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alanois

theforesthere

About Me


Based on an average male 72 year life expectancy

It's an idealistic arguement
versus common sense, like it always is.
With sails full mast and anchors set;
like an anarchist under house arrest.

This is where my friends and I record our poetry. visit. write something.
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This is where I record a lot of thoughts about everything.
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My Interests

redemption, nature, grace, revolution, music, discontent, bicycles, dumpster diving, conspiracy theories, large or small bodies of water, the Chicago Transit Authority, Oregon, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Guatemala, Tennessee, Antarctica, brushing teeth regularly, grinding teeth semi regularly. I also enjoy gardening.

Dumpster Diving

"Night Windows" by Edward Hopper

I'd like to meet:

Daniel Boone, Johnny Appleseed, Black Kettle, Paul Bunyan, Crazy Horse, Casey Jones, Pecos Bill, John Henry, Davy Crocket, Bigfoot

Music:


1997, Your HotWhite Hands, Mineral, Appleseed Cast, Early Day Miners, For Dire Life Sake, Tom Petty, The Promise Ring, Cap'n Jazz, Johnny Cash, Against Me!, Anathallo, mewithoutYou, Psalters, Pete Seeger, Sufjan Stevens, Bright Eyes, Old Canes, Bob Dylan, Suffering and the Hideous Thieves, Zao, Surrounded, Underoath, Slick Shoes, Willie Nelson, Usher, Woodie Guthrie, Cool Hand Luke, Creedence Clearwater Revival, James Taylor, Keith Green, Kelly Clarkson, Maria Taylor, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Orchid, I Hate Myself

Joanna Newsom

mewithoutYou

Movies:



Television:



-kid angry at first person shooting video game.

-White House Shooting

Books:

Romans, Acts, The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne, To Baghdad and Beyond: How I got Born Again in Babylon by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, by John Dominic Crossan, The Myth of a Christian Nation by Gregory A. Boyd, The Powers that Be by Walter Wink, A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis, Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, The Thesaurus

Heroes:

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.--Ralph Waldo Emerson

My Blog

A prudent salute to Mr. Adam Smith and a rather contrite Mr. Judas Iscariot

Here's a link to a lonely poem I posted on your friendly neighborhood poetry community.http://community.livejournal.com/inkthepage/33868. html?mode=replyPlease visit.love,alan...
Posted by alanois on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:24:00 PST

an ode to the labor of Sysiphus

http://thislivejournal.livejournal.com/130627.htmljust go to that...
Posted by alanois on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:14:00 PST

A toast to J. Robert Oppenheimer

Come and read.http://thislivejournal.livejournal.com/128908.html
Posted by alanois on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:31:00 PST

today. our way, baby.

Today we leave those weaknesses behind.a universe away from those who hold us back          those fragile ones who need to,     &n...
Posted by alanois on Sun, 13 May 2007 03:50:00 PST

REDEMPTION

Every once in a while there is a word that will cross my mind that creates in me a lot of intrigue.  Last time it this happened, it was the word integrity.  I got a new one on the mind. ...
Posted by alanois on Sun, 06 May 2007 05:05:00 PST

those eyes.

Look into someones eyes sometime. sometimes.   Man,  yesterday I realized how long it had been since I truly stared into someones eyes.  I met this couple who had 2 beautiful child...
Posted by alanois on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:04:00 PST

How will I drink from that stream?

Define courage.not easy.Why so hard?We are a generation without.We take no chances.We follow not our hearts.We are afraid.but I want it. I really want it.-----------------------------------------...
Posted by alanois on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:03:00 PST

The usual melting pot of thoughts.

So lately I've been sort of taken back by how many people seem to think highly of me.  It's all very flattering and I thank you very, very much for your humble encouragement.  However I must...
Posted by alanois on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:32:00 PST

It is well.

I'm thankful for the humble spirit of reconciliation that I see in some of my friends.  I am thankful for their changing hearts.  I'm thankful for their humble impact on my weary spirit.&nbs...
Posted by alanois on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:24:00 PST

The Independence Day Poem

This is a poem I composed mostly in my head while at Cornerstone. "The Independence Day Poem" There are portraits of our story. They are shattered on the sky. They're all laid out before me. The sta...
Posted by alanois on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:29:00 PST