Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Benjamin Gibbard, Jeremy Enugk, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft. Foo Fighters. Weezer, The Sweet Science, Last Tuesday, Tori Amos, Fru Fru, John Digweed, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zao, Mewithoutyou, Lovedrug, Stavesacre, Mute Math, Mat Kearney, Miranda Stone, Ani Defranco, OutKast, Rush, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplen, Fleetwood Mac, Brandtson, Damian Jurado, Unwed Sailor, Explosions in the Sky, Madonna, Bjork, Sanctus Real, Living Sacrifice,Jimmy Eat World, Spoken, Pedro the Lion, Benjamin Gate, the Cure, U2, David Crowder, Psalters, Rapture, Modest Mouse, The Sounds, Pony Up, Bloc Party, LCD Soundsystem, The Cliks, M.I.A... And so many more...
Movies
LOTR 1,2,3. Kill Bill 1,2, 5th Element, 12 monkeys, Million Dollar Hotel, Donnie Darko, Chronicals of Narnia, Serenity, Clue, the Goonies, the Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, Army of Darkness, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Moulin Rouge, Life Aquatic, Spanglish, Amelie, Run Lola Run, Legends of the Fall, Pans Labyrinth, The Illusionist....
Television
i try not to watch much tv. BUT: Criminal Minds, My Name is Earl, LOST!!!!!!
Books
Chronicals of Narnia, Enchanted by Orison Scott Card (as well as Edners Game) any Tolken (LOTR) , John Goodkind (Chainfire, etc..) the Bible. Michelle Mckinny Hammond, Velvit Elvis by Rob Bell. www.nooma.com, Battlefield of the Mind, the Message Bible,
Self help , fantasy, inspirational books, The 5 love languages for Singles (Champan), Any Frank Peretti, The 4 Agreements, The Power of Now by Ekart Toll, Spencer Johnsons books: Who Moved my Cheese and The Presant. i listen to TONS of Audio books as well.. most recent: The Golden Compass,
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Mt Vernon,Ohio
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Soc/Community development
Minor: fine art
About me: "COMPLAINING AND REACTIVITY ARE FAVORITE MIND PATTERNS THROUGH WHICH THE EGO STRENGTHENS ITSELF. FOR MANY PEOPLE, A LARGE PART OF THEIR MENTAL-EMOTIONAL ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF COMPLAINING AND REACTING AGAINST THIS OR THAT. BY DOING THIS, YOU MAKE OTHERS OR A SITUATION "WRONG" AND YOURSELF "RIGHT". TROUGH BEING "RIGHT", YOU FEEL SUPERIOR, AND THROUGH FEELING SUPERIOR, YOU STRENGTHEN YOUR SENSE OF SELF. IN REALITY, OF COURSE, YOU ARE ONLY STRENGTHENING THE ILLUSION OF EGO."
"To have your attention in the Now is not a denial of what is needed in your life. It is recognizing what is primary. Then you can deal with what is secondary with great ease. It is not saying, "I'm not dealing with things anymore because there is only the Now." No. Find what is primary first, and make the Now into your friend, not your enemy. Acknowledge it, honor it. When the Now is the foundation and primary focus of your life, then your life unfolds with ease"
"DO YOU TREAT THIS MOMENT AS IF IT WERE AN OBSTACLE TO BE OVERCOME? DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE A FUTURE MOMENT TO GET TO THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT?
ALMOST EVERYONE LIVES LIKE THIS MOST OF THE TIME. SINCE THE FUTURE NEVER ARRIVES, EXCEPT AS THE PRESENT, IT IS A DYSFUNCTIONAL WAY TO LIVE. IT GENERATES A CONSTANT UNDERCURRENT OF UNEASE, TENSION, AND DISCONTENT. IT DOES NOT HONOR LIFE,WHICH IS NOW AND NEVER NOT NOW."
"Ultimately you are not taking responsibility for life until you take responsibility for this moment--- NOW. This is because Now is the only place where life can be found."
(Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle)
Embrace the Precious Present Moment Today!!!!
Quote by Mark Soloman. Its so real to me:
"I write this letter to you on the verge of walking through a new, open door. I have no idea how long this door has been standing open, with all the nonsense that i've been spending my time attending too, I wouldn't even have noticed until now. I am leaving behind a room that i have spent too much time in, and i don't think i could write this if i had any intention but to leave. This room, and the world that it represents, is a dead place. There's no good reason to be here, in fact to stay would be unhealthy. It would be dishonest, it would lack the credibility that you deserve from me and then what would we have? More filler, more lies, more empty promises. I am a little uncertain of some things, but of the fact that we don't need any more Bullshit- I could not be more certain.
You see this is a letter of resignation. I am saying good-bye. Good-bye to all of you who like this old room, who can still live here and feel okay, still feel anything at all but the need to leave. I suppose this is a letter of warning, too. This old room is going to be the end of you; I do really believe that, if you choose to stay. This room is not a place that encourages or even values the things we are supposed to hold as precious and sacred. You should get out now, save what is worth saving- if in fact you can find anything of the sort- and get out. Get out and help with he gasoline and matches."
"Having said all that, I want to say that this is also a letter of hope. This old room is not a room at all, but a waste heap. It's a mire for pigs to wallow and root and suffer in. Hate to admit it, but the pigs here are you and I. But this is a letter about the hope that comes when you wake up one day and realize that although you have wasted so much of the precious time you've been given burying the "talents" (Matthew 25:25) that God has given you in this mire, you don't have to stay here one moment longer. you can actually do something about the sinkhole you've slipped so far down into.
It's that kind of hope that is very much like the relief that you might feel once you realize you've been backing the wrong side. And knowingly that side, knowing how that side treats all those guilty of treason, you find that it not only feels right to turn your back on it but it feels even better to join the other side and start fighting the true good fight. Because the fact is : the site you've been backing is bad, probably evil.
It's a letter of hope and, believe it or not: joy. Can joy find a place in so much hurt, so much bitterness, and so much division? Yes it can. Imagine how a slave might feel if he were to find out he's been free all along. I am free, I was a slave but now I'm free. I can find Joy in that, and I truly hope that this letter will help some of my fellow slaves find joy as well.
There is Joy out there it's rare- but when found it's refined and held high as gold. Here, in this dusty, dry old room, joy has been marketed, prostituted , and sold for a shameful pittance. " from the book Simplicity.
i forgot how much i love this song till i went to your page...thanks for the reminder :) So looks like your doing good...maybe a trip north is in hand...miss you babe!! talk to you soon
Congratulations and such! I'm alright. Mid-terms are ruining my life at the moment, but they'll go away soon. I do have facebook. I'd look you up but I can never spell your last name.
Hi Nicole :) Great adventures to say the least! Probably getting back into restaurant work (maybe even management). Learning to live up to my potential. How are things going with you?
Hello FRIEND!! How are things? Did you have a nice or should I say are you having a nice holiday? I miss you, we should hang out sooooon. Maybe we can all get together in the next few days or so??
Nicole! I haven't talked to you in a long time. I found your CD on my entertainment center. I thought you took it when you were over for my party (it's been that long since i've cleaned...) So how are things going?
Hey, I recognize that lil' lamby! :) You two are all too cute in that pict! Good to hear from ya. Things are goin okay here, just finished school and am looking for a job now asap. We'll have to get together again one of these upcoming days and do some more catching up. Hope you had a nice weekend, blessings to you my friend...ttys. :)
