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About Me

My name is Chris Osborne and I was born in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up in the Smyrna area where I attended school at Osborne high. My family moved from Atlanta to a small town just east of Augusta called Norwood in 1998. After being here a few years I met my lovely wife Sandra in 01 and we were married in November of 04. I do polish and restoration work on Japanese and Japanese style swords full time as of late and have had an intense interest and love for them since my early teens, some examples of my work can be seen at www.swordpolish.net in the gallery.a

My Interests

Japanese swords(Nihonto), Star Wars, Model making, Prop Collecting.

I'd like to meet:

People with similar interests as myself such as Star Wars costuming, prop collecting, and Japanese swords.People who dig movies like Star Wars, Blade Runner, Dune, and Neo Noir-Film Noir in general.People who are genuine and kind.

Music:

These days I'm pretty much listeng to either 80's retro stuff or some light Jazz or classical; Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Mozart in particular. I also love world music such as traditional Japanese and Indian music. My all time favorite for relaxing though has always been the Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis.If I'm out cruising around town with my wife on a Friday or Saturday night we'll probably be listening to stuff like Pink Floyd, Queensryche, Radio Head, White Zombie, Iron Maiden, or some sort of old metal I can dig out and irritate the hell out of her with.

Movies:

Star Wars, all of them (Empire does have a special place in the heart however.), Blade Runner, Dune-David Lynch, V For Vendetta, Requiem for a Dream, Excalibur, Alien, Aliens, Sword of Doom, The Seven Samurai, Zatoichi sries, The Samurai trilogy, Dark City, Citizen Kane, The Mists of Avalon, Lord of the Rings, Highlander-1, Battle Beyond the Stars, Legend, The Patriot, We were Soldiers, The Road Warrior, Mad Max, Star Trek-The Wrath of Kahn, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick, Dragonslayer, Logans Run, Terminator-1,2, Gladiator, The Matrix-1, Krull, The Sword and the Sorcerer

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, 24, House, Battlestar Galactica, SG1, Atlantis, 24, Fire Fly, Deperate Housewives(Hey, I'm married, what can I say.), Battl........Did I say Battlestar Galactica and 24? Whoops!!

Books:

The Bible, Dune series, Silmarillion, A Book of Five Rings, anything conspiracy related.

Heroes:

Jesus-Can't think of a braver man who did more for anyone.

My Blog

Earth's Age: Does Genesis 1 Indicate a Time Interval?

We are introduced to the account of the creation of the earth in Genesis 1:1-2: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the f...
Posted by nightrider on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:53:00 PST