Arcadiadreamer
39 years old
Atlanta, GA
Male
About
December 2007:
Greetings and salutations. I've been a Virb member for some months now....I can't remember exactly how many....but I've been neglecting my profile for most of that time. However, as I'm endeavoring to rejuvenate my writing (something akin to those electric paddles emergency room doctors use to revive patients on the table), I'm going to rework my profile some....starting with my introduction on this page.
That said, keep checkin' back for (maybe) bigger, better, and much more well-written content. And, the muses willing, regular blogs.
Wagons....roll!
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Aug 5, 2007
What Would Jesus Do?
Ummm.... I haven't exercised any self discipline this week to sit down and write a blog, although a few cursory blog-worthy topics have flitted through my head begging for release. However, to prove to you that my brain hasn't TOTALLY checked out, here's a random quote …
Jul 29, 2007
Life With Grammy
(Note: The item below isn't really a blog per se; it's actually a short story I wrote several years ago that is of a legitimate school of writing called "creative nonfiction". What that means in my case is that the sentiments and sense memories behind this story are …
Jul 29, 2007
Empathy With James Dean
Webster's II New Riverside Dictionary defines empathy as "identification with and understanding of the thoughts or feelings of another." I like to think that I have a valid reason to empathize with James Dean; I've read enough about his life and myth that I can …
Movies
Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, John Waters, John Carpenter, Unforgiven, Bladerunner, underground cinema, Pale Rider, Auntie Mame, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Almost Famous, Singles, Shortbus, Paul Morrissey, A Mighty Wind, Best In Show, Carnival Of Souls, Eyes Without A Face, Empire Records, Alien, Woody Allen, Tim Burton, Edge Of Seventeen, Beautiful Thing, Gypsy 83, A Christmas Story, Fiddler On The Roof, Meet Me In St. Louis, The Dark Crystal, The Witches, Woodstock, Detroit Rock City, Office Space, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, Nosferatu, My Own Private Idaho, Rebel Without A Cause, East Of Eden, X2: X-Men United, The Goonies, Reality Bites, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Mon Oncle, Superman, Superman Returns, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Napoleon Dynamite, Jaws, Casino, Good Fellas, Coal Miner's Daughter, Dead Poets Society, Metropolis, Grey Gardens, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling For Columbine, Fight Club, Seven, Lucas, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Poltergeist, Poltergeist 2: The Other Side, The Science Of Sleep, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Birds, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Wonder Boys
Television
Discovery Channel, History Channel, documentaries, public television, Ghost Hunters, MythBusters, MonsterQuest, Planet Earth, CBS News Sunday Morning, That 70's Show, Filmation Saturday morning shows, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Family Guy, Futurama, The Golden Girls, Sid and Marty Krofft, Rankin-Bass animation (especially stop-motion), The Andy Griffith Show, M*A*S*H, Designing Women, Arrested Development, Cheers, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Are You Being Served?, Are You Being Served Again, Keeping Up Appearances, The Vicar Of Dibley, Last of the Summer Wine, Waiting For God, King Of The Hill, Little Britain, Schoolhouse Rock
Books
Dispatches from the Edge, Beneath the Diamond Sky: Haight-Ashbury 1965-1970, Son Of A Preacher Man, Hermann Hesse, Anthem, The Man Comes Around: The Spiritual Journey of Johnny Cash, Leaves Of Grass, A Separate Peace, Stranger at the Gate, Messy Spirituality, James Dean: The Mutant King, A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeces of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., e.e. cummings, Ogden Nash, Eudora Welty, Woody Allen's essays, the Bible
Interests
Walking, hiking, playing with my dog, civil rights, social justice, democracy, metal lunchboxes, watching movies, listening to music, art galleries and museums, poetry, vintage advertising, live bands, camping, swimming, creative writing, reading, history, sociology, hanging out with friends, going where the day takes me
Music
Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, Shonen Knife, The Shins, The Shins, The Shins, Loretta Lynn, Nancy Sinatra, Emmylou Harris, The Cult, Jason Mraz, Jason Mraz, Jason Mraz, Sufjan Stevens, Sufjan Stevens, Sufjan Stevens, Nina Simone, The Cure, Rush, Kiss, Kirsty MacColl, Kate Bush, Teddy Thompson, Nik Kershaw, James Taylor, The B-52's, Elliott Smith, Badly Drawn Boy, Hoodoo Gurus, Material Issue, Cyndi Lauper, Edwin McCain, James William Hindle, Joan Armatrading, Tracy Chapman, Jimi Hendrix, Boston, The Decemberists, Robyn Hitchcock, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie, Deborah Harry, Ramones, Catherine Wheel, Sisters Of Mercy, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Blue Aeroplanes, Carl Stalling, Tammy Wynette, Pixies, Led Zeppelin, Nat King Cole, Patsy Cline, Louis Armstrong, classical, Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry, Maurice Jarre, Dixieland jazz, Russian folk music, balalaika, Echo & The Bunnymen, Jimmie Rodgers, 10, 000 Maniacs, Peter Paul And Mary, Heart, Cheap Trick, Pearl Jam, George Harrison, Divinyls, The Outfield, Janis Joplin, Marlene Dietrich, Jimmy Durante, The Stone Roses, The Sugarcubes, Willie Nelson
throwingroses, Jul 26, 2007:
good to see you are on here, You are missed, we will call soon.. the clouds will drip cupcakes....wait the last part - forget it. I can't make that happen...yet.
fenifer, Jul 26, 2007:
van!!!! you got a virb!!!! we are gonna call you soon. life has been busy busy busy! hope you are doing swell. miss ya! -Jen