ich werde....thich quang duc.

I've been offline from lj for quite some time. Interesting, I'd say. But no. I forgot about this thing ( Read more... )

It's the end of another semester.  My studies in Poli-Sci are going very well.  I'm also been working on a lot of new music!  (see below for links).  My new stuff has sort of a blues feel to it.

It's not that I've been feeling sick lately, but I feel tired; very, very tired.  And no, I don't have the swine flu.  But I feel distant--like I am unable ( Read more... )

It's that time of the year again to analyze the preceeding 12 months and determine if I actually did anything worthwhile.  Well, I don't even have to think that much before I make a definate determination of YES!  2008 was by far the most amazing year of my life.  Earlier this year I came to the profound conclusion that Life is the strangest thing ( Read more... )

After procrastinating since fall 2007, I've finally finished a short volume of new music.


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I have somewhat of a confession to make; even though my family has been victimized by murder, I have often found myself under attack from people who believe that I am doing the wrong thing by promoting forgiveness and mercy to the perpetrators of violent crimes and calling for an end to the death penalty. But more often I am asked “Why are you ( Read more... )

Once again I haven't posted in a while.  I'm sure most of you who read this keep up with me via other methods, so there's no real loss.  To update:

Looks like I'm moving into a new apartment again.  This one is closer to ODU, which will afford me extra sleep and easy access to my school.  Classes, by the way, are going great.  Yesterday I got to see ( Read more... )

I'm kinda sad right now, which is quite an amazing experience.  There's this 'unfinished chapter' in my life that I've been fine keeping that way.  But there comes times, like bony fingers sticking between ribs, that makes me question this.  Sometimes by time I've come up with an answer, it's too late.  Thus I find myself here.  But I'm happy to ( Read more... )

"Tell my family and friends I love them, tell the governor he just lost my vote. Y'all hurry this along, I'm dying to get out of here."

I recently met Michael Berg at a death penalty protest at the Norfolk courthouse.  Mr. Berg is the father of the famed U.S. civilian beheading victim in Iraq, Nick Berg.  I'm sure most of you have seen the graphic video of Nick's death.  The elder Berg is an anti-war activist who is also against state sanctioned killing (i.e. capital punishment).  ( Read more... )