Joel VanBrocklin - ProfilesArchive

About Me

My name is Joel. I'm a singer/songwriter and aspiring novelist/script writer by the name of Ender Bowen (www.myspace.com/enderhq or www.enderhq.com) but I created this profile for my personal life. I recently moved down here from Upstate NY (we're talking... WAY up there eh?) and I'm looking to make new friends, see what's out there, and essentially start my life over from scratch.
I'm an honest, humble guy with a big heart, who loves to talk about anything - be it philosophy, religion, art, history, science - anything really. I consider myself somewhat of an intellectual. I love to learn and grow, I love to read, I love music and I love to write. I love to make new friends. I love to meet new people and get to know them. I have enough love to fit the world in if it wants to be there. I like going out to the bars - be it a relaxing place no one goes or a really partying club depending on my mood - I love to sit and drink wine and discuss whatever topics may come up, but I also love to go out and party if I get the chance. I also can't resist the chance to get dressed up and go out on the town, or have a nice dinner with someone special or with friends. I also LOVE to dance!
I love living life and experiencing what new things come along, but I also learn from mistakes and allow myself to grow. I keep the people I care about close. I have an incredibly random sense of humor and I don't mind embarrassing myself in order to bring a smile to someone's face, even if I don't particularly know them, if I see that that's what they need. I live to make others happy, because that makes ME happy, and I hope one day to be able to do that for someone special.
There's really a whole lot more about me but I have a feeling that if I keep going, MySpace will crash. :) Anyway, you can find me on AIM, YahooIM, or MSN as Lemonymous if you so choose.
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My Interests

Music, of almost any kind. Especially U2, the Smashing Pumpkins, the Killers and others. Books - Orson Scott Card, Michael Crichton, CS Lewis, Oz, history, philosophy, religion, anything I can get my hands on that challenges my mind. I love comic books - especially Transformers. I love TV shows like Farscape, Star Trek, 24, The OC, Family Guy and nearly anything else on adult swim. I think South Park is BRILLIANT. I love anything with random humor, including Dane Cook's stand up comedy. I love movies, dramatic, action, romantic, anything. I love working on my own music, and I love writing my own stories and works. This doesn't even skim the surface.
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I'd like to meet:

I love to make new friends and get to know them. Not only does it help me to learn about the world, and the people that are in it, but it also helps me learn about myself, and what makes me tick.
Beyond that, I just like to meet and mingle and interact with as many people as I can. I don't judge people of any type, as long as they don't judge me unreasonably.
Actual people dead or alive I'd like to meet - Bono, God, MLK, Michael Hutchence, Orson Scott Card, Billy Corgan
"You see, you have to know what you want. And then when someone comes along, you're going to fall for that person regardless of most of those wants, because there's just something about that person. He or she has got this certain something that trumps it all. And so in the end, though not all those wants are fulfilled, you've found a treasure no one else knows about and that is the beauty of love."

Music:

U2, the Smashing Pumpkins, INXS, Tea Party, Garbage, Collective Soul, The Killers, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Bjork. Dance music, electronic, Rock, Pop, Artsy, I'm really into anything that makes sense to me.
Favorite Albums of All Time:
U2 - Achtung Baby
U2 - Boy
Passengers - Original Soundtracks 1
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Spacehog - Resident Alien
Spacehog - The Chinese Album
Collective Soul - Dosage
The Tea Party- The Interzone Mantras
The Killers - Hot Fuss

Honorable Mention:
Garbage - Garbage
The Tea Party - Seven Circles
U2 - POP
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Coldplay - X&Y

This list might be updated once I really have time to think on it.

Movies:

What Dreams May Come*, Jurassic Park, Men of Honor*, The Breakfast Club, The Dark Crystal*, Serenity*, Dragonheart, SLC Punk, Gangs of New York, Batman Begins*, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Twister, The Fifth Element, Kevin Smith (particularly his Jay and Silent Bob series)*, The Bill and Ted Movies, Shanghai Knights*. Also Tom Hanks is the greatest actor of our time - so nearly anything with him.
* = I own it currently... which means I need to get the rest.

Television:

WWE, 24, House, Dawson's Creek, Farscape, Rescue Me, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, That 70's Show, Friends, Will & Grace, The OC, SNL, Adult Swim, South Park, Drawn Together, pick any show from the 80s and I probably like it, The State, Colbert Report, O'Reilly Factor.

Books:

Orson Scott Card, Michael Crichton, CS Lewis, RA Salvatore, Salmon Rushdie.

Heroes:

My parents. My friends. Bono. MLK. United Airlines Flight 93. FDNY. NYPD.

My Blog

Birthgay Thanks!

I just wanted to send out a thank you to everyone who came to my 2nd annual Birthgay Party this Friday, and got to see the bar in action for its first time ever! It really meant a lot that so many peo...
Posted by Joel VanBrocklin on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:30:00 PST

Wow!

So it's finally happened: I've signed a recording and songwriting deal with Active Entertainment!!!!! And a publishing deal with BMI. And to celebrate, I went and had two teeth filled. WooHOOO!!...
Posted by Joel VanBrocklin on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:20:00 PST

Been A While

Hey all! I realize it's been a while since I've written anything worth writing here. :) Rest assured, this spring is going to be big, and I'll have lots to talk about both here and at EnderHQ and the...
Posted by Joel VanBrocklin on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:01:00 PST

Where I've Been and Where I'm Going

There are real moments where I look at how my life is right now and I completely forget what it was back in 2005. I can't believe how far I've come since the breakup, and what I have yet to look forwa...
Posted by Joel VanBrocklin on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:07:00 PST

The Way Things Are

So I started my job with Dell on monday. Being that I've spent the last month staying up til 4 am and sleeping in til noon or 1, getting up at 6am in the morning was tough indeed. I ...
Posted by Joel VanBrocklin on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:08:00 PST

Smiles All Around

I don't want to get into details because I don't think that would be right.This past few days I think I've smiled more in such a small amount of time than I ever have in my entire life. That's a...
Posted by Joel VanBrocklin on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:14:00 PST

9/11 Remembered

It's not like you haven't seen or read enough of these sorts of things today, but I can't let it pass without saying what I feel should be said nonetheless. Today, five years on, I want to remember t...
Posted by Joel VanBrocklin on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:47:00 PST

Blah and Yay and I think another Blah... Maybe a yay...

Hey all, Just wanted to update you to the ways of my lil wee world.I made it safe and sound to Hendersonville, TN (just outside of Nashvegas), without a hitch or a problem. Yay me! Arrived...
Posted by Joel VanBrocklin on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:42:00 PST

Going AWOL. Or MIA. Permanently.

...Take me to another place......Take me to another land...So I'm heading off to Tennessee.Tenness-Tennessee.Tenness-Tennessee.Come tomorrow. Wish me a safe trip all and I'll be sure to be back ...
Posted by Joel VanBrocklin on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:18:00 PST

Sam's Town

Call me silly, call me weird, call me crazy.But I'm so freaking excited about the forthcoming Killers album that I think I'm going to flip my shizzle all over the place.The new album is called Sam's T...
Posted by Joel VanBrocklin on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:33:00 PST