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Joshua

I am here for Friends

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Hyperpower.

Music:

hmm.. all kinds of music; Rock, Punk, Industrial, Trip Hop, Hip Hop, Electronic, Breaks, um, what do you call Björk?. I get into moods and it goes from there.

All-Time Favorites: Nine Inch Nails , Sublime, Björk, Massive Attack, Black Crowes, Beatles, Led Zepplin, Bob Marley, Beastie Boys, AFI , The White Stripes, Busta Rhymes, Tribe Called Quest, De la Soul, Beck, Cake, Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down .....

Other Bands I like: Rise Against, QotsA, Modest Mouse, The Foo Fighters, Weezer, Rage Against the Machine, The Violent Femmes, DJ Shadow, The Descendents, Bad Religion, Dido, Jem, Sneaker Pimps, Air, Amelie Soundtrack, The Specials, Timbaland-produced stuff, Pharrell produced stuff, Outkast (sick of the newer album though), Kanye, eminem, Dre, Missy, Mos Def, The Used (when they scream), White/Rob Zombie, Korn, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nirvana, Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, The Cure, A Perfect Circle, Al Green (awwww yeahhhh), D'Angelo, Jack Johnson...

The Archive: Outgrown/Forgotten/ Grandfathered/Out of Rotation... Smashing Pumpkins, The Doors, Danzig, Thomas Michael, Christopher Lawrence, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Offspring, Everclear,

to be continued, constant work in progress. . .

Movies:

Faves: Pulp Fiction Kill Bill, and anything else Tarantino, anything Kevin Smith, most anything Coen brothers (The Big Lebowski), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, Goodfellas, Scarface, Godfather trilogy, Tombstone, Dazed and Confused (what I modeled my last year in high school after), lotr trilogy, Holy Grail, SNL best of Will Farrell, best of Mike Myers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Anime: Samurai Champloo, Hellsing, Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Samurai X, Ghost in the Shell

to be continued..

Television:

shows: Daily Show With John Stewart
channels: MTV/MTV2, Fuse, Spike, Comedy Central, Cartoon network (Adult Swim), Discovery, NBA tv, Noggin for Lucca

Books:

I usually read by author.. Tom Robbins (Jitterbug Perfume), C.S. Lewis, Dean Koontz, Jack Kerouac, Michael Connelly, Clive Cussler, Dan Brown, Anne Rice, Elmore Leonard, Kurt Vonnegut, Hemingway, um, J.K. Rowlings, Roald Dahl, Shel Silverstein, Hunter S. Thompson (r.i.p.)

Magazines: Blender, Spin, Slam, Freeskiier, Playboy (for the articles!)

Heroes:

Suzanne.
Baby Lucca. Baby Jordan.

my grandfather, George Bananas, Spike Jonze, Will Farrell, John Stewart, my family.

My Blog

why I can't leave southern california

On New Year's Eve, we spent the evening with our neighbors. Then the next day, on a whim we decided to go down to Main Beach in Laguna. Here's what transpired:     Lucca discovers that cool ...
Posted by Joshua on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:40:00 PST

old pic

just found this pic of Jordan in an old archive of cell phone pics: I miss the little guy. ...
Posted by Joshua on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:47:00 PST

Gerald Ford, dead today...

"Gerald Ford...eaten by wolves. He was delicious."
Posted by Joshua on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:17:00 PST

The Life of Jordan

Today would have been Jordan's first birthday. To celebrate and to remember him, here is a little slideshow of his life.   always look at the bright side of life! ...
Posted by Joshua on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:35:00 PST

Jordan Micah Swinson

  Jordan passed away peacefully in his sleep monday night. We found him in his little bed on tuesday morning. We didn't know it was time for him to go, but he knew that he was ready. The w...
Posted by Joshua on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:12:00 PST

down in it

Over the weekend Jordan had to go back into the hospital. Since he came back from the hospital the first time he has been fussy, and we thought that this was due to stomach problems and reflux. It all...
Posted by Joshua on Mon, 08 May 2006 10:47:00 PST

the Long Lost Update

First off, I've been sucking at this whole regular-update thing and I apologize.. its really easy to get caught up in the hectic day-to-day lately, but I need to remember to keep the people who have s...
Posted by Joshua on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:49:00 PST

Jordan 3/10

Just a quick update, because I'm drained- physically, mentally, emotionally, drained. I'll start with good news- Jordan will be going home in a couple days! Sunday night will mark two weeks from when ...
Posted by Joshua on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:00:00 PST

Jordan Milestones (part B)

I almost forgot to mention the biggest milestone ahead- getting Jordan out of the ICU and into a normal hospital room! This could happen some time this week, hopefully sooner than later, although we w...
Posted by Joshua on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:39:00 PST

Jordan Milestones (part A)

I'll start by saying that Jordan is doing better than we could have possibly expected. Right now, mommy is holding him, and he just took his first bottle feed in over a week. At this point in Jordan's...
Posted by Joshua on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:23:00 PST