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the Dartist

I am here for Dating, Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm really complex, but refreshingly simple (on the outside), kinda like a burrito. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Following Jesus, being a middle class White Trash poseur, American Studies / cultural studies, nature, high school youth work, Civil War reenacting, art, design, thought, conversation, trying new cuisines, European chocolate, travel to whever I can go, deserts, vintage Americana, romanticism, Hawleywood's Barber Shop, rodeo!

I'd like to meet:

you
J.M.W. Turner

Kate Bush

Music:

Americana (RAB, bluegrass, Old Crow Medicine Show, trad. country, Western Swing, primitive blues) Electronica (electro, new wave, house, hard trance, IDM, etc.), 80s, Alt. rock, post rock, old school punk, hardcore, indie, old school goth, underground hip hop, classical, Celtic, reggae, trad. ska, two tone, jazz, etc., etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseum.

Movies:

In intuitive order: Metropolis (the OG Fritz Lang one), The Apostle, Pirates of the Carribbean, City of God, Baghdad Cafe, The Three Amigos, Napoleon Dynamite, The Princess Bride, The Mission, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tennenbaums, Best in Show, M. Night Shyamalan flicks, Baz Luhrman stuff, Chicago, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Indiana Jones flicks, the Breakfast Club and other 80s teen flicks, documentaries, Mothra and Godzilla Toho flicks, almost any Carey Grant flick and a lot of other B&W classics), old Our Gang, Pippi Longstocking (the OG Swedish ones! ha ha), girlie English Victorian type flicks, Fight Club, Run, Lola, Run, good Hong Kong action flicks, old b-westerns, good foreign, indie, and occasionally mainstream flicks with quirky characters and good soundtracks.

Television:

Raising the Roofs, Southpark, Rob & Bigg, cooking shows, the news. That's about it.

Books:

The Bible.

Heroes:

Jesus and your mom.

My Blog

Handlebar Update!

Ok, here's the promised update for my beautiful handlebar moustache... I've been growing it for about 2 months now, we'll see how long it lasts. This photo was taken on Hallowe'en @ work--I was doin' ...
Posted by the Dartist on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:01:00 PST

Handlebar Moustache

Things are good; busy, but good. I'm in the process of growing a handlebar moustache... (Not to be confused w/a fu manchu or biker 'stache) I've been growing my moustache (with minimal trimming) for t...
Posted by the Dartist on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:40:00 PST

my The Seeker movie name

VISIT THE SITE...
Posted by the Dartist on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:47:00 PST

Poem: Our God of Hope

Oh, God, who continually renews usWith each new day Your mercy risesThank You for Your grace, Your renewing hope, Your fresh lifeI receive it; I receive ChristBless You Father, for You fight our battl...
Posted by the Dartist on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:55:00 PST

Poem: Shadow Puppets

Rough & tumbleWe fumble with shadow posesIlluminated by the light of the moonProjecting images larger than lifeThat we pretend to be ourselvesBut the man with large arms and a shield of faithIs a mous...
Posted by the Dartist on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:37:00 PST

whole food's rice krispy treats

As a public service announcement to the world: Whole Foods Rice Krispy Teats, ahem, I mean, "Crisp Rice Snack" SUCK! Sorry, Smokey--I mean, "Are not worthy of redemption..." Yeah, most of the "prepare...
Posted by the Dartist on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:44:00 PST

Make that the Dartist, M.A., if you would...

Yaaaaaaaay! PRAISE GOD!!! I just got the call from my comprehensive exam committee chair (sounds so official) that I passed my comp exam (and did quite well, he added...). In other words, I now have a...
Posted by the Dartist on Fri, 18 May 2007 06:36:00 PST

Poem: "Look, Mommy! A Shiny Thing!"

This spectacle of light:Dappled spots of blindnessFalse ideas of origin and birthPiping the dazzled towards nihilistic despondencyVision; Truth; LoveMyths, constructed answers some sayNon-applicable t...
Posted by the Dartist on Thu, 10 May 2007 12:59:00 PST

Poem: "Camping Outside"

Peaceful quiet punctuated by the jazz rhythm of a cricketA night outside, what a precious giftStars; I once forgot what those werePunctuating the sky with the sand light of dreamsA virtual roof over o...
Posted by the Dartist on Thu, 10 May 2007 01:50:00 PST

Our foolish prayers in the hands of a loving God

A Christian bro with excellent intentions posted a bulletin w/a post from a pastor who was writing about the "correct" way to pray to God, with guidelines on how we should pray for our nation. There ...
Posted by the Dartist on Fri, 04 May 2007 01:25:00 PST