[5/11/2002 7:13:53 PM | ~ dawson]
Going to update this in late August.... December sheesh, here it is six months later almost to the day. I tend to forget about this bio page, and it's sooo...underdevoloped. I'll get to it. I suppose. Even some pics....
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[5/11/2002 6:53:33 PM | ~ dawson]
the vitals
name?: dawson (dawson speaks. get it? pretty cool huh? i don't think so either)
birthday?: 7:10 in the am july 1, 1963 (cancer, gemini rising)
married?: HA! (no)
kids?: not yet. not ever. i am open to the adoption option.
height?: 5' 11"
weight?: 180 lbs
born?: elizabeth city nc (45 minuites from norfolk, va)
reside?: wilmington, nc USofA
lived in more than six months?: nc(duh)/sc/baltimore, jack/d.c./texas/va/greneda,w/10 lost years ramblin and acting the fool
visited?: i been everywere, man...except europe, and other than eastern europe, that is by choice. may go to Britian someday, but screw the rest of you freaks. France? bite me.
the non-vitals
hard music?: not really...the boss and tom petty are hard enough for me
nothing?!: o.k. i love the glam bands, is that o.k.? sheesh. and bon jovi is still badass...
m.o.r. music? i hate that term
soft music?:that's a genre?
country?: yes, the older stuff : hank, cash, patsy, george jones, etc.
favorite?: americana/rural pop/alt. country
beg pardon?: uncle tupelo/wilco/son volt/jayhawks/emmylou harriss/lucinda williams/steve earle/ryan adams/townes van zant/john hiatt/16 horsepower/jim white/ many many more...
jazz? :absolutely. mostly bebop and hard bob, modal, some of the cool/'west coast'... up until about 1972
blues?: Lord yes.
movies?: too many for here, a bakers dozen, in no particularly significant order:
True Romance
The Apostle
The Princess Bride
Raging Bull
Swingers
Touch Of Evil
Treasure of the Serria Madre
Key Largo
Fight Club
Seven
Taxi Driver
The Big Lebowski
As Good As It Gets
Office Space
anything w/ Gregory Peck or Samuel L Jackson or James Woods or...
tv?: little, mostly news(fox)& docs&cooking
come on... :okay, threes company
food?: anything but breadfruit. that is some nasty shite.
beverage?: water, bier, sweet tea, scuppernong wine, pepsi, Rebel Yell
food?:you asked me that
did i?: yes
colour?: blue. green. blue/green. but not aqua
worst color?: carolina blue
best color?: besides black? not a color? wait, blue. green. blue/green. but not aqua
flavour?: red meat
scent?: fresh cut lumber/burning peat moss/gasoline/cows/pig pickins
seriously?: yes
choose one.: blood.
why?: red meat
beer?: pbr me asap or Harps or Wild Goose IPA on tap.
wine?: gallo of sonoma cab/cheap zifindales, some piont nior
expensive?: not at all...got some stuff that is...just for looks or the wrong lady
cats?: nosireebob
politics?: right of centre...kinda an Andrew Sullivanite. actually I'm to the right of Ann Coulter, Michael Savage and Ted Nuget...
in progressive nc? yes, and i'm a proud 3x jessie helms voter (here would be one place I differ with Andrew,...)
online?: the site? or putzing
da website, you tool.: since 11.17.01
dig silence?: yesyesyes
tired?: always
wanna quit doing this?: no, i'm fine
are you sure?: yes, thank you, i'm sure
broken bones?: never, but a crushed knee
beg pardon?: bike accident
a harley?: no, dangit, a Trek... mountian bike
trouble with the law at all?: nope, never
really?: what do you mean by 'trouble with the law'?
well, not like since the day you were born...:like minor infractions?
yes.: no.
speeding tickets?: yes, perhaps 100
100 tickets?: perhaps, 40 is closer to fact
you lie.: nope
belive in God? : absolutely!
absolutely?: yes - i'm a man with much conviction
so you're into religion?: no, not at all
what does that mean? religion is man-made...the scriptures are inspired. Xtanity is the only 'relioin' wherein God searchs out people, because He loves us, all others are a fruitless search and grovelling for some sort of servitude.
you don't really believe that?: try me. i'm very good at this
do you always capitalise 'God'?: yes
why? respect. because it isn't right not capitalising. A. Solzehnitsyn speaks of a fellow writer in the old USSR who burned his manuscript when the gov run publisher told him to not captilize God. Those who don't are silly or lazy or ignorant or have a broken keyboard.
that's not a reason! : look, i say grace, and i say ma'am, and if you don't like that i don't give a damn. o.k. i ripped that from hank williams, not Hank Williams, the son...but that's my p.o.v.
but you're' a christian?: yes, i have accepted Christ Jesus as my personal savior, wanna know about it?
family?: i thought not
umm, family?: yes
where?: folks in balto, sis in md, sis in ashville, bro in elizabeth city and the lil bro in russia or sweden or lord knows where (he's adapted and perfected my lifestyle...my bro, not the Lord.)
problems?: none at all - i have a wonderful family, a great childhood. i have ocd, and panic disorder and mild manic-depression...
is that not a problem?: i wouldn't be the cool cat that i am w/o that shit. it's worth it.
in-laws? :look, i aint married, so no. except, of course the siblings' mates...and they are more like another sis and two more bros
sorry!: this is getting old.
wanna ask me something?: no
are we done then? :yes. please go away.
