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So, me....; I was born and raised in Redwood City, California. My Mom still lives there. I moved back to L.A. (okay, Ventura County isn't exactly L.A.) in 2001 after a wonderful year back in the Bay Area. I went to Woodside High School (Go Cats!), and after my graduation in 1992, I went to Pepperdine University. I have a degree in Psychology that I use to constantly analyze myself. I have ten units of a Master in Science degree in Ministry. I need about 30 more. Yeah, well....
I got married in 1997, and now my divorce is pending; In 1999, my daughter Talitha Joy was born. She is the best baby in the world. Her page is here.
I'm a Disney junkie, I love baseball (especially the Giants!), and I love the outdoors. But what I'm really about is...
...Writing. I love to write because I love to read. I always dreamed of being a writer of some sort. When I was a kid I wanted to write novels, then I wanted to be a journalist, then I wanted to get some poetry or short stories published, and then I wanted to publish my journals. Since I'm only 30, I guess I can't give that dream up yet. But maybe someday I'll get to make a living that way. Right now my Stuff isn't too polished. I've been writing poems (check out my links to see what I've been writing in that vein lately) and short stories forever. I've been keeping a journal slightly longer than that, since I was ten. Someday I'll get to that novel. I started a short story that has run to a not-so-short 50 pages (it's not nearly done), but it'll be a long time coming. My journals are my prized possession. I would run into my burning home to save them (not that I wouldn't save the baby and the dogs first). I would even sustain injury to save them. They are just...definitive records of how I became who I am. I think that someday I would like to publish them and I think that many people could probably relate to my story. I admit that I am a pretty self-centered person. Despite that, it takes a great deal of discipline to keep up my journal in the face of my terminally uninteresting life.
...Music. I love music because I love to write. Music has always inspired me. Music has changed my life and it has formed who I am. I am strongly opposed to government censorship, but music does have an effect on our hearts and minds. Music shaped my attitudes about sex, drinking, religion, all kinds of things. Music is a huge part of who I am. Huge. I can hear a song and it will bring back that memory and I will be wrapped up in it for days. Weeks, even. It's almost a neurotic condition for me; I feel pretty out of control of my thoughts and feelings when some of these moods come over me. It's a little scary, but memory is so very powerful. My iPod is my other prized possession. My favorite band in the world is Journey. (Check out my license plates) I almost had a stroke when I discovered my VCR hadn't recorded "Behind the Music" when they were on. Their stuff just cuts my soul. But, like, in my top ten songs ever, there are probably 8 other bands besides Journey. I love a well-written, soul-tearing song now matter who it's by. And, I have the most massive, reality-bordering crush on John Waite.; I started guitar lessons last fall and for Christmas I got a Gibson Les Paul in a blood-red clearcoat finish. Yummy. I also have an ES-135 hollowbody. I'm not too good, but hey, I'm loud now.... So look for me onstage at a venue near you in the next couple years. Just kidding.
...Jesus Christ. You can email me; I'd love to dish about it..
So, that's all for now. You may email me at i[email protected]. Mercy, peace, and love be yours!