MY INTERESTS

JESUS CHRIST - EL SHADAI - THE MESSIAH - THE ALMIGHTY - YAHWEH - ELOHIM - ADONAI - JEHOVAH JIREH - EL ELYON - EMMANUEL - THE REDEEMER I'm a born-again Christian who loves living for the Lord! Without Him, my gifts would be fruitless. Through Him, I'm able to achieve all things. Scripture of the day: "Love not the world, neither the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passes away, with the lust thereof: but he who does the will of God abides forever." - 1John 2:15-17 ART I'm an artist who enjoys working with all kinds of medium, including: pencil, charcoal, conte, pen & ink, scratchboard, watercolor, acrylic, oil, etc. A few favorite artists of mine are: M.C. Escher, Thomas Kinkade, Bev Doolittle, Rene Magritte, Boris Vallejo, Leonardo DaVinci, Vincent Van Gogh... Three thumbnails of my work in Pen & Ink: If you'd like to see the full-size views for each piece, plus different works, send me a short note in e-mail and I'll be glad to send you a link to them. LITERATURE I am an addict to reading all sorts of books and poetry, but mostly work by: Favorite Poets & Authors- God, King David, E.W. Kenyon, William Henry Drummond, Smith Wigglesworth, Ernest Hemingway, Frank E. Peretti, Michael Crichton, John Steinbeck, Robert Louis Stevenson, C.S. Lewis, Walt Whitman, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Jules Verne ET CETERA I highly enjoy almost all types of music and singing. You can occasionally hear me (from outside) singing up in my room along with songs by performers like Frank Sinatra, Beach Boys, or duets with Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, etc. However, I'm mostly a shower singer! Baseball is my favorite sport. I'm a southpaw. Fitness: running (sprint or cross-country), lifting weights, hiking, biking, fishing, etc. Occupations: Freelance poet/lyricist, artist, web designer. A few things I highly dislike: Really burnt food, Netscape Navigator, unreadable fonts, bad web design, cold toilet seats, fake (unreal) food, the fact that baseball doesn't have cheerleaders, Communism... Jerry Springer, Al Gorians, Kidrock, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and those kind of inbred abnormalities. Most especially and passionately (hated): Satan. P.S.- I am drug and alcohol free, but addicted to water, and weening myself from Snickers. I also have a passion for REAL root beer (like IBC) and NATURAL vanilla ice cream!

My Reviews: Hopefully you made it past my hyperlink-studded "Interests" section. Now, if you can spare the time, please review some of my opinions. If you rate 10 opinions of mine, send me an e-mail and I'll return the favor, perhaps even rating more of yours. I expect to be rated fairly, as I rate all people fair according to my personal guidelines. Shortcuts To My Reviews: MUSIC> ::: Select a band or performer :::Charlotte Church- "Voice of an Angel"Charlotte Church- "Charlotte Church"Mariah Carey- "Rainbow"James Horner's Titanic (soundtrack) More sections coming soon...

Fellow Epinionators: This is where I list the cool people I've found along my journey here at Epinions.com. I suggest reading a few of theirs, you won't regret it! ::: Check out these awesome people :::badbonz0007- Harold is so very noble!JBsmooth80- Jason is one kick-azz dude! more coming...

My Rating Guidelines: To receive "Very Helpful"- Requires a well-written opinion containing more than 100 words (preferably 200-400), that covers the reviewed item thoroughly in a clear understandable and creative manner. It doesn't matter if my opinion differs about a certain item; if effort is shown on your part, you'll be rated accordingly. I am unbiased (in most cases). =) To receive "Helpful"- The opinion written would be shorter (100-200 words), with less effort shown. Language is clear and to the point, with a couple areas left vague about the reviewed item. More could be said, but still a good opinion! To receive "Somewhat Helpful"- Poorly written and shorter in length, but still an effort and showing some knowledge of the reviewed item. I'm "somewhat" lenient with this and newbie Epinionators. To receive "Not Helpful"- Very poorly written and/or containing inappropriate language, and not showing much knowledge (or complete lack of knowledge) of the item reviewed. If it seems the user reviewing items is not trustworthy, I don't bother to even rate. My WOT & WOD Specifications: Web of Trust You may be added to my WOT list for these reasons: Your opinions reflect interests similar to mine. A great sense of humor and talent for writing is shown in your reviews. Make me laugh, or cry. Not too much useless babble, and remaining informative and on the subject with most reviews. A sense of deep relation from your writing, to my Spirit, will sway me to add you to WOT. My expectations: If I add you to my WOT, I DO NOT expect you to add me to yours, unless my writing really influences your choices or thoughts. I'd appreciate it if at least you read a few of my reviews, but it's not demanded. If you have me on your WOT, and I haven't added you, don't be offended and think I don't trust you. It could be a number of reasons I have that I haven't added you to my list: 1) you haven't written many reviews. 2) I haven't yet related to the majority of your opinions written. 3) I'm just forgetful. Email me! Web of Distrust You may be added to my WOD list for these reasons: Taking advantage of the WOT feature by trusting everyone you come across, even newbies that don't even have a profile set up or have written no reviews yet. You know who you are, shame on you! Writing anything racist or profane in any review. Being a complete @ss to other users.