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About Me

I am the vocalist for the Charlottesville-based metal band Caustic Bloodline, an ex-Marine and practicing (albeit somewhat unorthodox) Mormon with a wicked, bloody sense of humor and more mental issues than you can shake a stick at. An avid reader, I tend to philosophize, argue and/or wax poetic about anything and everything. I love ANYTHING that tackles the strengths and weaknesses of the human condition, psychological extremes and quirks, and how to transcend them.I tend to be open with my opinions, often to the point of bluntness...buyer beware!!! While I'm open minded and willing to learn, I will still go for the throat if I know I'm right, or if I think something is extraordinarily obvious (and I like to fight). Hey, it's the Marine in me. Or maybe it's the me in the Marine......
IN MY SPARE TIME I ENJOY TREE DIVING AND GETTING BEATEN BY LATINAS WITH UMBRELLAS:
Your results:
You are Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 100% Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 80% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 70% River (Stowaway) 55% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 50% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 40% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 40% Wash (Ship Pilot) 40% Alliance 35% Inara Serra (Companion) 30% A Reaver (Cannibal) 20% Dependable and trustworthy.
You love your significant other and
you are a tough cookie when in a conflict.
Click here to take the "Which Serenity character am I?" quiz...

Your Theme Song is Back in Black by AC/DC
"Back in black, I hit the sack,
I've been too long, I'm glad to be back"
Things sometimes get really crazy for you, and sometimes you have to get away from all the chaos.
But each time you stage your comeback, it's even better than the last! What's Your Theme Song?
You Are Creepy
Serial killers would run away from you in a flash. How Scary Are You?
You scored as XVI: The Tower, If badly aspected this can be the worst card of the Tarot deck. The Tower always indicates upheavel, possibly chaos, loss and destruction. Its effects are never pleasant and can be painful. The card illustrates lightning striking the Tower. The lightning cannot be avoided, the destruction it brings is inevitable. All we can do is attempt to survive and rebuild. The Tower brings sudden, severe change. When the Tower appears in a Tarot spread it represents sudden and possibly violent change, disruption or loss.

XVI: The Tower

100%

IV - The Emperor

94%

III - The Empress

88%

VIII - Strength

81%

II - The High Priestess

81%

XIII: Death

75%

XI: Justice

69%

I - Magician

69%

XIX: The Sun

38%

0 - The Fool

38%

VI: The Lovers

31%

XV: The Devil

31%

X - Wheel of Fortune

6%
Which Major Arcana Tarot Card Are You?
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My Interests

I live for blood, guts, gore, B-movies and HEAVY METAL - any and all forms of it. That and sugar. Lots o' sugar....

And this:

I'd like to meet:

Honest folks who dig music as much as I do, musicians, especially female ones, anyone who can teach me new things. People who are DIFFERENT, weird, etc. People who have balls (figuratively speaking), folks who go against the grain.

Music:

Tons o' metal, mostly thrash and death. Any and all Devin Townsend projects (SYL!!!!!), anything with Danny Elfman...anything with Zdenka Prado...Mike Patton (who must be listed as his own separate entity)...Faith No More, Sepultura, Suicidal Tendencies, Crisis, Metallica up to and including Justice, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Blood Hag, In Flames, Garden of Shadows, Exodus, Anthrax...and lately, a touch of SWING! (yes, I said swing...)

Remember this?

VAMPIRA!!!
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Ooooohhh yeah...
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Movies:

Horror, comedy.

Sugar Hill (the Don Pedro Colley one, NOT the one with what's-his-face), Cemetery Man, Shaun of the Dead, Redneck Zombies, Silence of the Lambs, Tank Girl, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, The Big Lebowski, Mobsters and Mormons, The Ginger Snaps movies, The Princess Bride, Requiem for a Dream, My Fellow Americans, Bulworth, Pirates of the Carribean, Dead Alive (well, most Peter Jackson...), most Pixar flicks, stop motion, cartoons (NO ANIME)...

Television:

On DVD only (I loathe television): CSI (the original), Titus, Firefly, Family Guy, The Muppet Show. Twin Peaks. Educational stuff.

Books:

Hugo and Josephine by Maria Gripe, A Marvelous Work and A Wonder by LeGrand Richards, Alice in Wonderland, Children of the Flames, When Rabbit Howls, Lisa Bright and Dark. Anything about Lizzie Borden (damn it, the maid did it!) Dan Simmons, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Brian Hodge...horror, mystery, true crime, psycho thriller & psycho-reality, anything that expresses a knowledge of the human condition, pain, suffering, transcendence...oh, and of course, my trusty Book o' Mormon.

Heroes:

(If there IS such a thing) Devin Townsend, Mike Patton.

My Blog

Religion Bashing

This, again, is excerpted from a blog posted by my ingenious husband. I love this man. Perhaps I'll never write another blog again, I'll just continue to heist his.. "If someone walks up to you and sa...
Posted by rk veneble on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:22:00 PST

My Interview with Death Metal Shawn

DEATH METAL SHAWN IS THE SHIZNIT, in case you didn't already know. I had the honor of being interviewed via email by him, just in time for my birthday: Sunday, January 13, 2008 ...
Posted by rk veneble on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:12:00 PST

Anarchy is for Mormons...

CHECK THIS SHIT OUT! I don't know who this guy is, but I think I love him.......when you're done with these excerpts, GO CHECK OUT THE REST OF THE ARTICLE!http://www.sltrib.com/lds/ci_7216457">http:/...
Posted by rk veneble on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:53:00 PST

Mormon Culture: Problems of Artistic Expression by Bryan Kasik

This blog was written by my husband, who has a public access tv show. I'm reposting it here because I believe its content deserves a wider audience.The Mormon elephant in the room lately is Mitt Romne...
Posted by rk veneble on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:48:00 PST

CONVERSION Part Twelve: Epilogue

I believe in coincidence, but there comes a point in one's life that one realizes that certain odds are just pretty freakin' slim, and it ain't coincidence anymore. I also believe that God prepares us...
Posted by rk veneble on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:48:00 PST

CONVERSION Part Eleven: The Holy Ghost

(OR: Why They Say We're Not Christian) "But behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right, I will cause that your ...
Posted by rk veneble on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:55:00 PST

CONVERSION Part Ten: The Spirit that Sets us Apart

(OR: The Part that Mormons Will Go "Yeah, DUH&" Over but Will Convince Everyone Else I'm Completely Insane) There is a scripture in the Book of Mormon that says, "And when ye shall receiv...
Posted by rk veneble on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:54:00 PST

CONVERSION Part Nine: Its almost over, I promise&.

From here on out, things went pretty quickly. I still weaseled (at first) on going to church. So I met with the missionaries one on one instead. My first discussion with the sisters was very bizarre t...
Posted by rk veneble on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:28:00 PST

CONVERSION Part Eight: Im Toast

As they approach me, a number of possibilities flash through my mind: They don't see me. (WRONG.) They'll pass me? (WRONG.) They're lost? "Hi! Can we walk with you?!" Okay, they're...
Posted by rk veneble on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 07:50:00 PST

CONVERSION Part Seven: No, Really. A Crackhead.

Why? I don't know. And I didn't just cry, either&. I sat on the floor at the foot of the bed and I BAWLED. For over an hour, I bawled like a baby, like every pain I'd ever experienced in my life was s...
Posted by rk veneble on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:32:00 PST