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Samuel John

you are my anchor...

About Me

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My Interests

i just love Jesus Christ.

I'd like to meet:

...people who are doing what i aim to be doing...

MUTEMATH, Brooke Fraser, Larry Mullen Jnr, Chad Smith, Buddy Rich, JJ Johnson, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Marcus Dahlstrom (met him), Fabrizio Moretti, Paul Hawley, Phil Wickham, Tim Hughes, Travis Barker, Abe Cunningham, Wes Anderson, Bill Murray, Sofia Coppola, Jason Schwartzman(met him), David Bowie, Johnny Depp, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Jeff Buckley, Bono, John Mayer...
my wife, my kids, all of the muppets, mary poppins and my brother Benjamin O'Donnell r.i.p.

Bands: U2, Travis, Coldplay, Aqualung (met him), Mutemath, Radiohead, Blindside (met them woo!), Switchfoot (met them), The Strokes, Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, Silverchair, The Deftones, P.O.D.

Music:

Able, Alanis Morrisette, Andre 3000, The Arcade Fire, Art Brut, Athlete, At the Drive-In, AQUALUNG, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Ben Folds, Ben Jones, Black Eyed Peas, Blindside, Blink 182, Bloc Party, BOB DYLAN, Bob Marley, Boxcar Racer, BROOKE FRASER!!!, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Buddy Holly, Butch Walker, COLDPLAY, Cream, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, The Cure, Damien Rice, The Dandy Warhols, Dave Grohl, DAVID BOWIE, DC Talk (haha!), DEFTONES, Delirious, DIRE STRAITS, The Doves, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, Frank Sinatra, Graham Bronczyk, GRAMMATRAIN, GREEN DAY, Gorrillaz, Hanne Hukkelburg, Harry Connick Jnr, HOT HOT HEAT, Interpol, INXS, James Taylor, JEFF BUCKLEY, Jens Leckman, Jimmy Hendrix, Joanna Newsom, Johnny Cash, John Mayer, Jose Gonzalez, Josh Jones, Kanye West, Keith Urban, THE KILLERS, Kings of Leon, Lauryn Hill, Led Zepplin, Lynard Skynard, The Mammas & The Pappas, Mark Knopfler, Michael Jackson, The Miles, Motor Ace, Muse, MUTEMATH, My Chemical Romance, Neil Young, The Neptunes, N.E.R.D, Nirvana, Oasis, Otis Redding, OUTKAST, Paul Simon, Pete Stewart, PHANTOM PLANET, Pharel (Skateboard P), Phil Collins, Phil Keaggy, Phil Wickham, P.O.D., The Police, Prince, Queen, RADIOHEAD, Ray Charles, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Reuben Morgan, The Rolling Stones, Shifting Attention, Sia Furler, Sigur Ros, SILVERCHAIR, The Smiths, SNOOP DOGG, Stars, Stevie Wonder, Sting, THE STROKES, Toto, TRAVIS, TUPAC, U2, Underoath, The Valley, VAN HALEN, The Wallflowers, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Who etc, etc...

Movies:

I SERIOUSLY LOVE FILMS... one day i wanna make them.
I have found that there are many reasons to watch them...
I like to watch films to ESCAPE, APPRECIATE & LEARN ABOUT THE ART FORM, BE ENTERTAINED and CHALLENGE MY THINKING.
I love:
Anything by WES ANDERSON
Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic....
Fav Directors: Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Sofia Coppola, Michel Gondry... Spike Jones, Peter Jackson, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg are also pretty RAD
Some favs:
North By Northwest, Back To The Future (1,2+3), The Life Aquatic (with Steve Zissou), The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, I ♥ Huckabees, I ♥ DISNEY & COMPUTER ANIMATED MOVIES, The Shining, Amelie, Napoleon Dynamite, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Anchorman, Donnie Darko, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, The Passion of the Christ, Lost In Translation, Broken Flowers, Fear & Loathing in LAS VEGAS, The Notebook, Spiderman, Half Nelson, Grease, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Mary Poppins, ROBIN HOOD!!!, King Kong, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe, Star Wars, Walk The Line, The Labyrinth, V for Vendetta, Gleaming The Cube, James Bond etc...
Some Fav Actors:
Johny Depp
Jason Schwartzman
Cate Blanchett
Bill Murray
Mark Wahlberg
Brad Pitt
Dick Van Dyke
Audrey Hepburn
Julie Andrews
Ryan Gosling
Dustin Hoffman
Robert DeNiro
Sean Penn
Harrison Ford
Adam Sandler
Owen Wilson
Luke Wilson
Ben Stiller
Will Ferrell

Books:

I LOVE BOOKS! But i'm really picky about what i read... i endeavour to learn and increase my knowledge and understanding.
Some Favourites: The Bible (greatest words i've ever read.), Cinema and the Invention of Modern Life, Bono on Bono, Dylan on Dylan, Man's Search for Meaning (An Introduction to Logotherapy), Status Anxiety, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Purpose Driven Life, Wild At Heart, Blue Like Jazz, the Barbarian Way... John Bevere books build me...

I want to read more books... if you know of some great books you think i might like, please recommend them.

Heroes:

definitely my Dad...

umm... people who've wisdom dripping from their mouths..: Jesus, Apostle Paul, Bono, Paul Andrew, Brian Houston, Robert Ferguson, John Bevere, Erwin McManus, Joseph Prince, T.D. Jakes...
drummers: Paul Mabury, Neil Primrose (travis), Steve Gadd, Buddy Rich, Larry Mullen Jr (U2), Will Champion (coldplay), Chad Smith (rhcp), Phil Selway (Radiohead), Matt Johnson (Jeff Buckley), JJ Johnson, Steve Jordan (John Mayer), Marcus Dahlstrom (blindside), Cindy Blackman (Lenny Kravitz), Stewart Copeland (the police), Fabrizio Moretti (the strokes), Jason Schwartzman (phantom planet), Paul Hawley (hot hot heat), Sam Fogarino (interpol), Alex Van Halen (van halen) Dave Grohl (nirvana, foos), Abe Cunningham (deftones).