About Me
- About Me: I'm a Christian fawther (sic) who loves his wife and kids, likes to go to Christian concerts (all types, though my favorite tends towards folk or pop) with my kids, likes to surf the net (xanga, http://wiki.tcl.tk/, etc.), likes to read manga (Naruto,Nodame Cantible, and more) and watch anime (Haibane Renmei, R.O.D., Someday's Dreamer, Fruits Basket), likes to eat and cook (I love lots of ethnic types of food, but tend to cook more traditionally), coaches Teen Bible quizzing at Reynoldsburg Church of the Nazarene, hangs out with my kids and their friends, sometimes plays video games (Pokemon, Tetris, etc)...
More About Me
- Nicknames: Poppi, Santa Claus, Pappa Smurf
- Nationality: American (yes, I know, but as far back as I've been able to go, all the ancestors were born here...)
- Religion: Protestant - Church of the Nazarene
- Heroes: Jesus
- Interests: Jesus,Family (beefbrain89, megachristian, lauravirden05, guitarmasterofthefuture, and non-Xanga wife),comics/manga, anime
- Expertise: unix software,eating,internet,
- Occupation: Computer related (Internet)
- Industry: Media
Travel
- Places I love: San Diego, Boston
- Places I've been: San Diego, San Jose, Honolulu, Nashville, Orlando, Boston, Vancouver, Miami, Las Vegas, Chicago, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Charleston (WV), Washington DC, Grand Canyon
- Places to see before I die: more Hawaii
- Dream Vacation: Family with me on cruise in Canada to Christian Music Festival
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Indian, Greek, Mexican, Ethiopian
- Favorite Dishes: Lobster, Scallops, Shrimp, Steak, Injera, Gyros, Hummus
- Favorite Desserts: Cheesecake, 7 layer condensed milk coconut pecans gooey "magic" bars, Boston Cream Pie, Cream Puff
- Favorite Drinks: Coca Cola, Chai Tea, Hot Chocolate
- Favorite Junk Foods: Cheetos, Fritos, Pizza, Big Don Subs
- Best meal ever: Too hard to choose...
- Favorite Restaurants: Mad Greek, Donato's, Selam, Olive Garden, Red Lobster
- Foods I hate: Brussel Sprouts
Movies
- Favorite Movies: The Princess Bride, In America, My Neighbor Totoro, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Ah! My Goddess, Tenchi, Someday's Dreamers, Haibane Renmei, R.O.D. the OAV, Napoleon Dynamite, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Chronicles of Narnia
- Favorite Actors: Dakoda Fanning, Denzel Washington, Drew Barrymore,
- Favorite Directors: Miyazaki, Spielberg
- Favorite Genre: Anime, SciFi
- Favorite Soundtracks: Star Wars, episode I, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away
- Movies I can watch over and over: The Princess Bride
Television
- Favorite Shows: Babylon 5, 24, Heroes, Invader Zim, American Idol, Starting Over (when it was being carried in this area), Naruto, Wildfire, Beautiful People, Lost, 7th Heaven, Bones, House, Smallville, The 4400, Burn Notice, Monk, Psych, about anything with Rachel Ray, Num3ers, Naruto, Ghost in the Shell (both seasons), .hack (first two seasons), Full Metal Alchemist, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, S-Cry-ed, Samurai Shamploo, Lain, Tenchi, and did I mention Naruto, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Batman, League of Super Heroes, Justice League, Bananas, Bleach, Naruto, Code Lyoko, Dead Like Me, Eye Drops, Fantastic Four (in several variations), Spider-Man (in a couple variations), Silver Surfer (while it was on), R.O.D., Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Kim Possible, One Piece, Painkiller Jane, Pokemon (all variations), Hikaru No Go, Teen Titans, Tru Calling, Ten Most Wanted (TV U Christian Music video show), Live from Studio B (Christian music interviews and performances)
- Favorite Channels: Cartoon Network for the anime
- Favorite Reruns: Babylon 5
