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joel barish

wonderlands

About Me

I don't know. I'd like to be fascinating, I guess.

My Interests

Being an undercover cop for the Karma Police Sqd 47. Riding my zebra to lecture. Walking and talking and going to brocking. Picking scabs. Looting Christmas trees with my partner in crime. NOT going on a cruise with my giggle twin. Oogling the Jolie. Taking over a month to read Franny and Zooey. Taking fake bubble baths. E-smacking you in the face. Making ridiculously immature interests on myspace.

Music:

Elliott Smith. Stars. Wolf Parade. Arcade Fire. Broken Social Scene. Feist. Damien Rice. Sufjan Stevens. Sunset Rubdown. Balkan Beat Box. Decemberists. Imogen Heap. Metric. Frou Frou. Lucksmiths. Pedro the Lion. Weakerthans. Air. The White Stripes. Her Space Holiday. Blonde Redhead. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Iron and Wine. Endochine. Tarkio. Jeff Buckley. K-OS. Mogwai. Nada Surf. The Postal Service. Of Montreal. Rachael Yamagata. Snow Patrol. Rufus Wainwright. Wintersleep. The Shins.

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Best movie ever, be gone.

Television:

The Office. Family Guy. Grey's Anatomy.

Books:

The Eyre Affair. Peter Pan. Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Fight Club. Franny and Zooey.

My Blog

and i'm scared of the countryside.

Spell your name without vowels: jssca Are you single?:Yes. 6 or 7? Nein. What color do you wear most?:Blue. Least favorite color?Idk, puke green? Last song you heard?I See Spiders When I Close My...
Posted by joel barish on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:14:00 PST

it's all gonna break.

+ Clothes and stuff.1. What do people tend to label you as: They don't.2. Do you choose to label yourself: No.3. Describe your dress sense: I'm usually in jeans and wearing a sweater. I don't know why...
Posted by joel barish on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:15:00 PST

house of cards, you fall hard.

Today did you...1. Talk to someone you liked: I like Vivian. And Nithyen. And my brother.2. Buy something: No.3. Get sick: I wouldn't say I'm 100%.4. Sing: To some Metric, yeah.5. Make out: No.6. Talk...
Posted by joel barish on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:53:00 PST

ABC! It's nothing but time and a face that you lose.

[A is for age:]19[B is for beer of choice:]None.[C is for dream career]Zebra racer. Penguin trainer.[D is for your dog's name:]N/A.[E is for essential item you use everyday]MSN probably.[F is for favo...
Posted by joel barish on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:32:00 PST

It's 11:11 so make a wish.

Bastard myspace and bastard internet! My guitar refuses to tune. Look at him over there. Just sitting there, mocking me. YOU GET A JOB. It's not so much the guitar but rather the electric tuner. I hav...
Posted by joel barish on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:31:00 PST

What is a kudos, anyway?

69 Questions to Start the Summer1. Are you in a relationship? No.2. Do you hate more than 3 people? No.3. How many houses have you lived in? Toronto, Sauga, Res, St Kitts, the cottage.4. What is your ...
Posted by joel barish on Wed, 31 May 2006 10:57:00 PST

Tories! Tories! Tories!

Congrats to Steven Harper. I was at home-home the night of the election -- so much for voting in the early polls -- and I voted for our Conservative buddy Phil Green. As did, so I believe, a number of...
Posted by joel barish on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:36:00 PST

Llama llama duck!

Kiss a llama on the llama! Llama llama duck.
Posted by joel barish on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:31:00 PST

Who stole the friggin cookies.

Ahah. I just wrote an update for this and myspace ate it. Damn you, vile cyberspace. Some random points of interest, because writing something real and worthwhile would be a bit of a waste. - My broth...
Posted by joel barish on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:09:00 PST