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Joe

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About Me

Born at a very early age, I've always considered myself rather bright. I used to be a really pompous jerk. Now I'm somewhat less pompous. Somewhere in the struggle with arrogance I found out that I'm a decent person, too. Or at least I like to think so.
I've taught creative writing seminars at the local Barnes & Noble for the past 7 years now. I currently work in a Fight Club-esque job, in a cubicle much of the time, on the road the rest. No plans on forming any underground boxing clubs yet... but then again the first (amended) rule of Fight Club is you do not post information to MySpace about Fight Club.
In my spare time I do juggling, hooping, miming, DDR, dancing, and (amateur) stage magic. Anything to combine my love of performance and my need to not be normal. It's worked out pretty well so far, and folks always seem to have fun with the stuff I do. As long as I have fun, though, I suppose that's what counts. I'm also a big fan of costumed midnight movie premieres (or costumed anything, really) and physical exertion without reservation. I also enjoy playing devil's advocate in philosophical debates and helping folks to realize universal truths. I'm a counselor and a confidante, scholar and student, wise old man and 10-year-old boy.
My life is more than a little awesome right now. I've moved into a wonderful place with wonderful people in Northampton, MA. I'm surrounded by the most engaging people... friends who support me and challenge me at the same time. The regrets of the past are behind me, and the future is looking brighter and brighter. Also, I've got the hottest girlfriend ever.If you're looking for more, check out my Livejournal , or you could find me on Facebook or Tribe .

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

..Anyone with a story to tell. If teaching writing has shown me anything, it's that you will always be surprised by the stories inside people. There is more to know than can ever be known, and the sharing of stories brings us all closer to recognizing our universal bonds as humans. Beyond that, I suppose I could do the fanboy thing and say I'd like to meet Shakira, Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, Brad Pitt, Kevin Smith, Joss Whedon, Leonard Nimoy, Zhang Ziyi, Jet Li, Ken Watanabe, Ed Norton, David Blaine, Criss Angel, Jewel Staite, and a whole slew of authors. Oh, and meeting a soulmate somewhere along the way would be nice, too.

Oh, and the occasional meeting with Muffinhead, my Chilean Rose tarantula, is also nice. Spiders are fuzzy:

My Blog

Not quite adding up...

So after our usual Wednesday night dinner (at which I cooked up some amazing potato pancakes) with awesome food and awesome folks, one of our friends suggested going to use the hot tub that her landlo...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:47:00 GMT

Feels so rite, can’t be wrong

This morning I'm off to Rites of Spring, a large gathering in the woods with about 500 people from the Pagan community.  Those of you who know my background will know that this is quite a step ou...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 04:38:00 GMT

Just came to say "Goodbye love..."

Quick drive up to Shelburne Falls.  A moderately tearful but overall calm and reasoned conversation.  Some really painful last hugs and kisses.  And it's over.Thankfully I'm surrounded ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 19:43:00 GMT

Joining the dance

Last night was the 30th anniversary of Dance Spree, a free-form, earth-musicky dance event that's been going on every Friday night in Northampton since I was around 4 months old.  It was so much ...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:07:00 GMT

Whee, and other delightful elations

Just had an exceptionally kick-ass writing seminar.  It was a skills-based lesson, all about learning ways to show instead of tell.  Everyone just got it... they took what I gave them and ap...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:28:00 GMT

A little dream

No, this isn't about what was going through my head last night (though I'll admit that those dreams were more than fairly awesome... thank you very much, Caitlin).  No, this is about more of a ho...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:04:00 GMT

Yay

Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!!Tee hee!  Nothing like an unexpected infusion of ridiculous happiness.
Posted by on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:14:00 GMT

Voltaire and emptiness

Tonight was Haven's 12th anniversary.  Voltaire performed live.  He was pretty great... though the ego took a little while to get over.  The music outside of Voltaire was awesome. ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:49:00 GMT

Possibly the best concert ever

Tonight I had planned on maybe cleaning my room a little and perhaps watching the Simpsons.  All that changed when Sariel invited me to a show at Pearl St.  She said there was this hugely po...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:09:00 GMT

The Return of My Writing Class

Tonight, Monday, January 14, 2008, my creative writing class begins again at Barnes & Noble in Holyoke.  Anyone with a love of stories is more than welcome to attend.  We have all ages a...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:01:00 GMT