Ask and ye shall recieve

[Paul]

Since we are on the topic Q and A, anyone outthere is welcome to ask anything about me.

P.

[rocklobster]

Got any favorite writers?

[ProphetGirl16]

What kind of music do you like listening to? :3 What are your favorite hobbies? ^w^
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[Makachop^^128]

fav anime, manga?

[Paul]

Ah! Well some of my favorite writers are Barbara Corcoran, Ed McBain, and Robert Fulgrum. I'm largely a modern christian music fan, such as Ray Bolts, Vern Jackson and Mike Perky are a few, plus the Bishop of our church, and the Wiegels. My favorite anime so far has been Spirited Away and PatLabor, my favorite Mangas have been Someday's dreamer and Haibaine Remni.

[Tsukuyomi]

Darn, you almost stole my title for my Q&A

Hmmm, what's your favorite color ^^?

[Paul]

That would be blue.

[rocklobster]

What are your favorite movies?

[Phantom_Sorano]

Hey! Another Ray Bolts and Haibane Remnei fan. Good taste.

1. What are three things on your Bucket List?
2. Fears and phoebias?
3. DCI....yes or no?
4. Pet peeves?

[Lilac#18]

Do you have any siblings?

[Paul]

1. The Hunt for Red October
2. Spirited Away
3. The Great Race
4. El Dorado
5. Armageddon

My Bucket List:

To publish a book
To change the course of someone's life
To make Heaven my home.

My biggest fear is hurting other people.
My biggest phobia's are swimming and climbing.

DCI????

My biggest pet peeves is people deciding for me without asking and someone not treating mentally handicapped people fairly.

There is 6 of us all together, I'm the youngest.

[Phantom_Sorano]

Interesting.
(And DCI stands for Drum Corps International.)

1. Favorite John Williams score?
2. Favorite bands?
3. Favorite Renaissance artist?

[Paul]

Have to look up John Williams, never heard of him.
My favorite bands are The Beatles, The Monkeys, REO Speedwagon, and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (from the Beatles)

Well, I would say my favorite Renaissance Artist would be William Blake and William Woodsworth.

[rocklobster]

JOhn Williams did the music for LOTS of movies: Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and Superman are all movies with his music.

1. Are you a Trekkie?
2. Ever played Final Fantasy games? If so, which ones?

[Phantom_Sorano]

To know that you don't know who Williams is breaks my heart, Mr. Paul...

1. What 80's song represents your life?
2. Do you like to kareoke?
3. Tights...yes or no?
4. Would you or have you seen the movie Bruno?
5. If yes, was it good?
6. Favorite scripture?
7. How long have you been a Christian?
8. What does "Christian" mean to you?
9. Being baptised when not saved...forgiveable or not?
10. How did you and God meet?
11. Would you share a funny childhood story with us?
12. Do you have any special talents?
13. Has anyone ever told you that you resemble Drew Carey with a crew cut?

[Paul]

Ah! Thanks for info about Williams.

The favorite score would be Star Wars Theme song.

Have not played any of the Final Fantasy games but yes I am definately a trekkie.

1. Can't really think of a song which would represent my life.
2. Nope, don't like to Kareoke.
3. No tights!
4. Have not seen the Movie Bruno
5. N/A
6. John ch. 5-Therefore having been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. My favorite scripture story would be Jesus and the prostitute.
7. Got saved Jan. 1993

8. Being a Christian means relationship. When people characterize me as a religious or spiritual person I am quick to correct them. The bible points out that pure religion is to help the elderly, the widows and the orphans (which I fail to do quite effectively), so I've got alot of work to do there. Being spiritualized by others, especially carnal christians or unbelievers, tends them to either elevate me to some kind of "God-head" or makes them run like rabbits which niether is good. But when I point to them that all I want to be is like Jesus: loving and helping hurting people, praying for others who are sick or troubled, and just live a life of peace despite turmoil, people often turn to my wife and I and ask, how do you do it. We reply, His name is Jesus.

10. God and I first met on Interstate 10, two miles from the Arizona State Corrections. I wasn't saved, was fleeing from the lifestyle I was accustomed to in So. California, heading east with the worldly possessions I had, in a 1976 maroon Toyota 2Dr. hatchback. I had said a cocky prayer at the AM/PM gas station at 4 corners in 29 Palms. Sarcastically to God... "God, when you get me where you want me to be, make my car break down in such a way that it will never run again". The car's alternator fried there on the highway next to the Arizona State Correctional Facility sign. When I saw that sign, I cried out, "God, I know you have a sense of humor, but this is not funny!" That was the first time I heard his voice, and he laughed at me. To make this short, God diverted my trip in Texas, I ended up in the Mid-West and got saved. Then I was in the Missoui 93' flood where my Toyota drowned. As I stood by the edge of the water where I could barely see the top of my car and I heard God speak to me. He said "See, now I have you where I want you to be, and there's your car and it will never run again." That is how we first really met.

