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Joel

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About Me

I'm the son of a former missionary, and consequently was not born in the USA. I was born in Guatemala, then spent the next 9 years living in Venezuela (4 in Puerto Ordaz, 5 in Caracas). I've lived in PA since I was 10. My parents seperated when I was 11, and finally divorced when I was 15. My father now lives in FL.
I have a total of 6 siblings: 2 brothers, and 1 sister, 2 step-sisters, and 1 step-brother. I'm the oldest of us 7.
Every year I make progress at my job, and have moved up every year since I started. My most recent move has been the best so far, and I finally love my job. It pays well, and it's challenging. Awesome!
I've recently taken up rock climbing, and I love it. I should start playing racquetball more soon also, which will be good. And I hope to spend more time outdoors in the coming months.
I listen to music constantly, and love to sing. At various points in my life I've played many musical instruments, including the piano, guitar, and french horn. I got good at the first two, but haven't done anything with them in YEARS, stupid me. I'm an amature music producer (it's more of a hobby really), and will record just about any type of music when given the chance.
I'm a geek, I admit it. I like computers. I play chess. If you think these are reasons not to speak to me, don't, I probably won't like you anyway.
I do like to drink and party, and will get VERY drunk if given the proper atmosphere.

My Interests

Chess, Football, Racquetball, Computers, Art (Sketching, Drawing, Painting, Museum Visiting), Music (Singing, Recording, Producing), Movies, Reading, Rock Climbing, Drinking/Partying and other stuff

Music:

EVERYTHING: A Capella (Choral, Barbershop), Rock, Metal, Rap, Classical, Ska, Punk, Techno (Goa, Happy Hardcore, Trance, Acid) ... and various mixtures

Movies:

The Princess Bride, Good Will Hunting, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Batman Begins, Anchorman, The Usual Suspects, Se7en, Fight Club, Office Space, The Matrix (only the first one), Hero, Moulin Rouge, Young Frankenstein, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Last Crusade, American Beauty, Kill Bill (both Volumes), Amadeus, War Games, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, As Good As It Gets, Memento, Fallen, and Serendipidy (thanks Linds!)

Television:

Smallville, Family Guy, The Daily Show, Good Eats ... almost any show on after 8pm on The History Channel

Books:

Godel, Escher & Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Youth in Revolt by C. D. Payne

My Blog

Salvia Chronicles

     Salvia ... about the nuttiest thing you could ever smoke.  Also 100% legal in PA.  You can buy it at Primal Expressions in Bethlehem.  They sell it in 5x, 10x, ...
Posted by Joel on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:25:00 PST

Stuff

I'm still rock climbing because it's awesome ... I even try to get some pictures from time to time, and have updated my Pics section with a few. Also, not that anyone noticed, but due to circumstanc...
Posted by Joel on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:58:00 PST

What I learned today ... and this week

     Today, I went to a climbing gym.   I haven't climbed in YEARS.  I also haven't done any type of serious workout in at least 2 years.  These three facts lead to ...
Posted by Joel on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:29:00 PST

YES I'M AWESOME!

    Ok ... it's been a while, because I'm lazy.  I'm pretty much mostly moved in.  I FINALLY got my car back 2 weeks ago (from my horrible accident back in October).  So ...
Posted by Joel on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:07:00 PST

Moving

So ... I kinda moved into my new apartment this week. So far, I've only moved my bed there (though it's not even put together yet). Tonight I'm moving some other essentials over: some clothing, my P...
Posted by Joel on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:01:00 PST

thank god

Thank God that there are some people I can talk to about my dumb stuff. I still don't know what's going on with me, but at least I feel better about the direction that I'm headed now. And it's good ...
Posted by Joel on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:25:00 PST

Right, so....

Interesting weekend ... I did some really dumb things ... but they were so awesome at the same time. I have some issues with knowing who I am right now, but I'm not entirely sure that that's a proble...
Posted by Joel on Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:53:00 PST

oh my

This will probably be the only post for at least a little while ... I already have a feeling this site is going to get me in trouble some how :-/
Posted by Joel on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:53:00 PST