i have very little to say, anymore.perhaps because i've realized how little i really know or understand. not exactly how little i understand; i'm sure there's even more that i think i get but don't, a...
Posted by cole on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:09:00 PST

school is over PRETTY SOON

this is who i am, a lot of the time. i just kinda blame my circumstances for my actions. i think it was freud who said that the way your parents function early on in your life really determines who yo...
Posted by cole on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:18:00 PST

oh, cool

humans really do go on roller coaster rides, despite anything we do. in order to get the highs there's gonna be some lows. for a while i've felt pretty low. and i've complained about it.and i think Go...
Posted by cole on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:29:00 PST

AHEM:

march 28th. its a wednesday. i'm speaking at the service at my church. also, the week before is the 21st and ryan melson is speaking, and dont miss that either. or any wednesday before, or after. its ...
Posted by cole on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:16:00 PST

what you'll wish you'd known

read thisit's kinda long, but really, really worth your time. it's written by a guy named paul graham, who is an extremely successful computer programmer. he's come up with ideas that yahoo bought for...
Posted by cole on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:26:00 PST

inferiority

i found out that i assume my inferiority.pretty much everybody i'm around, i just assume they're superior to me. in the back of my mind, i guess i'm pretty insecure sometimes. a lot of times, subconsc...
Posted by cole on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:51:00 PST

in all things

unorganized 2 AM thought rampagecold weather can be an enemy or a friend, depending on how you react to it. por ejemplo, i can be outside and either be like "CRAP ITS FREEZING OUT HERE" or instead i c...
Posted by cole on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:38:00 PST

i broke my fence.

although the few people that read this have probably already heard this story from me, i am going to write it down anyway.there's a mr. wooley thesis statement for ya. ALTHOUGH ALTHOUGH ALTHOUGH.i am ...
Posted by cole on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:33:00 PST

HELLO, its been a while.

i've noticed a couple of things.- i, right now, in this moment, feel pretty disconnected from me a couple of months ago, and really disconnected from me a couple years ago. i mean, sure, thats picture...
Posted by cole on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:31:00 PST