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About Me

I like to write. But writing doesn't like me. Its not something that burns within me. I know people that have "the burning within" and it makes me want to kick them in the upper hamstring while screaming, "Write a poem about this B$&*%!" Its not that i don't like them. Far from it, I envy them. I envy them with a black brooding form of envy. I want to burn from within! I want a muse that screams in my ear. The one I have is broken. It sucks. It runs around making me chase it for hours all the while churning out unreadable crap that is the opposite of what people call entertaining. I have although, come to terms with my general inability to write. This my friends is why writers invented booze. It's not that sub par writers wanted to drink it, although some did drink in abundance (Hemmingway). It's that they knew if the masses altered their minds, they may favor reading more. Thus in turn, the writers wouldn't have to get real jobs, and they could walk around home in their underware all day. But I, I have not mastered the craft. So I put on pants go to my crap job. And I hope, hope that one day I catch that damn muse and make her my slave. Or maybe I can create a mind altering substance that makes people want to read my junk... PUT YOUR ABOUT ME SECTION HERE! Changes may take up to 2 mins to show on your profile

My Interests

It is quite nice to slide sideways in the snow

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Music:

Abe Quigley, Damien Jurado, Rosie Thomas, Jack Johnson, Gary Jules, Harrod and Funck, Hughes and Wagner, Johnny Cash, Uncle Tupelo, Counting Crows, Calexico, Kings of Convenience, Ben Folds, Over The Rhine, Linford Detweiler, Damien Rice, Yann Tiersen, Belle & Sebastian, Bob Marley, Innocence Mission, Alison Krauss, Bob Dylan, Pedro the Lion, Deathcab, Postal Service, Sublime, Modest Mouse...

Television:

is the spawn of satan.

Books:

Just read "The Tender Bar." It's extemely well writen. I read 200 pages in one sitting. It made me feel better about being twenty-five and careerless. Right now I am dig'n on: Too Late the Phalarope, The Tender Bar, Looking for Alaska, Tuesdays with Morrie, Ethan Frome, All Quiet on the Western Front, Crime and Punishment, End of the Affair, A Seperate Piece, Red Badge of Courage, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, The Fixer, Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy, The Things They Carried, and A Million Little Pieces (Mostly because I think that the Oprah stuff is funny and stylistically it is tight.)Plays: An Inspector Calls, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Fat Pig, The Mercy Seat, Inherit the Wind, Wait until Dark, House of Blue Leaves, The Other Player, Broken Glass, Into the Woods, Murder in the Cathedral, Noises Off, The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire...Thats good for now

My Blog

A Possible Answer to Bitterness

I left Christian college almost three years ago. A time equal to the length spent within the confines of Jesus School. And in that time since, there have been multiple occasions when I hav...
Posted by Jonathan on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:08:00 PST

So Long Old Friend

Growing up. I swore that I would never do it. I think every kid does. Maybe it's because when we looked at "the adults" we got scared. Kids see the responsibility, the debt, th...
Posted by Jonathan on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:46:00 PST

Critique this?

I revised the blog called: "Philosopher Retard Extraordinaire." Which version do you like better? Any comments would be helpful. Thanks.When I was a little kid, I think...
Posted by Jonathan on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:10:00 PST

Hey I just got published for the first time!?!?!

I think I fooled them into thinkin' I can write good er somethin...You can read it at thebrewmag.comGive it a look see. And then if you're feelin it, leave me a comment there or one here. ...
Posted by Jonathan on Tue, 08 May 2007 12:49:00 PST

Errant Storm

All around me a storm misses. The bored weathermen and NPR DJs spent hours worrying and warning. For what? Lighting, some thunder, and the occasional fat raindrop splashing onto othe...
Posted by Jonathan on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:00:00 PST

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Frustration

Christian liberty is a funny thing. It seems that people have interpreted Paul to say that the closer you get to Christ the more conservative you're supposed to be. "What Would Jesus Do?" Oh yeah, ...
Posted by Jonathan on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:21:00 PST

How Bout a Comment?

I sit in a Panera. It's surprisingly chilly. Cold really. But it's busy. There are people all around me. And two who are the most intriguing. They sit literally on ...
Posted by Jonathan on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:34:00 PST

An Apology

For those of you that may have read the most recent of my thoughts and felt attacked or betrayed, I apologize. It's only my desire that you think and that you are aware of the words you say in any co...
Posted by Jonathan on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:50:00 PST

Aren't those old ones?

The answer is, yes, they are from college...I Have Frostbite.Perhaps, the only thing worse than being outside in an artic like climate, is being in said climate with your hands in water. Water that h...
Posted by Jonathan on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:56:00 PST

work in progress

So here I sit at a Kinkos, a quarter a minute, contemplating slipping into depression. I sit here with a list of things that I have to do before I can sleep. Sleep, the most motivating fac...
Posted by Jonathan on Mon, 01 May 2006 07:07:00 PST