9. Baptism, no matter if you are saved or not, is not a sin. Because Baptism is nothing more than a public declaration of an act of faith. Can you imagine, your not saved, someone says you need to get baptised and you do. Then you ask yourself, what was that all about. A bible study will quickly lead you to see that you were following in the footsteps of Christ, going into the drink is simbolic to dying to flesh, coming back out is symbolic you are now a new creature in Christ and now living for him. To me at this point, it seems that the only thing left for this person to do is say the sinner's prayer and be saved and be blessed in God, because they have done everything else according to the bible. So, the question here is, is getting baptised, before salvation a sin? To me the answer is no because sin is being out of the will of God or not doing what God would have you do. I could not even image God saying, "don't obey my word until..." Even if for some reason it is a sin to baptise before salvation, sin is forgivable. Because if we don't forgive others, God can't forgive us.

11. Let me be straight about this, no offense to anyone, but I can't really think of anything funny in my childhood. I try to move on from it. I lived in a very bad environment. My mother raised me mentally retarded, hence my story for heading east in my Toyota. Two of the family members were pedophiles, my mom was so doped up on tranquillizers, she barely managed to get through the day. My job was to keep my mouth shut, to be stupid, to go to sleep in my bed and wake in a pedo's bed, and when I became an adult, to not to stray to far from home because I was always going to live this way. When I had enough, I was very scared of what was out there in front of me, but I was more afraid of what I was leaving behind.

What I can leave for you here is a California Conservation Corp story. (I was 20/21). We was training for Wildland Firefighting. At the time I was 210 pounds and a newbie had arrived at the facility. She decided, because she weighed all of about 140 pounds, that whatever I could do, she could do better because I was fat. (Can't stand people like that). So when it was my turn on the crew line to cut my part of the fireline, I did my routine and when I was done. She decided to do the same. To appreciate this moment. We are in full nomex clothes, which doesn't really breathe, gear belt with all the accessories, brush hook or what ever tool you had that day, hard hat, and in 90+ degree weather. Something I was accustomed to and she wasn't. It didn't take sixty seconds for her to collapse from heat exhaustion. Me and another crew member took her to the side and began watering her down, and when she recovered, she looked at me and apologized. We've been friends ever since.

12. Well, as the church sees it: I have a talent for art and teaching children through illustrations. I'm an effective writer, a very skilled driver, and possess a very strong faith. I also have a marriage relationship which was supposed to have crashed on the rocks 14 years ago, still going strong. So those are my talents.

13. Ah, no. But I do resemble my brother so much that I am often mistaken for him by his friends and collegues from police, fire, and the ems community.

P.

[rocklobster]

1. Got any pets?
2. Favorite TV shows?
3. Anime character you'd want to meet?

[Paul]

1. Boston Terrior, "Daisy"

2. CSI

3. Chihiro from "Spirited Away" or "Inuyasha"

[Lady Kenshin]

What would Batman do?

[Paul]

Use his wits.

[rocklobster]

1. Favorite Star Trek spinoff?
2. What did you think of the latest Star Trek movie?
3. Favorite superhero?

[Paul]

1. Well, I don't know about spin-off, but my favorite episode was with the tribbles.
2. Haven't seen it, yet.
3. Batman.

[rocklobster]

1. Worst movie you ever watched?
2. Any secular music you like?
3. Got any favorite comedians?

[Maokun]

1. A fondly remembered item from your childhood?
2. If faced to the choice of killing a baby to save a hundred people, what do you choose?
3. Superhero power that you'd like to have?

[Paul]

1. The worst movie I ever watched? Can't think of one, but I guess the closest would be
Starship Troopers.
2. Classic Rock
3. My favorite comedian would probably be Red Skelton or Robin Williams

4. A fondly remembered item from Childhood, don't have one.
5. Ah! The Kobi Ashi Maru! A no win situation. I choose to save the 100 people. That was what I was trained to do. Because I can't help the 100 people if the baby and I die with them.
6. A superhero power I would like to have, Batman's wits. In other words his ability to outthink his opponent.

But of course, if I would have had Batman's wits and Captain Kirk's foresight into cheating the computer to pull off The Kobi Ashi Maru and win, I would have saved the baby along with the 100 people.

P.

[rocklobster]

1. Favorite Robin Williams movie?
2. Favorite Red Skelton character?
3. Are you a Disney fan?

[Paul]

1. Ohh! That's a tough one. I would have to say Hook!, because I like to quote one of the lines from that movie. "Me lie, never! The truth is far too much fun."

2. Klem Kadiddlehoffer.

3. Oh yes! When I lived in Long Beach Ca. I used to ride my bike from 7th and Freeman St. To Disneyland in Anehiem Ca. every weekend during the summer. Just to get away from the home.

[Maokun]

What's the first anime ever that you remember having seen?

[rocklobster]

1. What is your favorite Disney production?
2. Who is your favorite Disney character and why?
3. Have you actually read Peter Pan?

[Paul]

1. I can't remember the first anime I ever watched, I was 16 at the time and it was about aliens from another planet who came to envade ours. There was lots of space battles. They were huge people, twice the size of humans, very aggressive. The humans talked them into peace and acceptance, which many of them agreed.

More recently, the first one I can remember is Patlabor.

1. My favorite Disney production so far is Lady and the Tramp with The Aristocats in close second.
2. Mickey Mouse. He's always been a cool character to me. Laid back.
3. Oh yes! Many times.