The following was orignally posted Christmas morning, 2001:
MUCH OF THIS TIME OF YEAR SICKENS ME. I AM A CHRISTIAN, AND NOT IN NAME ONLY, That is, I have placed what St. Paul calls a 'rational' faith in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, and I have a personal relationship with God (Theos:' The Word') via the redemptive act of Christ. Not some TNN (the crying shows!) Pat Robinson/Binny Hinn wild-eyed, 'yer all goin' straight ta HELL' mystical, irrational, emotional,whatever dude 'experience', but a down-to-earth, practical, day-in-and-out, bona fide friendship with God. Not that I'm special, theologically I'm a Calvinist, but I firmly belive that anyone on earth can have this same personal relationship with God. And this came from a 'decade of doubt', when I read widely, studied (under recognized masters), everything from Tibetan Buddhism to the 'NewAge'movement,when I carefully examined the Bible (linguistically/geographically/grammatically/theHebrew&Greek/ archeologically (is that a word?) Higher&LowerCriticism/culturally/internal integrity/you name it...) I have seen Antony Flew debate ,and lose, (Dr. Flew is quite the gentleman, the genesis for the debate, on the Resurrection of the Christ, was suggested by Flew himself over dinner with some theologians in Dallas one evening, one of these men, Dr. Norm Geisler, is a friend and mentor, a prolific debater and author, and is, himself, a perfect gentleman.) No, my faith is not a Kierkegaardian 'leap' in the dark, but a rational, balanced, sound decision based on evidence both empirical and external, SO. Not to foist my faith on anyone else, but I do wish to encourage you, on this day which the Catholic Church wisely choose to observe the birth of Christ (hey, it was winter solstice and all, so the 'converts' would celebrate it as well, along with the live trees and yule logs, and holly and ivy that they had used for millennia, which Christianity absorbed along the way), but I do encourage you, if you are so inclined, to take that spiritual journey as well...who knows? Perhaps next year this day will mean more than gift-getting, intoxication and a fake smile plastered across your mug (not that any of those things are wrong). Perhaps next year, you too (and many of my kind readers do already), will quietly celebrate the incarnation of The Word, and utlimate peace on earth, goodwill towards all. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!
posted by ~ dawson| 5:50 AM
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[5/11/2002 6:46:02 PM | ~ dawson]
the skinny:
I've spent these last 4 years working on B.F.A.s in fiction and poetry (and, yes the English Lit and Film Studies as well...call me a mental masochist, but after having dropped out of college the first time round, spending many years in exile including a decade in construction [beats deconstruction], getting a 'lucky break' [crushed the right knee (this new age guru I saw, not on purpose, mind you, while in the final stages of recovery and on crutches, told me it was my right side because I'd been neglecting the feminine side of my psyche, to which I retorted, 'hey pal, I go to the opera', and these guys want to be respected?) and, in compensation, got university-of-my-choice-full -tuition -paid for 4 years] I decided to 'be all I could be' and, obviously, was overly ambitious). Did I do all of that grammar and form right? Who cares.Perhaps I should add that the first degree, which I got 4 years of, in a five year program, was theology and biblical studies.And studied another year with a recognized Rinpoche, an ecumenical Tibetan of the Nyingma school. And two decades of study in various religions and sects. (not sex).
Am I a waste or what.
When I started this modest site, it was for a hundred or so friends and family scattered around the globe. I wasn't expecting to write much original stuff myself, just do a quote-and-link-and-cut-and paste-and-make-personal-observation type of thing. Well, a few people stumble in here rather like Peter Sellers stumbles out of the snow in his pajamas in one of those marvelous Pink Panther movies (nobody knows what I'm talking about..?) and I've gotten a few kind emails and some of the best bloggers on the web have linked to me...so. So welcome!
I live in Wilmington, NC, about 3 miles from the Atlantic, with Gabrielle, the beautiful, bastard Black Lab/Greyhound. My perfect lover is somewhere out there (I am still avaliable, and don't mind). We both love to sleep. And yes, to howl at the moon. Thank you. Thank you very much.~dawson
Going to update this in late August.... December sheesh, here it is six months later almost to the day. I tend to forget about this bio page, and it's sooo...underdevoloped. I'll get to it. I suppose. Even some pics....
