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About Me

I'm just a normal guy who enjoys playing music, listning to music, writing music, drinking music ect. I know all of my friends in real life and I love them to death. They're the reason I get up in the morning, seriously. I don't know what I would do without them. You guys rule.

My Interests

Music, art, nonfiction, architecture, religion(s), talking to honest people, pleasing God, playing drums

I'd like to meet:

Jesus, C.S. Lewis, Hugh Hewitt, Augustine, Martin Luther, Jean Paul Sarte, whoever made the first altar call, myself five years ago, my self five years from now

Movies:

A Few Good Men, The Shawshank Redemption, The Last Castle, Anything with Jack Nicholson, Everything with Hugo Weaving

Television:

Firefly, Arrested Development, 24(DVD only, I can't plan my life around a TV show)

Books:

The Giver, The Elegant Universe, Hearts In Atlantis, The Green Mile, The Shining

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Kung-FU Jesus, Adrian Florence, Paul Schwartz, The man who lives behind my eyes and makes the fires look like accidents, Ben Newman, Anyone who knows me and loves me anyway

My Blog

My time At camp Vol. 1

When I was first approached with the prospect of being a camp counselor, I thought "awsome". Then I thought "My goodness, the bar for role models really has dropped since I was a camper. I...
Posted by Encore: Proposes A Toast on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:58:00 PST

The Acrid Smell of Apathy

I'll holster my pen'Cause I can't defendThis paperback romanceYou're swearing by The silent gloomOf this empty roomIs a stark contrast To your glaring sky No room for illusionsNo tears for contus...
Posted by Encore: Proposes A Toast on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:05:00 PST

The Truest of Words

I can't remember a time when I've felt this... disconnected; this aware and this inactive. I'm seeing the remnants of a life that I loved... Of several lives that I've lived and been conte...
Posted by Encore: Proposes A Toast on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:51:00 PST

The Poignant Tragedy Of Seraph

A poorly polished rube Caught his eye He thought he'd sober up And give it a try He thought that he could Sweet talk her to bed Only to find It was easier done than said You see, Seraph loved a...
Posted by Encore: Proposes A Toast on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:47:00 PST

A Gent to the End

You call me a liar You call me a loser You call me a fair-weather friend I may be a loner I may be a leper But I'll be a Gent to the end I'm not gonna push I'm not gonna pry I'm not gonna parry...
Posted by Encore: Proposes A Toast on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:36:00 PST

A Sleeve to Wear Your Heart On, An Arm to Fall Apart On

..> I'm praying for rain I'm praying for a thunderstorm To cleanse this human stain Of all its inconsistancies And all its fallibilities And every broken part For every broken heart can le...
Posted by Encore: Proposes A Toast on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:21:00 PST

Begging fo eyes to bear witness to lies and indifference

It drives me crazy People decide that they've got things figured out Poeple decide that they know best Then they talk to eachother about it And pat eachother on the back And they sing their bleeding h...
Posted by Encore: Proposes A Toast on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:24:00 PST

Snowstorm On Easter

Well, I'm not done counting everything I'm missing 'Cuase I'm not done losing everything I've found And this emptiness is just a grim reminder that its gone But I'm waiting for my turn to come around ...
Posted by Encore: Proposes A Toast on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:00:00 PST

The Old Me, The New You

I visit the places that remind me of you The sand where we slept The bench where we wept Images vivid, revealing and true Wondering now how you're spending your time With new guys And new eyes...
Posted by Encore: Proposes A Toast on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:19:00 PST

"White Suit, Thats Extra"

The Mission, The Moment The missing component The song that my heart always sings There's blood on my hands From these ill-concieved plans And the Hope that my ignorance brings Oh, bringer or sorrow I...
Posted by Encore: Proposes A Toast on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:15:00 PST