About Me
- About Me: I'm no longer who I was/ no longer who you thought I was (Joseph Arthur).
College
- School Name: Prairie Bible College
- Status: Undergrad
- Class of: 2009
- Attended: 2005 - 2009
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): Christian Studies
- Minor(s): Philosophy
- Sports: Basketball, Rockclimbing
- Organizations: Nicene Society, The Mosaic, Trochu Pottery Club.
Books
- Favorite Books: cat's eye, no logo, walden, leaves of grass, the martian chronicles, pilgrim at tinker creek, the fountainhead, 100 years of solitude, new seeds of contemplation.
- Favorite Authors: findley, merton, atwood, thoreau, dillard, chomsky, ayn rand,t.s. eliot, walt whitman, paulo coelho...
- Favorite Genres: political, distopian, poetic prose, earth science.
- Favorite Characters: cordelia from 'cat's eye,' jack from 'the talisman,' howard roark from 'the fountainhead.'
- Favorite Quotes: "there is more metaphysical sublety in the word damn than in the word degeneration" (chesterton).
- Recent Reads: Works of Love, Atlas Shrugged, The Wasteland.
More About Me
- Heroes: christ jesus, ralph nader, and my dad.
- Interests: thunderstorms. baked oatmeal. fly fishing. black licorice. making the perfect cup of coffee. blue jeans. books. barefeet. kayaking. acoustic guitar. harmonicas. farmers tans. writing. pottery. walden pond. sunrises. starwatching. jesus christ. trees and plants. canoes. watching the night rise. flying kites. counting boxcars.
- Expertise: kayak instructor. bakery clerk. treeplanter. shoe tyer. camp counsellor. toilet cleaner. dish washer. log-hauler. smile inducer. flight-booker. book-shelver. belayer. sliver master. coffee snob.
- Occupation: Artist
- Industry: Nonprofit
Television
- Favorite Shows: curb your enthusiasm, uncovering ancient ruins.
- Favorite Channels: discovery channel, the weather network.
- Favorite Reruns: the x-files.
- Show I Secretly Watch: what not to wear
Movies
- Favorite Movies: dancer in the dark, city of God, hotel rwanda, breaking away, the sound of music, the pride and the prejudice, donnie darko.
- Favorite Actors: edward norton.
- Favorite Genre: independant/ biographical/ dramatic.
- Favorite Soundtracks: garden state, donnie darko.
- Actor that would play me in a movie: i would play myself.
Style
- Where I shop: thrift shoppes, garage sales.
- I like to wear: ripped jeans, sandals, second-hand tee-shirts, thick sweaters, warm toques.
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: asian, greek.
- Favorite Dishes: steak salad with quebec goat cheese, stir fry, chop suey, fish n' chips.
- Favorite Desserts: cheesecake, icecream with saskatoons.
- Favorite Drinks: coffee, banana/ chocolate/ white milk, dr pepper.
- Favorite Junk Foods: licorice
- Best meal ever: fish n' chips in antiguan language home.
- My Original Recipes: fish over the campfire with mint, lemon, beer. stir fry with pinapple pork, sugar snap peas and rice.
- Foods I hate: chicken pot pie, tomato soup.
Music
- Favorite Artists: ben kweller, wilco, sarah slean, patty griffin, josh ritter, matthew good, neil young, bright eyes, xavier rudd, death cab, tegan and sara, CCR, leonard cohen, ani difranco, bob dylan...
- Favorite Albums: the audio of being, yankee hotel foxtrot, food in the belly, transatlanticism...
- Favorite Genre: acoustic/alternative/ jazz.
- Favorite Songs: anyting with harmonica/ guitar.
- Favorite Lyrics: "here's a quarter for the phone why don't you call someone and find out how it is so we can all belong to something that no one wants any part of. one day you'll wake up and they'll be advertising on police cars..."
- Songs for Roadtrips: the postal service
- Songs I hate: pop/ hiphop/ new country.
- Guilty Pleasure: electronica.
- Songs I repeat the most: ones that make induce weeping
- Band I wish I was in: sonic youth
Travel
- Places I love: central BC, southern BC, rivers.
- Places I've been: BC, AB, SK, ON, QC, Washington, Texas, Idaho, Montana, California, Guatemala, El Salvador.
- Places to see before I die: the mediterranean, asia, coastal & inland africa.
- Dream Vacation: hiking/ fishing/ camping/doing anything anywhere with people i love.
trainhopper
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- Name: BJ
- Birthday: 8/11/1986
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 6/10/2005
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