- Most Addictive Show: Starting Over
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: I don't really like talk shows that much. But if I watch anything, it generally is Letterman. There used to be a talk show starring Gary Chapman that we watched quite regularly
- Favorite Episode: Beat-Alls episode of Powerpuff Girls
- Characters you relate to: Gir, Eeyore, Ron Possible,
- Show I Secretly Watch: Most seasons of Power Rangers
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Strange Luck, Joan of Arcadia, Starting Over
Video Games
- Games I Play: Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, Emerald, Ruby/Sapphire, Gold/Silver, Crystal, Stadium, Tetris
- Consoles: Gamecube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameBoy Advance
- Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Pac-Man
- Most Addictive: Tetris/Pilomns
Books
- Favorite Books: Bible, Dune (the first one), The Princess Bride, Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, Jacque's Redwall series, manga such as Naruto, Hikaru No Go, Iron Wok Jan, The Babylon 5 novel trilogy The Passing Of The TECHNO-MAGES, Chronicles of Narnia, Dickson's Dorsai series, Kerr's Deryni series
- Favorite Authors: Brian Jacques, Anne McCaffery, Gordon Dickson
- Favorite Genres: SciFi, Manga, Fantasy, Computer
- Favorite Characters: Bleys (Final Encyclopedia)
- Recent Reads: The New X-Men, Childhood's End (v1-3), X-23
Music
- Favorite Artists: Paige, Sarah Valley, Bethany Dillon, Jennifer Knapp, Alison Krauss, Aly & AJ, Annie Herring, Carolyn Arends, Cheri Keaggy, Christine Dente, Cindy Morgan, Crystal Lewis, Darlene Zschech, Erin O'Donnell, Evie Karrlsson, Ginny Owens, Honeytree, Jaci Velasquez, Jill Paquette, Joy Williams, Kathy Troccoli, Kelly Willard, Kendall Payne, Kim Boyce , Kim Hill, Kristy Starling, Leigh Nash, Lisa Bevill, Margaret Becker, Michelle Tumes, Natalie Grant, Nicole C. Mullen, Plumb, Rachael LAmpa, Rebecca St. James, Sandi Patty, Sandra McCracken, Sara Groves, Sheila Walsh, Stacie Orrico, Susan Ashton, Tammy Trent, Twila Paris, Brooks Ritter, Justin McRoberts, Mark Schultz, Chris Rice, Chris Tomlin, Rich Mullins, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Matthew West, Todd Agnew, Al Denson, Andre Crouch, Andrew Osenga, Andrew Peterson, Andy Gullahorn, Barry McGuire, Bart Millard, Bebo Norman, Ben Glover, Benny Hester, Bob Bennett, Bob Carlisle, Brian Littrell, Bryan Duncan, Carman, Charlie Peacock, Chuck Girard, Clay Crosse, Dallas Holm, Don Francisco, David Meece, Derek Webb, Eli, Fernando Ortega, Keith Green, Jadon Lavik, Jeff Deyo, Robin Marks, Jeremy Camp, John Elefante, John Michael Talbot, John Tesh, Lenny LeBlanc Leon Patillo, Kevin Max, Mark Lowry, Matt Redman, Matthew West, Michael Card, Phil Keaggy, Randy Matthews, Randy Stonehill, Randy Travis, Ray Boltz, Reuben Morgan, Rick Cua, Riley Armstrong, Russ Taff, Scott Krippayne, Shane Barnard, Shawn McDonald, Toby Mac, Todd Agnew, Warren Barfield, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Wayne Watson, Wes King, less than three, Five Iron Frenzy, Superchic[k], BarlowGirl, Waiting for Iris, Watermark, Third Day, 4Him, Accapella, The Afters, Alison Krauss and the Union Station, Apologetix, The Archers, Audio Adrenaline, Avalon, Big Al's Swing Kids, Big Daddy Weave, Big Tent Revival, Brave Saint Saturn, Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Brother's Keeper, Burlap to Cashmere, By The Tree, Caedmon's Call, Casting Crowns, The Darins, David Crowder Band, delirious?, Denver The Mile High Orchestra, (original) Dogwood, East To West, Farrell & Farrell, FFH, First Call, Gaither Vocal Band, Geoff Moore and the Distance, The Imperials, jake, Jars of Clay, Jump5, The Katinas, Kutless, LaRue, Love Song, Manhatten Project, Mannheim Steamroller, Maranatha! Singers, Mary Mary, MercyMe, Monk and Neagle, Mylon Lefevre and Broken Heart, Newsboys, NewSong, Nickel Creek, Out of Eden, Out of the Grey, Over the Rhine, Paul Colman Trio, Phillips, Craig, and Dean, Plus One, Point of Grace, Relient K, The Rocket Summer, Roper, Salvador, Sanctus Real, Selah, Sierra, Sixpence None the Richer, Smalltown Poets, Sonicflood, Stellar Kart, Switchfoot, Take 6, Third Day, Tree63, True Vibe, Truth, The W's, Wilshire, zoegirl
