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The New Y'shua

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About Me

I am STRAIGHTEDGE and I don't care what you think about it.

Here's a few little known facts about me:
1) I was an origami master as a kid.
2) I'm pretty amazing with a yo-yo.
3) I'm neurotic about my nails. I bite them constantly, and always keep a nail clipper handy.
4) I constantly chew on things. Fingernails and safety pins are favorites, but any bit of plastic, wood or metal will do.
5) I know I talk too much, and actually try not to... but usually fail at it.
6) I never cry in real life, but easily at cheesy movies.
7) I am a lot stronger than I look.
8) I've never broken a bone.
9) I'm totally gay for roses.
10) I dislike being called "Josh". I hate being called "Jaffe".

...and all of this is why I am awesome.

My Interests

My new metal band , Good font names, the feeling of biting skin and nails, matching my clothes like no straight man should, joke tattoos, adobe illustrator, all things Star Wars and Robotech, the look on peoples faces when I tell them I don't drink, listening to music people don't expect me to like, defending New Jersey like a rabid junkyard dog, fishing with my brother, having breakfast with my dad, hanging out with my sister-in-law when my brother isn't around, seeing my few real friends when I can, meeting people from all over the world and showing them why I love New Jersey and New York City, impressing English people with my knowledge of their country, being a nerd, telling people I am in a video that's on every Video iPod in every Apple store, the elevators at the Times Square Marriott, being skinny again, eating food I've never had before, going to bodegas and buying the weirdest drinks I can find, talking to other Apple fanatics, doing anything at my job other than selling shit, making long random lists, taking stupid pictures of shit with my sidekick , being a general sidekick/instant messenging addict, knowing that one day I'm going to be a great dad and have the coolest kids ever, watching obscure films from other countries, anything by Studio Ghibli, talking shit about 5th Avenue, everything about dogs, fluffy socks, not acting my age and being mistaken for younger, unexpected WiFi, skateboarding on the streets of NYC while wearing sound isolating headphones and using my sidekick, red bull, McDonalds, Sheetz, Toy Tokyo, Kid Robot, Las Vegas, London and Downtown Jersey City.

I'd like to meet:

Who gives a shit? I'm bored.

Music:

Al Green
Anthrax
The Beatles
Benny Goodman
Blackalicious
Bouncing Souls
Buck 65
Candiria
Cliff Burton
CCR
Day One
Del the Funkeehomosapien
Diecast
Digable Planets
DJ Krush
DJ Shadow
Do Me Bad Things
Esthero
Faith No More
Fiona Apple
Fishbone
Foreigner
Frank Sinatra
Glenn Miller
Hatebreed
Head Automatica
Heart
Heirolyphics Crew
Iron Maiden
Jedi Mind Tricks
Journey
Jurassic 5
Lamb
Lamb of God
Lifesavas
Life, Sex and Death
Lily Allen
Lostprophets
Lyrics Born
Marvin Gaye
MC Chris
Megadeth
Mucky Pup
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Non-Prophets
The Notwist
Pantera
Pink Floyd
Portishead
Primus
Protest the Hero
Quannum Collective
Radiohead
RJD2
Sage Francis
Slayer
The Temptations
Tom Waits
24-7 Spyz
Unearth
Underoath
Wu-Tang Clan

Movies:

Amelie
A Bronx Tale
Citizen Kane
Fight Club
Garden State
Iron Eagles
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Mallrats
My Neighbor Totoro
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Ocean's 11
Princess Mononoke
Pom Poko
Say Anything
Se7en
Spirited Away
The City of Lost Children
The Matrix Trilogy
The Royal Tenenbaums
V for Vendetta
The Warriors
And of course, Star Wars

Television:

My TV does nothing but play DVDs.
Back in the day, however, it was:
Robotech
Transformers
...were the best ever.
GI Joe
The Twilight Zone
The Honeymooners
21 Jumpstreet
Voltron
...ah the good old days was reality was what you did and not what you watched.
In more recent years, I love:
The Venture Brothers
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Harvey Birdman
Home Movies
Sealab2021
The Boondocks
Metalocalypse
Also:
Animal Planet
Comedy Central
History Channel

Books:

Palahnuik.

Heroes:

My Mom. If you never got to know her, I feel sorry for you.
My Dad. If I knew even half of what he knows I'd probably go insane.
My Brother. I pretty much owe everything that I am today to him...
not too mention he's my best friend.

My Blog

Open letter to Hollywood

So, you decided to take my favorite childhood cartoon/story/toy series and anally rape it with a two foot serrated and rusty blade. Good job, the sales are in, and of course you feel succesful with th...
Posted by The New Y'shua on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:05:00 PST

They say you can't go home

Well, fuck that. Everything about me is new. Nice to know you can always start over, even an old fuck like me. To all the new friends, ask some questions... it's been a long time since anyone has.
Posted by The New Y'shua on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:44:00 PST

Center of the world

Nothing really makes sense to me anymore. My life feels like I'm just watching a movie... except I went to go get popcorn and missed something. Everyone I meet, everything I do, everywhere I find myse...
Posted by The New Y'shua on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:45:00 PST

Off to the Jolly Old

I'm going to London in January and that's fucking awesome. Seriously, I need to get away from you motherfuckers.Nothing but love, though.
Posted by The New Y'shua on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:00:00 PST

Finally went to a doctor after 5 years

Still perfectly healthy. So all of who tell me how unhealthy McDonald's and Red Bull is can officially suck my nut butter.
Posted by The New Y'shua on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:48:00 PST

Can someone stop time please? I'd like to get off here...

I've noticed the scary thing about my life right now is that I literally have no concept of time, and it gets me in trouble. My band books a show for a month away and it feels like two days later I'm ...
Posted by The New Y'shua on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:33:00 PST

I weigh 140 pounds

That means I lost about 25 pounds in about a year and a half... so may I suggest to everyone that being broke and stressed is an amazing weight loss program. Also, try to work somewhere with a huge gl...
Posted by The New Y'shua on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:49:00 PST

Caught somewhere between here and there

I know I am racing towards an uncertain but bright future. For once there are options, and they are positive ones. Right now, however, I am basically living, breathing, surviving and working. I am not...
Posted by The New Y'shua on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:22:00 PST

The Metal Metric System (aka My brother does it again!)

Hammerfall and the Swedish Women's Curling Team: "Hearts on Fire" Ok, so my friends were dicussing if this video was metal or not. One side said "Yes, of course, it's a Hammerfall video. Swedish me...
Posted by The New Y'shua on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:04:00 PST

Ypres Salient (A brilliant Christmas tale written by my brother)

Ypres Salient Private Marcus Jones stared at the boots for a good long time; it was the predatory, hungry anticipation with which the family dog might survey Sunday dinner. They would be too bi...
Posted by The New Y'shua on Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:17:00 PST