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Dave

An orchestration of dissonance and innocent surrender

About Me

Good evening. My name's Dave. What is there to know about me? I play bass in a rock band named Traced Image (http://www.myspace.com/tracedimage) which is the only thing I've ever really wanted to do, and the most exciting thing I've ever been a part of, save for being a part of my incredible girlfriend Magda's life, which blows everything else out of the water. Although, I am in love with two people...the other being Jesus Christ, the one who loves me beyond reason and sees something in me, beyond me, that I can't see, and counts it worth His trouble to make me into His image. I install alarm systems for my day job, which is fine. I am loving life exceedingly, and I'm just stoked to see things change and progress.

My Interests

I'm interested in you. You are very important to us.

I'd like to meet:

A jedi.
Also, I have a purevolume site with some piano music from a CD I made back in '03, it's old school but you can give it a listen too, if you feel so inclined. http://www.purevolume.com/davidschlegel

Music:

Stavesacre, Thrice, Underoath, Project 86, Killswitch Engage, Sleeping At Last, Nightwish, Sigur Ros, Copeland, Switchfoot, He Is Legend, Grammatrain, You Are A Weapon, The Joe, Jonek, Everyother, Drentch, Hopesfall, Mutemath, Norma Jean, Means, Shane & Shane, Stabilo, Traced Image

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption, Romeo & Juliet (yes, the Baz Luhrman version), Schindler's List, The Pianist, The Usual Suspects, The Italian Job (1969 original baby), The Lord of the Rings (particularly the first one), and yes, 10 Things I Hate About You. Classic.

Television:

Who watches that stuff?Actually, I don't mind House once in a while.

Books:

A plethera. Dickens, Lewis, Shakespeare, Frost, Eliot (George and T.S.), Lemony Snicket (uh huh), Jesus, Clarke, and a bunch in between.
Last 5 books completed:
Wilkie Collins - The Woman In White
Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit
George Orwell - 1984
Mark Salomon - Simplicity
C.S. Lewis - That Hideous Strength

Heroes:

Jesus, the Beaudelaire Orphans, Dirk Lemmenes, Mark Salomon, Sam West, Andrew Schwab, Kevin Prosch, Shane Barnard, Marian Halcombe, Amy Dorrit.

My Blog

The Labor of His Soul

I just want so badly to share with anyone who wants to read something that I finally understood today, something I thought I had known my whole life over and finally it hit me today.  I don't kno...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:37:00 PST

The Beauty of the Beast

It has been far too long since my last confession.  For those of you who remember me only as a vague whisper in the back of their memories, allow me to introduce myself.  I am David, and for...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:36:00 PST

The Edge of Grace

This is a song that came out of nowhere a couple of weeks back.  I know you can't hear it...but thoughts?  I'm really not sure what to do with this one... The Edge of Grace Why can't I find ...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:13:00 PST

A Light From Home

A Light From Home   We journey through the valley. Mountains, they bear down on us, As we wind our uncertain way; Darkness pursues us And allies with the rock to cast A shadow over us. Flocks of ...
Posted by Dave on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 04:54:00 PST

Remember Me

Two nights ago saw the first real snowfall of the year.  It was beautiful to feel it coming, as a blanket of white covered the city for a whole 24 hours beforehand.  And then when it started...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:24:00 PST

Estella

Estella   Want is disappointment. Who has attained it? Often falling short, Sometimes surpassed, But never met; And because somehow, somewhere, we invented it, It will always disappoint.   H...
Posted by Dave on Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:32:00 PST

Ever Low and the High Road

So yesterday was by all accounts a strange day.  I felt like I went just about everywhere and experienced so many emotions on both sides of the spectrum in such a short period that I'm not sure w...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Best Quiz. Ever.

These are the results of one of the most informative and accurate online quizzes I have ever had the pleasure of taking.   What Kind Of Girl Are You? You're like me! The intelligent loner. You're...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Fighting Ghosts

Do you ever get yourself to this place I'm at...There's a battleground that you construst in your mind, it's just the way everyone always pictures it; every expectation is met, every cliche answered.&...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Before Morning

I've been writing lots of poetry over the last couple of months, probably more than I'd written in my life up until now.  I'm no master of iambic pentameter or rhyming stratergies or whatever, so...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST