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Joseph

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About Me

I'm 26 and from Watertown, Massachusetts. My nationalities are Portuguese, Irish, Lithuainian and Cape Verdian. I'm the fourth of five children. I currently hold a contractor security position in Milan, Italy. I'm a simple, calm, mature, funny, personable guy. It doesn't take much to make me happy. My friends are very important to me. My friends are my family! I'm always up for new experiences and seeing new places. I would love to learn the art of cooking more international dishes, read more classic novels, play guitar, complete a triatholon, run a marathon and become more proficient in speaking Italian along with Spanish. I was in the Air Force for 6 years, stationed in the D.C. area. and have been deployed to some, not so choice locations.
The Spanish will help me, if I decide to become a police officer. I'm majoring in Homeland Security and Management and have aspirations to become a Massachusetts State Trooper. While I'm in Italy I'd like to work on my degree and cycle my way around the country.

My Interests

My pup Fenway
Law Enforcement
Baseball
Running
Music
Cooking
Dancing
Movies
Boston
Romance
Wine
Golden RetrieversGO SOX!
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Music:

John Mayer
Guster
Keane
Kaskade
Lee Ann Womack
Sara Evans
Tim McGraw
Imogen Heap
Kenny Chesney
Maroon 5
Rascal Flatts
Dido
The Coors
U2
Allison Krauss
Dido
Imogen Heap
Norah Jones
Laura Pausini

Movies:

Good Will Hunting
Saving Private Ryan
The Green Mile
Do The Right Thing
The Notebook
Goodfellas
The Godfather
Rocky

Television:

Grey's Anatomy
Third Watch*
NYPD Blue*
Rescue Me
The Boston Red Sox

My Blog

My contemplativeness

Ya know... you hear a lot of people asking the question, "How do you know?" Most people respond with the classic, "you just do." I tried to dig a bit deeper as far as that point goes because it doesn'...
Posted by Joseph on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:47:00 PST

Pires

Pires is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Pedro or Son of Pero (English: Peter). Its Spanish equivalent is Pér...
Posted by Joseph on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:42:00 PST

Getting worse... (9/27) 1 EURO = $1.41

At least there is some consistancy in my life. The dollar continues to fall. I think I'll skip eating this week to make up for the dollar dropping.
Posted by Joseph on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:50:00 PST

UPDATE - 9/24/07 (1 Euro = $1.40)

The dollar continues to fall. I am still waiting on my Police Officer Exam scores. I will let you guys know when they decide to send them out. I'm projecting a June return to Boston.
Posted by Joseph on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:30:00 PST

9/17/07 - $1.3880 = 1 Euro "F ME!"

Yeah, the dollar is kicking my ass! It takes $1.39 or so to get me 1 Euro. Yeah, that adds up! For example my rent is 850 Euro... sounds good right??? WRONG! I pay $1,178.93 and I live in a box. Yeah,...
Posted by Joseph on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:17:00 PST

A prayer for the troops

Prayer "Lord, hold our troops in your  loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their  families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need.  I as...
Posted by Joseph on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:29:00 PST

Aug 15th was a strange day!

Aug. 15th here in Italy was Ferragosto. Basically, this is a day where most people don't have to go to work. This day is usually spent with family like most other holidays. I was lucky enough to be in...
Posted by Joseph on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:02:00 PST

Mission impossible

Well, I can't sleep so I thought I would blog something for you guys. A lot of people have been raising the question, "Why don't you have a girlfriend?" It's an interesting question because of the num...
Posted by Joseph on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:12:00 PST

1 Year in Italy!

I can't believe how time flies but I have already been here for 1 yr. I'm not sure how much more time I will have so I'm going to start picking up the pace on traveling and seeing more things. As for ...
Posted by Joseph on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:18:00 PST

A sarcastic article about wine

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Posted by Joseph on Sat, 26 May 2007 12:12:00 PST