As a Christian, my faith in God, The Creator, and the fact that he sent his son Jesus to die on the cross is the foremost of all my beliefs. Some of my smaller, but still established, beliefs are the fallowing, most of which I hope to discuss in the future.

-I believe that rock music is very primal and it, along with various instruments (including drums, bongos, and electric guitars) are to be avoided by Christians. I have found it is possible to blend these instruments with others without it sounding to ‘fleshly’ but most often this is not the case.

-Evolution is the direct negligence of The Creator. Although it is my faith and love for Jesus that keeps me from believing this hypothesis, there is no evidence supporting it that has not been disproved.

-Although I believe that global warming is there, I don’t believe it is a problem. Throughout history the world has experienced waves of heat and waves of cold and I believe this to be no different. I love nature and creation but our primary goal as Christians is not to save the earth, but to save as many people (bring them to the faith) as we can before the earth is destroyed. The bottom line for global warming; I realy don't know enough to form a firm opinion.

-Compromise is wrong. Christians should never compromise there standards for anything. To often Christians (particularly the modern church) compromise there faith to fit in, keeping people from feeling left out, to keep themselves from feeling left out, etcetera. The modern church is far to excepting of the world's evil. We are in the world, but we are not of it.

The above is only an outline of what I believe. Hopfully I will be able to elaborate on this in the future.

As for my personal doings, I am (as said above) an enthusiastic naturalist. This shows in all my hobbies; which are many.

Photography has become a major part of my summer and I hope to display some here, on my blog. My photos are composed mostly of nature, particularly up-close photos of insects, flowers, and herps. Scenery is also a common subject.

My artwork is composed of people, and nature (more often than not; dinosaurs, as these are my favorite creatures). It is worth mentioning that I consider nude art, or anything similar to it, perverse.

I go for hikes frequently while sketching and writing notes on what I see. Camping makes up much of my summer vacationing with my family, whom I am extremely grateful and owe much respect.

I have plenty of pets. The number is continually fluctuating but some of my zoos permanent residences are a pair of Leopard geckos, a community tank of tropical fish, two Red eared slider turtles, and one Mississippi map turtle. I have had experience in keeping Pacific tree frogs, Red-legged frogs, Bull frogs, Rough skinned newts, Northwestern salamanders, Long toed salamanders, Wandering salamanders, Northwestern garter snakes, Valley garter snakes, Northwestern alligator lizards, House crickets, Darkling beetles, Ground beetles, other insects, and various fuzzy family pets.