[edit]
[5/11/2002 6:53:33 PM | ~ dawson]
the vitals
name?: dawson (dawson speaks. get it? pretty cool huh? i don't think so either)
birthday?: 7:10 in the am july 1, 1963 (cancer, gemini rising)
married?: HA! (no)
kids?: not yet. not ever. i am open to the adoption option.
height?: 5' 11"
weight?: 180 lbs
born?: elizabeth city nc (45 minuites from norfolk, va)
reside?: wilmington, nc USofA
lived in more than six months?: nc(duh)/sc/baltimore, jack/d.c./texas/va/greneda,w/10 lost years ramblin and acting the fool
visited?: i been everywere, man...except europe, and other than eastern europe, that is by choice. may go to Britian someday, but screw the rest of you freaks. France? bite me.
the non-vitals
hard music?: not really...the boss and tom petty are hard enough for me
nothing?!: o.k. i love the glam bands, is that o.k.? sheesh. and bon jovi is still badass...
m.o.r. music? i hate that term
soft music?:that's a genre?
country?: yes, the older stuff : hank, cash, patsy, george jones, etc.
favorite?: americana/rural pop/alt. country
beg pardon?: uncle tupelo/wilco/son volt/jayhawks/emmylou harriss/lucinda williams/steve earle/ryan adams/townes van zant/john hiatt/16 horsepower/jim white/ many many more...
jazz? :absolutely. mostly bebop and hard bob, modal, some of the cool/'west coast'... up until about 1972
blues?: Lord yes.
movies?: too many for here, a bakers dozen, in no particularly significant order:
True Romance
The Apostle
The Princess Bride
Raging Bull
Swingers
Touch Of Evil
Treasure of the Serria Madre
Key Largo
Fight Club
Seven
Taxi Driver
The Big Lebowski
As Good As It Gets
Office Space
anything w/ Gregory Peck or Samuel L Jackson or James Woods or...
tv?: little, mostly news(fox)& docs&cooking
come on... :okay, threes company
food?: anything but breadfruit. that is some nasty shite.
beverage?: water, bier, sweet tea, scuppernong wine, pepsi, Rebel Yell
food?:you asked me that
did i?: yes
colour?: blue. green. blue/green. but not aqua
worst color?: carolina blue
best color?: besides black? not a color? wait, blue. green. blue/green. but not aqua
flavour?: red meat
scent?: fresh cut lumber/burning peat moss/gasoline/cows/pig pickins
seriously?: yes
choose one.: blood.
why?: red meat
beer?: pbr me asap or Harps or Wild Goose IPA on tap.
wine?: gallo of sonoma cab/cheap zifindales, some piont nior
expensive?: not at all...got some stuff that is...just for looks or the wrong lady
cats?: nosireebob
politics?: right of centre...kinda an Andrew Sullivanite. actually I'm to the right of Ann Coulter, Michael Savage and Ted Nuget...
in progressive nc? yes, and i'm a proud 3x jessie helms voter (here would be one place I differ with Andrew,...)
online?: the site? or putzing
da website, you tool.: since 11.17.01
dig silence?: yesyesyes
tired?: always
wanna quit doing this?: no, i'm fine
are you sure?: yes, thank you, i'm sure
broken bones?: never, but a crushed knee
beg pardon?: bike accident
a harley?: no, dangit, a Trek... mountian bike
trouble with the law at all?: nope, never
really?: what do you mean by 'trouble with the law'?
well, not like since the day you were born...:like minor infractions?
yes.: no.
speeding tickets?: yes, perhaps 100
100 tickets?: perhaps, 40 is closer to fact
you lie.: nope
belive in God? : absolutely!
absolutely?: yes - i'm a man with much conviction
so you're into religion?: no, not at all
what does that mean? religion is man-made...the scriptures are inspired. Xtanity is the only 'relioin' wherein God searchs out people, because He loves us, all others are a fruitless search and grovelling for some sort of servitude.
you don't really believe that?: try me. i'm very good at this
do you always capitalise 'God'?: yes
why? respect. because it isn't right not capitalising. A. Solzehnitsyn speaks of a fellow writer in the old USSR who burned his manuscript when the gov run publisher told him to not captilize God. Those who don't are silly or lazy or ignorant or have a broken keyboard.
that's not a reason! : look, i say grace, and i say ma'am, and if you don't like that i don't give a damn. o.k. i ripped that from hank williams, not Hank Williams, the son...but that's my p.o.v.
but you're' a christian?: yes, i have accepted Christ Jesus as my personal savior, wanna know about it?
family?: i thought not
umm, family?: yes
where?: folks in balto, sis in md, sis in ashville, bro in elizabeth city and the lil bro in russia or sweden or lord knows where (he's adapted and perfected my lifestyle...my bro, not the Lord.)
problems?: none at all - i have a wonderful family, a great childhood. i have ocd, and panic disorder and mild manic-depression...
is that not a problem?: i wouldn't be the cool cat that i am w/o that shit. it's worth it.
in-laws? :look, i aint married, so no. except, of course the siblings' mates...and they are more like another sis and two more bros
sorry!: this is getting old.
wanna ask me something?: no
are we done then? :yes. please go away.
