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Joe V

the robins are on their way

About Me

Im 21-year-old student going from one art to another and keeping my head above water. Political Science major with teaching credentials looking to do something worth while. I gravitate toward unlikely circumstances and risky decisions. I am constantly looking toward a big picture. Im hope to become a teacher and a creator, a super hero and a activist, a performer and a director, a home for someone and an adventurist.I like some excellent music and have a quirky taste for comedy and drama. I currently have no dog which makes my life less meaningful. So if you have a dog you should come visit me in my palace'o'grandeur in the Ukrainian Village, Chicago style.Other information neccessary to knowing me, you can almost always win me over with conversations waxing philosophical using arguments such as- Is entertainment more important then rational thought in America?- Do you believe in living a counter-hegemonic lifestyle?- How will dogs one day save the world?..

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I want to meet overly expressive people who probably say more then they should, but always say what they think regardless. People who listen to great music and can show me something new. Ditto on movies. I definetely want to meet some interesting poetic eclectic intellectuals, a dying breed. People who laugh alot, leave obscenely rediculous voice messages alot, write random scrambling prose-like rants alot, fellow dreamers and seekers, candle makers and harlots, and of course a talking dog. Of course anyone that personifies these characteristics would suffice. And I would really like to meet more people who consistenly plan their escape from their small town to California, Europe, etc.

Music:

Tom McRae - Polyphonic Spree - Mason Jennings - Sujan Stephens - Lullaby for the Working Class - James - Imogen Heap - Fisher Spooner - MC Lars - Bonnie Prince Billie - Arcade Fire - Decemberists - Andrew Bird - Aqualung - Tilly and the Wall - Regina Spektor - Dresden Dolls - Radiohead - Bright Eyes - The Decemberists - Modest Mouse - Jon Brion - Interpol - Aimee Mann - Postal Service - Motion City Soundtrack - Jan Tiersen - Keane - Snow Patrol - Ani DiFranco - Tegan & Sara - Jeff Buckley - Ben Folds - Toadies - Sigur Rus - Cake - James Taylor - Simon & Garfunkel - Neutral Milk Hotel - Red House Painters -

Movies:

- 21 Grams - Almost Famous - Amelie - American Beauty - American History X -American Psycho - Being John Malkovich - Best in Show - City of Lost Children - Dancing at the Blue Iguana - Blue Velvet - Dogma -Fight Club - Four Rooms - Happy Accidents - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Igby Goes Down - Illuminata - Kids - Network - Night at the Golden Eagle - Natural Born Killers - Magnolia - The Laramie Project - Pecker - Personal Velocity - Pi - Requiem for a Dream - The Royal Tennebaums - Thomas In Love - Trainspotting - Waking Life - The Virgin Suicides - Wit - Angels in America - Y Tu Mama Tambien - In The Company of Men - Grifters - I Heart Huckabees - The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy - Closer - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -

Television:

Arrested Development - Its Always Sunny In Philidelphia - Ugly Betty - Lost - Current TV - The Daily Show - News World International - Drawn Together - Strangers With Candy - Taxi Cab Confessions - Real Time With Bill Mahr - Oz - Six Feet Under - Dead Like Me - Carnivale - American Dad -

Books:

- Everything Is Illuminated - Atlas Shrugged - Slouching Towards Bethelhem - Lakota Women - Cats Cradle - Angels in America - Nickel and Dimed - Sound and Fury - The Neverending Story - A Wrinkle In Time - On The Road - Sirens of Titan - Galapagos - Journey to Ixtlan - 1984 - A Clockwork Orange - American Psycho -

Heroes:

- Kurt Vonnegut - Don Varisco - Alan Ball - Mike Nichols - Tony Kushner - Scott McFarlane - Dagny Taggart - Melissa Stanley -

My Blog

ABC's Search Log

Just before we take off for Europe I thought I'd dispense an idea I've been rattling around my head. On my many hours spent mulling around the internet searching for just about anything throughout the...
Posted by Joe on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:46:00 PST

Canned Goes to TV

  Friends, Fans, & Family,Here we go! Canned Culture's 'We Create Again' episode has been launched onto Current TV's website. This is where we need your help more then ever. ...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:42:00 PST

CC8: Canned Goes Gay

We are winding up our wrists and dancing with dangling cosmos to this ultra faboo episode Canned Goes Gay.Accessing the likes of some highly influential, yet very different characters in the gay unive...
Posted by Joe on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:58:00 PST

CC7: Hungarians, Sculptist Extraordinaire, & Yarnies

Hello and welcome to the blog entry for Canned Culture, Episode 7. We are currently getting everything typed up and beautiful for you, so check back as we will be posting the complete CC7 blog shortly...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:00:00 PST

Mindful Practices

A good friend of mine is holding a fundraiser to kickoff an incredible idea she has been working hard to accomplish for quite some time. Below is more information about the fundraiser. There will be a...
Posted by Joe on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:08:00 PST

Lucy Knisely Update: HSSC

Lucy Knisely was featured on Canned Culture 5: DIY & Cartoon Fever. Since then she has been hard at work graduating from college and applying for great new frontiers all over. In a whole holiday sack ...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:41:00 PST

Canned 6: Metal Gods & Back Home Tunes

Hi I'm Melissa and I'm starting the blog for Canned Culture Episode Six! Hooray! Joey will chime in later with his two bits. Thanks Melissa for getting us started. Hope you all enjoyed our holiday sp...
Posted by Joe on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:15:00 PST

Did He Just Say What I Think He Said?

all this and more on the next episode of canned culture...stay tuned...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:31:00 PST

Canned Culture 5: DIY & Cartoon Fever

Able to work out the bugs and cover a couple more logistical issuesIm back...or should I now say, we're back.Canned Culture welcomes Ms. Melissa Stanley to the show as our new co-host bringing in her ...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:31:00 PST

Away @ Sea! CC4.1

Something to hold you over....now dont dissapoint. I need healthy responses upon my return or no goodies, speaking of goodies....Im sitting here eating some scrumptious little treats called: SesaKissT...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:03:00 PST