Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter

About Me

guy with too much time on his hands . go there. now.

trying to figure out what to do with myself. currently double majoring in studio art and art history at the univeristy of louisville (senior). also currently trying to decide on whether or not career missionary is the thing to do or high school teaching. or both.

or becoming a rock musician/photographer. life is funny. ha ha.

i tend to ramble on about a lot of things. especially if you get me started on film and God. if you'd like to hear a five-minute, nonstop monologue about one of my views, by all means, ask away.

My Interests

God, acoustic/classical guitar music, concerts, music in general, Wild and Crazy Kids, webdesign, video editing, theater, outcasts, my family

I'd like to meet:

I suppose you will have to do.

Music:

Lostprophets, Weezer, Thrice, U2, Tommy Emmanuel, Beck, Norah Jones, Five Iron Frenzy, Debussy, Bela Fleck, Straylight Run, Jamie Cullum, Hellogoodbye, Further Seems Forever, Lola Ray, Alkaline Trio, Third Eye Blind, Chris Tomlin, Taking Back Sunday, Dave Crowder Band, Christopher Jones, DJ Tiesto, Newsboys, Modest Mouse, Franz Joseph Haydn, etc.

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption, The Princess Bride, Get Shorty, Death to Smoochy, The Hunt for Red October, Finding Forester, Clue, Monty Python, Back to the Future, Dark City

Television:

Arrested Development, Futurama, The Tick (animated series)

Heroes:

my family

My Blog

Do we see them?

Those who are tired and weak, those who are hurting emotionally, physically or spiritually, those who cannot help themselves? Do we see them? Do we care? Are our lives to...
Posted by Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:36:00 PST

So ha!

I'm in Thailand. You are probably not.
Posted by Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 03:38:00 PST

Us'te shon shon

Karakasa no hone waBara baraKamya yaburete moTake ni sotaruEn ja moMis're nasaru naNambo watashi gaYaburete moUs'te shon shonThe ribs of the umbrellaHave fallen apart;The paper is also torn,But with b...
Posted by Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:45:00 PST

To the Night, My Mistress. To the Night.

Ah yes. I remember these days. It has been a while since it has happened to. The reason I fell in love with college. Before the reason became "a wealth of knowledge" and "carin...
Posted by Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:46:00 PST

Talk about the weather.

The weather of late has been wonderful. I love it when it's cool and breezy, perfect running weather. And in January, no less! Craziness! One particular member of ...
Posted by Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:46:00 PST

Please don't erase me when I'm gone.

(note: I just got off from a 13-hour car ride from Missouri with my parents and I had a lot of time to think - this is just a thought that I was dwelling on - a lot of this might not be coming out the...
Posted by Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:05:00 PST

...why am I still awake?

Although I really don't have anything new to write about, I just can't leave the last post up. It irks me that I even wrote it. Irked, you hear me! The semester is comin...
Posted by Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter on Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:50:00 PST

Sleep

I'm going to sleep now. (MAN! Aren't you glad you read this web log?!!? These things are awesome!) ...
Posted by Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:32:00 PST

But am I really going to do anything with it this time?

...so, without any notice to me, aboynamedetter.com is back up and running. I guess Jonathan decided to put it back up. Weird, but lots of fun! Not sure what I'm going to do with my ...
Posted by Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter on Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:08:00 PST

Art History notes

I'm currently typing an art history paper (taking a quick break to type this) and was reviewing some notes from the class when I stumbled across this. My unspoken thoughts during this time are w...
Posted by Michael David Alexander Xavier Etter on Mon, 24 Oct 2005 04:14:00 PST