The following was orignally posted Christmas morning, 2001:
MUCH OF THIS TIME OF YEAR SICKENS ME. I AM A CHRISTIAN, AND NOT IN NAME ONLY, That is, I have placed what St. Paul calls a 'rational' faith in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, and I have a personal relationship with God (Theos:' The Word') via the redemptive act of Christ. Not some TNN (the crying shows!) Pat Robinson/Binny Hinn wild-eyed, 'yer all goin' straight ta HELL' mystical, irrational, emotional,whatever dude 'experience', but a down-to-earth, practical, day-in-and-out, bona fide friendship with God. Not that I'm special, theologically I'm a Calvinist, but I firmly belive that anyone on earth can have this same personal relationship with God. And this came from a 'decade of doubt', when I read widely, studied (under recognized masters), everything from Tibetan Buddhism to the 'NewAge'movement,when I carefully examined the Bible (linguistically/geographically/grammatically/theHebrew&Greek/ archeologically (is that a word?) Higher&LowerCriticism/culturally/internal integrity/you name it...) I have seen Antony Flew debate ,and lose, (Dr. Flew is quite the gentleman, the genesis for the debate, on the Resurrection of the Christ, was suggested by Flew himself over dinner with some theologians in Dallas one evening, one of these men, Dr. Norm Geisler, is a friend and mentor, a prolific debater and author, and is, himself, a perfect gentleman.) No, my faith is not a Kierkegaardian 'leap' in the dark, but a rational, balanced, sound decision based on evidence both empirical and external, SO. Not to foist my faith on anyone else, but I do wish to encourage you, on this day which the Catholic Church wisely choose to observe the birth of Christ (hey, it was winter solstice and all, so the 'converts' would celebrate it as well, along with the live trees and yule logs, and holly and ivy that they had used for millennia, which Christianity absorbed along the way), but I do encourage you, if you are so inclined, to take that spiritual journey as well...who knows? Perhaps next year this day will mean more than gift-getting, intoxication and a fake smile plastered across your mug (not that any of those things are wrong). Perhaps next year, you too (and many of my kind readers do already), will quietly celebrate the incarnation of The Word, and utlimate peace on earth, goodwill towards all. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!
posted by ~ dawson| 5:50 AM
[edit]
[5/11/2002 6:46:02 PM | ~ dawson]
the skinny:
I've spent these last 4 years working on B.F.A.s in fiction and poetry (and, yes the English Lit and Film Studies as well...call me a mental masochist, but after having dropped out of college the first time round, spending many years in exile including a decade in construction [beats deconstruction], getting a 'lucky break' [crushed the right knee (this new age guru I saw, not on purpose, mind you, while in the final stages of recovery and on crutches, told me it was my right side because I'd been neglecting the feminine side of my psyche, to which I retorted, 'hey pal, I go to the opera', and these guys want to be respected?) and, in compensation, got university-of-my-choice-full -tuition -paid for 4 years] I decided to 'be all I could be' and, obviously, was overly ambitious). Did I do all of that grammar and form right? Who cares.Perhaps I should add that the first degree, which I got 4 years of, in a five year program, was theology and biblical studies.And studied another year with a recognized Rinpoche, an ecumenical Tibetan of the Nyingma school. And two decades of study in various religions and sects. (not sex).
Am I a waste or what.
When I started this modest site, it was for a hundred or so friends and family scattered around the globe. I wasn't expecting to write much original stuff myself, just do a quote-and-link-and-cut-and paste-and-make-personal-observation type of thing. Well, a few people stumble in here rather like Peter Sellers stumbles out of the snow in his pajamas in one of those marvelous Pink Panther movies (nobody knows what I'm talking about..?) and I've gotten a few kind emails and some of the best bloggers on the web have linked to me...so. So welcome!
I live in Wilmington, NC, about 3 miles from the Atlantic, with Gabrielle, the beautiful, bastard Black Lab/Greyhound. My perfect lover is somewhere out there (I am still avaliable, and don't mind). We both love to sleep. And yes, to howl at the moon. Thank you. Thank you very much.~dawson
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2:24 PM
