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joshuA

you might like me if you get to know me...

About Me

what do you say in these things that hasn't already been said someplace else?
well, for starters:
i'm 27 years old.
i'm originally from spokane, wa. i moved to canada and spent five years living near calgary, ab.
i currently live in seattle, wa where i work at a great company that does really good things for people all over the world.
i'm a bible college grad, class of 2003 with a bachelor's in intercultural studies.
i enjoy foreign cinema, classical literature, travel and a good cup of coffee.
i love music. bjork, in my opinion, is amazing. so is sufjan stevens. if you disagree, it's your loss.
take the time to get to know sigur ros - you'll thank me later.
i first fell in love with music when i heard sixpence none the richer's album, this beautiful mess. since that time, i've never been the same.
the innocence mission, over the rhine, coldplay and radiohead are a few of my favourites. more can be found listed on the left.
i like jk rowling's writing style. i enjoy her fun characters. i like harry potter. get over it.
someone recently asked me why i don't keep a regular blog. fact is, i do. i just keep it elsewhere. stop by and say hello to me here .
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My Interests

to list all of my interests here would be near impossible, so i'll mention just a few of the things that i'm interested in: music, travel, north american backroads, friends, american and european history, the person of christ, trying new microbrews, quaint coffee shops with live music...

I'd like to meet:

jean valjean, bjork, chris martin, jk rowling, charles dickens, flannery o' connor, annie dillard, cs lewis, sufjan stevens, madeline l'engle, victor hugo, bono, jay buhner, pablo neruda, julia cameron, alec ounsworth...

and of course... you.

Music:

10,000 maniacs, abba, alanis morissette, all star united, amber north, astronaut pushers, barenaked ladies, barry white, the beach boys, the beatles, belle and sebastian, ben folds, ben harper, beth orton, bjork, bob marley, the brian setzer orchestra, bright eyes, built to spill, burlap to cashmere, camera obscura, the cardigans, the choir, clap your hands say yeah, coldplay, colin meloy, cowboy junkies, the cranberries, crash test dummies, dar williams, dashboard confessional, dave matthews band, death cab for cutie, the decemberists, deep blue something, delerium, dido, dime store prophets, dresden dolls, the eagles, eisley, eiffel 65, ella fitzgerald, elysian, eminem, enya, evanescence, eve6, feist, the fiery furnaces, fiona apple, flogging molly, the frames, frank sinatra, franz ferdinand, frou frou, garth brooks, gnarls barkley, goldfrapp, goo goo dolls, groove coverage, guster, hem, his name is alive, imogen heap, the innocence mission, iron and wine, jack johnson, james blunt, jars of clay, jason mraz, jewel, jill paquette, joan osborne, john mayer, johnny cash, josh groban, josh ritter, josh rouse, joy electric, k's choice, keane, kim virant, leigh nash, liz phair, massive attack, metric, michael buble, missy higgins, moby, modest mouse, mxpx, the new pornographers, neutral milk hotel, nickel creek, nirvana, no-fi soul rebellion, norah jones, over the rhine, pearl jam, pedro the lion, pfr, phil collins, the police, the postal service, the prayers and tears of arthur digby sellers, the proclaimers, radiohead, rainy day assembly, rilo kiley, ron sexsmith, sarah jahn, sarah masen, sarah mclachlan, shawn colvin, sidhe, sigur ros, simon and garfunkel, sister hazel, sixpence none the richer, snow patrol, starflyer 59, stavesacre, sufjan stevens, the sundays, taylor sorenson, ten mile tide, tess wiley, they might be giants, third day, third eye blind, tom petty, tori amos, train, travis, u2, van morrison the velvet underground, waterdeep, the weepies, the white stripes...

to name a few.

Movies:

life is beautiful. run lola run. the lord of the rings. the shawshank redemption. harry potter. amilie. the motorcycle diaries. crash. the nightmare before christmas. casablanca...

Television:

24. lost. the amazing race. csi. prison break.

Books:

a christmas carol. mere christianity. as i lay dying. the devil in the white city. the harry potter series. a good man is hard to find. on the road. 1,000 places to see before you die. being the body. pilgrim at tinker creek. tickets for a prayer wheel. the prolific and the devourer. a tale of two cities. foxe's book of martyrs. the book of romans. a grief observed. les miserables. blue like jazz. the perks of being a wallflower. the picture of dorian gray...

Heroes:

jesus christ, my dad, my oma, my cat [waffle], and (probably) you.