Several years ago Sarah Jedrey removed me from her Livejournal friends list because (among other things) I couldn't quite seem to learn the invaluable lesson of thinking through my problems rather than feeling through them.  "God gave you a mind for a reason, Chris," she told me.  "Use it ( Read more... )

I'm looking to become a teacher.  A history teacher, to be exact.

If any friends, old and/or new, are reading this and care to share some info on the procedures necessary, then I'd greatly appreciate it.

The times, indeed, are a-changin'.

I've recently decided that I am going to write a novel.  And I plan to stick with this goal, unlike my previous goals which I now cannot even remember.

I've been toying with some short story ideas to get my ol' writing hand a bit of exercise, yet these haven't exceeded more than half a page: stories about immigration to Ellis Island, or a more ( Read more... )

Can you read this?

If so -- tasty cold ones, May 31?

This is your (way in) advance notice.

Deal or No Deal had a casting session at Hanes Mall here in good ol' W-S this past Saturday.  People began lining up in and around the mall early Friday afternoon; several people planned to spend the night outside.

So, after a fine meal at Outback Steakhouse, one Rob West and myself drove up to the mall to see this incredible line - the like of ( Read more... )

Tonite, while sitting drunk at The Tap Room, a joint I visit every so often here in Winston, I momentarily fell in love with a girl - a particular girl who, while the moment still churns in my mind as one of superlative excess, I might describe as the most beautiful girl I have laid eyes on in such a long, long time.  In my past, the most beautiful ( Read more... )

What's in a name?

Isn't it one's meaning?

My full name - Christopher - comes from the Greek meaning "bearer of Christ."  My religious travails have caused me to aptly interpret this as "burdened by Christ."

However, in Japanese kanji, Christopher becomes 'kurisutofaa', which can then be kanjified as "A bird which vomits chestnuts into its nest."  As ( Read more... )

If anyone within the immediate viewing area would like a pair of tickets to see Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin and Seether this coming Friday, March 7 at the Greensboro Coliseum, it doesn't look like I'll be going...so they're yours.  No charge.

Briefly, allow me to explain my LJ Friends List:

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