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About Me

About Me: I tried to think of something profound to say here. But then I realized that things only sound profound in context. And xanga is little if not contextless. So here I am... without context. You are free to judge what you see based on its merit alone. Because you might not know me. But there will be a reckoning.

Favorite Artists: Stavesacre, Ghoti Hook, Nodes of Ranvier, Mewithoutyou, Zao, Dogwood, MxPx (old school only)
Favorite Albums: Speakeasy, Absolutes, How to Live With a Curse, Two Years to Never, Years to Come, Catch for Us the Foxes Brother Sisiter, Liberate Te Ex Inferis, Funeral of God, Building a Better Me, More than Conquerors, Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo, Life in General
Favorite Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Alt Rock, Metal, Hardcore
Favorite Songs: "Gold and Silver"
Favorite Lyrics: "And she always weighs me down, but in case I might need her, I drag her around. It's best to keep close sack cloth and ash in a whitewashed town"
Songs I hate: Justin Timberlake
Guilty Pleasure: Eminem
Band I wish I was in: Stavesacre, Nodes of Ranvier, Bon Jovi

Favorite Books: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Revelation to John, Children of Israel: Reading the Bible for the Sake of our Children
Favorite Authors: Stephen R. Donaldsen, Danna Fewell, Stephen King
Favorite Genres: Fantasy, Biblical Studies
Favorite Characters: Thomas Covenant

Nicknames: Captain Death
Nationality: Kingdom of God
Religion: Post-modern, Post-western Christianity
Heroes: the Batman. He is the only superhero in my heart.
Interests: If I had my druthers (and could manage to go a day without misplacing them), I would spend my days in ever increasingly complicated ways, convincing myself of the rightness of each word I say. Additionally, I would bask in the company of my friends (you know who you are).
Expertise: I AM the scene. And I'll dance on your face if you require proof. I'm getting to be quite an expert on the Gospel of John, or at least on Nicodemus and the woman at the well. I also study the Revelation to John and know it well enough to know that Dispensationalism is a cancer in the Christian soul. Some persons tell me I'm funny. But perhaps that is merely a joke in poor tastes. Also, I am striving to learn as much as I can about racial deconstruction. So I can stop being white. What unseen pen etched eternal things in the hearts of humankind, but never let them in our minds?
Occupation: Youth Ministry, Leadership Development, Theology and Bible Teaching
Industry: the Church
Website: http://www.thisdeadreckoning.com+[coming+soon]

Favorite Movies: MST3K: The Movie; Payback; Hotel Rwanda; American History X; Boondock Saints; O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Favorite Actors: Willem DeFoe; Johnny Knoxville; Elisha Cuthbert; Vince Vaughan; Ed Norton; Johnny Depp; Meryl Streep
Favorite Directors: Kevin Smith; Todd Phillips; Cohen Brothers
Favorite Genre: Action/Adventure or Comedy
Favorite Soundtracks: Passion of the Christ; Jurassic Park; Pirates of the Carribean
Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Nooge"; "May your forehead grow like the mighty oak!"; "Earmuffs"; Oh yes, I have sown my seed"
Movies I can watch over and over: MST3K: the Movie; O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Actor that would play me in a movie: Vince Vaughan (though others say Jack Black)