http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/index/ en ijwebsites@comcast.net Copyright 2010 2010-02-10T04:57:06+00:00 http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/bipolar/ http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/bipolar/#When:04:57:06Z Mental Illness is something that is hard to diagnose and treat. We have known since Chris was in middle school that he suffered from depression. It wasn't until near the end of his life that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. After reading about bipolar disorder, we can see that Chris seemed to display characteristics that people with bipolar disorder share. The following sites can provide you with some insight into what Chris was dealing with. This disease has no cure. People can live productive lives if provided with quality professional care. As part of this treatment, crisis intervention sometimes is required and with very serious depression, involuntary hospitalization may be necessary to prevent suicide. The link to Time magazine provides one the best articles about bipolar disorder that I have seen. The article talks about Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Schumann, Vincent Van Gogh, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway and Kurt Cobain and how they suffered from bipolar disorder. Some psychologists feel there is an artistic link. Chris certainly had artistic talents. Time has copyrighted the article and will not allow me to post it without paying $500.00 per year. Time will sell you the article if you are interested. Some of the article is available free on the site. Please take some time and look at these sites. Thanks!!SPEAK (Suicide Prevention Education Awareness for Kids) Bipolar information Bipolar Help Detour Book Time Magazine Article On Bipolar Bipolar Self-Test Signs of SuicideSeasons - support group for survivors of suicide Bipolar 2010-02-10T04:57:06+00:00 http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/theater/ http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/theater/#When:04:47:57Z Chris had lead roles in the following plays while attending Essex Community College. Salome' by Oscar WildeBig River by Roger Miller (member of chorus)Twelfth Night by ShakespeareA Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher FryThe Company of Wayward Saints by George HermanPterodactyls by Nicky SilverRosencrantz and Guildenstern by Tom StoppardChris loved to act and anyone who knew him knows that he has acted his whole life. He was the class clown, who always made people laugh. Chris was the "the actor". If you had a chance to see him heal someone, you saw some of his best work. He would have made a convincing evangelist - he could "save" anyone except himself in the end. From being the class clown, to just making people laugh, Chris was "the actor". I think some of Chris's greatest acting was his ability to not let people know just how depressed he was. He told me his theme song in high school was "Tracks of My Tears". The verse goes something like this "people say I am the life of the party because I tell a joke or two but deep inside I am blue". Anyone wanting to contribute the Scholarship fund we have set up at Essex Community College can make donations to: Essex Foundation Drama Scholarship Fund (Chris Gansert)7201 Rossville BlvdBaltimore, MD 21237.To see what is currently being performed at Essex Community College click here Theater 2010-02-10T04:47:57+00:00 http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/ijwebsites/ http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/ijwebsites/#When:04:19:40Z More links coming soon... http://www.ijwebsites.com/This site created by IJWEBSITES. Links 2010-02-10T04:19:40+00:00 http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/wish-these-people-would/ http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/wish-these-people-would/#When:02:54:38Z Wish these people wouldStop calling my houseLeave me aloneI’m sitting happily on my couchYou act like my friendBut you’re really notYou’re just trying to sell me outI will never cuss you outBut I’ll put the phone on holdBecause my friend once had your jobAnd I’m that much of a snobBut please stop callingWritten by: Christopher P. GansertCopyrighted by Philip Gansert 2003All Rights Reserved Poetry 2010-02-10T02:54:38+00:00 http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/old-habits/ http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/old-habits/#When:02:54:03Z Old habits die hardBury them in the back yardOld friends are hard to looseEspecially the ones that useSome things need to happenLike putting gum in a napkinThere are things to keep and throw awayYou’re the one with the final sayThere’s a time to dive and a time to fakeBut in the end it’s all for your sakeWritten by: Christopher P. GansertCopyrighted by Philip Gansert 2003All Rights Reserved Poetry 2010-02-10T02:54:03+00:00 http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/lost-myself/ http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/lost-myself/#When:02:53:29Z I lost myself Chasing youI thought you knewI was falling As fast as you cameYou were goneWho was right?Who was wrong?This is not a love song.In the endI was aloneWithout a friendOf my ownI took the painOut on myselfIn the hospitalI found new healthThis is not a love songYou lied and you cheatedLeft me hopeless and defeatedI feel down but I got upWritten by: Christopher P. GansertCopyrighted by Philip Gansert 2003All Rights Reserved Poetry 2010-02-10T02:53:29+00:00 http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/bombs/ http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/bombs/#When:02:53:08Z Bombs are hitting myheartTerrorists are neversmartMissiles falling in mypath .Iron shield will help toBashStolen love is twisted Hateloveless souls withouta fatedemons of destructiontry to hurtthis nation but can’tWritten by: Christopher P. GansertCopyrighted by Philip Gansert 2003All Rights Reserved Poetry 2010-02-10T02:53:08+00:00 http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/mcj-rap/ http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/mcj-rap/#When:02:52:50Z M- I want to be a WrestlerC- I want to be an actorJ- We can all be Rappers if we tryJ- Ooh it’s our dreams there passing us byM- If I was a wrestler I’dJ- We can all be Rappers if we try Look it’s our dreams they’re passing us byC- If I was and actor of the Silver ScreenI’d change my name to Christopher SheenI’d stop the Baldwin’s from making bad moviesI’d appear on Baywatch to check out the flooziesI’d play Superman, James BondWritten by: Christopher P. GansertCopyrighted by Philip Gansert 2003All Rights Reserved Poetry 2010-02-10T02:52:50+00:00 http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/register-with-chris-gansert.com/ http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/register-with-chris-gansert.com/#When:02:49:23Z On behalf of Phil Gansert and family, we’d like to send out an extended invitation to any visitor that comes to the site to please register.  No matter if you’re family, friend, or just someone who happened to come along and found our site.  We’d like you all to sign up with our site and use some of the new features we’ve added.Registration will give the ability to: News 2010-02-10T02:49:23+00:00 http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/college-night/ http://www.chrisgansert.com/index.php/site/college-night/#When:02:48:58Z so it's college nightdrunken girls alrightstupid frat boys get into a fistfighta bottle to the noggin ya fell all right You know I'm uptightI just don't feel all rightabout being here and doing thisMy heart is full... 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