Drew Engman Occasional Journal

Drew Engman here. I am a 50-something late bloomer baby boomer. Grew up in Burbank, weekended in Pinon Hills, moved up here to the south western Mojave desert in late late 1979/early 1980. Been up here ever since. I played guitar & sang for a living '80-91, worked, went to school, & now I'm a teacher. Life is good!

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Hi, I'm Drew. I was born in Burbank, the youngest child of an acclaimed Disney animator. I collected comic books as a kid, grew into SF and Fantasy in my early teens. I played guitar and sang for a living from 1980 to 2000, then became a teacher. I've been living here in Pinon Hills for 24+ years, married to Vicki the whole time. Life is an incredible adventure.

Friday, June 18, 2004

A Father's Day Poem By Drew

Dad

I look down at the hands I've used
For forty-something years,
And see the man who picked me up
When I ran home in tears.

I look down at the legs that
I walk out on every day,
And see the feet I'd stand on, dancing,
While the music played.

I look out on the new day
With the same old blue-gray eyes,
I used to see light right up
Over me, with love, and pride.

I look up in the mirror
At a face I recognize,
So much like the one I've known
'Long as I've been alive.

We are so much alike, and now,
I don't think it's all that bad.
From baby to child to boy to man,
I've always loved you, Dad.

-Drew Engman

Monday, June 14, 2004

Introduction : Drew Engman here!

Here is a list of some of my webpages (my 15 megabytes of fame, I guess). Browse 'em if you're bored sometime! The most interesting to me are #'s 1, 2, 4, 13, & 14.
Drew

1. Sort of my personal spiritual biography
http://hometown.aol.com/drewengman/myhomepage/faith.html
2. My guitar/music page
http://www.wholenote.com/members/drewengman/
3. My Christian Guitar page
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/member.php?u=18512
4. My Web log/blog
http://www.livejournal.com/users/drewster58/
5. My teacher resume online
http://www.hotjobs.com/cgi-bin/person-show?P__PINDEX=P371660BX
6. One of my book reviews on Amazon.com. Scroll down just a little!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0963220500/ref%3Dpd%5Fbxgy%5Ftext%5F2/002-1602428-5284065
7. My MSN profile
http://members.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&mem=drew_engman@hotmail.com
8. My All About Jazz exaggerated profile. Gee, I'm younger than I look.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/person.php?id=878
9. My Yahoo.com profile. Getting repetitive yet?
http://profiles.yahoo.com/drewster58
10. My Learning Disability Resource Member page
http://www.ldrc.ca/community/directory/?id=545
11. Me on Joni Earickson Tada's "Friends of people with Disabilities page. Scroll down, I'm there!
http://www.joniandfriends.org/about/friends.shtml
12. John Burroughs HS Band Alumni comments page. Keep scrolling (or press the Ctrl key, hold down and press f, then search for "Engman").
http://www.jbhsband.org/Alumni.htm
13. My Classmates.com JBHS alumni profile page
http://www.classmates.com/cmo/user/profile/index.jsp?site=schools®Id=1358916&tab=life&site=schools
14. My Dad's main animator's page.
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0257715/
his message board. Leave a comment or two.
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0257715/board/threads/
15. Joe Pass, the great jazz chord/melody guitarists headstone and comments page. Look for #5.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ux5t-oois/oguest2.htm
16. My tribute to my old dog at Petloss.com Search for Moocher, 02/23/01
http://www.petloss.com/01tribut/mtrib01.htm
There's more, but that's probably too much about too little already.

Drew