manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD]

About Me

PLEASE MESSAGE ME BEFORE REQUESTING TO BE MY FRIEND, THANKS.
Hi. My name is Joshua, but most people call me by my last name, Manders. I manage a store at the mall for a living. Share an apartment with my good friend Dave. I have the best friends in the world. We drink too much, but I wouldn't trade in my vices for anything else. I often act like an asshole when I've had too much to drink, but apparently people love it because they keep coming back for more. I've recently decided to take a break from school, figure some things out in my life. I was born and raised in Toledo, but I'm ready for a change, I'm ready to get out. I'm a huge fan of the lost art of conversation. Sharing time and conversation with someone come as a top priority to me. There is also something therapeutic about driving to me, I drive all the time. I feel at home in my car. And I sing extremely loud when I'm alone in the car, its just me and the music. Commitment and trust issues play the antagonist in my life story. They're the main reason I'm a bad friend and can't keep relationships of any kind. The topis of politics and religion are off limits with me. I'm slightly tattooed up. I hate talking about my tattoos though, I got them for me, not for everyone else. But I especially hate talking about someone else's tattoos, please stop using mine as a lead in to talk about yours. I don't care. This world is a sad place, full of sad people, but it only makes the beautiful ones stand out more. What did you do today to show the world how beautiful you are??
Constantly connected to the total unexpected
I'm a con, a stealer of hearts
I only keep this facade
To keep you on your toes
And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

My Interests

Music:

at the drive in
blink-182
bone thugz n harmony
boys night out
brand new
caliban
dashboard confessional
death cab for cutie
dillinger escape plan
dizzee rascal
duran duran
fear before the march of flames
the get up kids
glassjaw
green day
head automatica
hellogoodbye
i am the avalanche
jack's mannequin
jay-z
jimmy eat world
justin timberlake
kanye west
le tigre
mae
michael jackson
mike jones
moneed
motion city soundtrack
the movielife
new found glory
notorious b.i.g.
the number twelve looks like you
outkast
protest the hero
reggie & the full effect
say anything
snoop dogg
something corporate
straylight run
taking back sunday
the express local
yellowcard

Movies:

american history x
baseketball
can't hardly wait
cruel intentions
donnie darko
finding nemo
friday
half baked
harold & kumar go to white castle
the lion king
mean girls
pulp fiction
tombstone
true romance

Books:

a child called "it"
the boy with a thorn in his side
the celestine prophecy
the five people you meet in heaven
the fuck-up
the lost boy
ordinary people
the perks of being a wallflower
revolution on canvas

Heroes:

andrew mcmahon

jordan pundik

brand new

vinnie caruana

My Blog

music help

please help me out on my neverending quest to find music and enjoy it.... below is a list of artists/albums i would like, as i receive them i will take them off the list and i will add more as i ...
Posted by manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD] on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:32:00 PST

year in review: concert edition

So it dawned on me the other night, while driving to the Early November show, that in the past 12 months I've seen a ton of awesome bands live. In the future, when I look back and think about a good s...
Posted by manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD] on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:14:00 PST

an update on me

ohhhh the way sutff changes. think about it.... do you remember a year ago??? i do. and looking back, i wouldn't have ever guessed this is where i'd be right now. how about you?? so here i am. probabl...
Posted by manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD] on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:23:00 PST

the obligitory look back at 2006 post

Hmmm, 2006 started out for me in a hotel room in downtown Toledo with a bunch of people I love. Definately a good time, grand start to the year. And in looking back, I kept most of my resolutions as w...
Posted by manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD] on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:37:00 PST

my thoughts on love.

i'm not typically a "blogger" but i felt the need to do this one. its just something i've been thinking about a lot lately. its, by no means, profound, or revolutionary, but its something thats been o...
Posted by manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD] on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:26:00 PST

tattoo new

my newest tattoos... the red and black koi was done about 2 weeks ago. the orange and white one was done earlier today. the water is soon to come... i appologize...
Posted by manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD] on Thu, 18 May 2006 09:53:00 PST

tagged

I've been tagged by Eryn & Chad. So the rules are as follows: Once you've been tagged, you have to write 6 weird facts/things about yourself. After the last fact, choose 6 people to t...
Posted by manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD] on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:34:00 PST

d8n, o-h i-o

ahh, the dayton update.... (bulletted for your convenience) *picked up tim & headed to Louie's. *left late becuase Josh didn't get off work early. *stopped to get Burger King at the exit wi...
Posted by manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD] on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:10:00 PST

chances are i don't like you.

i probably don't care about you either. but thanks to working retail for over 3 years i've become good at faking my concern. don't be fooled by my tricky ways tho, i probably don't care...
Posted by manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD] on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:49:00 PST

tattoo phase 3

oops. i skipped phase 2 and forgot to pic update it. but here's where we are at right now.... this is what was done last night.... here was was done a couple weeks ago.... ...
Posted by manders is a BOWLER!! [NGD] on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:36:00 PST