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Interests: Existentialism
Expertise: Writing really well.
Occupation: Manufacturing/production
Industry: Manufacturing
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2/23/2004
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Its Spring!!! I'm planning on working in Maryland this summer. Camp Pecometh. For News about what happened this year:
thomastank.blogspot.com
Keep in touch friends.
Love,
Owen
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| Hey kiddies. I put up a knew post, but you have to click on this to get to it. Sorry. but you have to see the pictures.
Owen.
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| Hey all notable LANCASTRIANS(?): I will be out there next weekend if you wanted to you know, "hang OUT." so post something up here if this would work out. | | |
| "So the soul fornicates when it is turned away from You and seeks outside You the pure and clear intentions which are not to be found except by returning to You. In their perverted way all humanity imitates You. Yet they put themselves at a distance from You and exalt themselves against You. But even by thus imitating You they acknowledge that You are the Creator of all nature and so concede that there is no place where one can entirely escape from You. Therefore in that act of theft what was the object of my love, and in what way did I viciously and perversely imitate my Lord? Was my pleasure to break Your Law, but by deceit since I had not the power to do that by force? Was I acting like a prisoner with restricted liberty who does without punishment what is not permitted, thereby making an assertion of possessing a dim resemblance to omnipotence? Here is a runaway slave fleeing his master and pursuing a shadow. What rottenness! What a monstrous life and what an abyss of death! Was it possible to take pleasure in what was illicit for no reason other than that it was not allowed?"
Book II, Chapter vi (14)
Confessions
St. Augustine | | |
| - -Fortress
well since no one read's my other blog:
Well, Let me tell you:
A great place as long as you don't have to travel around out there.
Things I did in California:
1. Ate at Mimi's Cafe: where Mike works
2. Ate at an In and Out: great french fries
3. Bought rainbow sandals from the rainbow outlet: not only did I save 10 dollars, but the shack was a real experience
4. Ate from a "Roach Coach"
5. Went to Huntington Beach, where there were some rich people and a coat I wanted to buy, but lacked the funding for.
6. Narrowly missed matthew nordeman in the St. Louis Airport
7. Met up with Amanda Czech, Jim, Phil, Lindsay, Andrew, John, Luke, and Lauren at different but inclusive times
8. Smoked my first cigar on a hill overlooking Orange county and most of L.A., the city of Angels
9. Went to a High School football game with Ms. Czech, and laughed at the pep band and the teams. Final Score: Us: 7 them: 60 (actually, it might have been worse. we left with 5 minutes to play in the 4th)
10. Went to Hollywood: Had Lunch with a girl and a guy from Poland and a girl from Germany. They were pretty great people. heres to them: cheers. Austa, Yanna, and Chris.
11. Saw a very empty and shallow hollywood blvd. o dear. not a single good shop. got sorta turned around and ended up on sunset blvd, and saw a lot more recognizable stuff. mostly empty logos of corporate america. o well. here's to the California Dream: The True Leaders of America. Amoeba Music looked pretty sweet, but time was running out before we could go in. Traffic sucks: 2 hours from Orange County to LA. 2 hours back again.
12. Surprised Lindsay at a band practice. haha. sorry we didn't stay longer. we meant to go to church on sunday morn. it fell through. I'll shall return. Lindsay: your mom gave us a lovely pasta salad lunch. Cheers.
13. shot the breeze with Mike's neighbors: the Mayor of Tustin (Doug) and some guy who sells raw materials to cosmetics and household goods manufacturers (Jeff). Lauren and Jim came over. Doug and Jeff went to Jr. High together, and are pretty much rediculous people. They are little 50 year old boys who go to the Saddleback Church. They ride mopeds and electric scooters and get in trouble with policemen for not wearing helmets. Thats right: The Mayor of Tustin, California rides his moped without a helmet. Jeff eventually whipped out his moped and electric scooter and let Jim, Mike, Lauren and Myself try them out: a Most excellent fellow in my book.
14. Wrote some lyrics for some songs. Tried recording one at 3am sitting on Mike's truck's tailgate parked in his driveway. It didn't turn out. I only had a 5 string guitar: thats a six string guitar with broken g string.
15. Came within minutes of missing my plane home: I almost stood in line waiting to check backage that I did not infact have to check. I found the self-check in and was able to ditch most of the security line, and made the plane with time to spare: thank god. I would have been screwed in the butt if I missed it.
16. Sat Next to one Bishop Garver on the plane ride from St. Louis to Columbus. We talked quite a bit and it was most encouraging and helped pass the time. This Bishop was a pretty fantastic person. If you ever get the chance to pick one's brain, I say take it. I think I left a pretty great impression on him. It's all who you know.
and those are 16 things about me and california. | | |
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