- Favorite Albums: Paige, Snapshots and Favorites, Regeneration, Beauty from Pain, Strong Tower
- Favorite Genre: Contemporary Christian
- Favorite Songs: Princes and Frogs, Hero, Beauty from Pain, I Am, Superpowers, Strong Tower, Indescribable
- Favorite Lyrics: My Jesus Princes and Frogs
- Songs I hate: songs which sound like someone is screaming ...
- Guilty Pleasure: Country music with a religious message
- Band I wish I was in: Superchic[k] (wouldn't that be bizarre?)
Style
- Where I shop: Sears and Pennys
- Brands I love: Levi
- I like to wear: jeans and tee shirts
- Can't live without: my glasses
- Prized Possessions: My Rio Sports Forge
High School
- School Name: Tyler Consolidated High School
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1973
- Attended: 1969 - 1973
- Organizations: Back then, it was Tyler County High School, in Middlebourne, not Sistersville...
College
- School Name: Mount Vernon Nazarene University
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1977
- Attended: 1973 - 1977
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): Computer Science
- Minor(s): Psychology
Contact Info
- AIM: lvirden
- Yahoo: lvirden
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- Name: Larry
- Country: United States
- State: Ohio
- Metro: Reynoldsburg
- Birthday: 8/2/1955
- Gender: Male
- Member Since: 11/22/2004
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its doing good, i just got a job ar Arbys...i start tommorow, im a little nervous about that, but its all good, pray about it for me, and everyone's doing ok, but i dont have a sister, lol, oh and jade and jas. are good too, anyway..well i hope i see you guys in October, ttyl, God bless, Charity -
(just thought it would make more sense to use the chatboard instead of blog comments) I don't think that it would be likely that that problem would accompany the invention of the transporter, though if it did - I'm sure a warning would be issued and it would be the person-who-tried-it's problem. A -
yeah a lot of people are usually gone during spring break i wish i was somewhere lol anyways i hope things get better for everyone and i met your friend zack from mount vernon he's nice i got his sn from kayla its kool that so many of us know so many people from the other churches i love going to pl -
hey!! how are you?? j/w i haven't talked to you in a while anyways how was church on wednesday?? i want to go but my dad didn't get home til 8 n' it was almost over so yeah but anyways i hope to come soon!!!
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no and i don't know how much i'll be able to go any more bcuz i don't have a ride 2 get all the way over there lol anyways how r u?
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hey its not that bad lol anyways uhh yeah i had fun though
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haha hey larry whts up well its prime time so i don't have to go to school til 9:20 isn't that awesume lol anyways i got up at my normal time and my mom took me to skool anyway cuz i forgot lol opps well g2g w/b or i'll see ya tonite at church much love brandy
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Hey man - this is a test of xanga chat
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