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About Me

I'm a man in transition. I have recently realized that I have been living my life behind a mask of affability and vulgarity, and I'm tired of it. I feel that a lot of my good friends these days don't really know what I'm passionate about, other than my desire to make others laugh. I think the world's got enough buffoons, it's time I stopped being one.

I do not enjoy the culture of fear I live in these days. It permeates everything. I want to fight against it. I'm worried that, like Rome, we're headed for Empire instead of Republic. And I don't blame the leaders completely; I worry that Americans in general don't want to be bothered with making real choices anymore.

So I'm going to learn to fight. Apathy, cynicism, fear, all the things that keep me from working to make my country a better place. And maybe if I fight hard enough other people will see it and want to fight too.

My Interests

Theatre, current events, FairTax, books, film, and occasionally drinking.

I'd like to meet:

Old friends I've lost touch with. Nothing personal, but if I don't know you in real life, I probably won't add you to my friends list... I'm just not out to have fifty two thousand "friends."

Music:

Led Zeppelin, U2, Pearl Jam, and Carbon Leaf, w/ Keane as a new favorite.

Movies:

The Lord of the Rings films; Serenity; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Batman Begins; concert footage from any of a number of bands

Television:

Heroes is the only show I really follow.

Books:

So many. I read voraciously. I really love Shakespeare, Tolkien, CS Lewis, Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, Piers Anthony, Terry Pratchett, and the Ultimates line of Marvel Comics. Really, anything that gets my imagination going.

Heroes:

This one'll be controversial: Robert E. Lee. Yes, the Confederate. Before knee-jerking about slavery, research the man. Marvin Sims, who until his recent untimely passing was my mentor... and President-at-Large of the Black Theatre Network. Captain America. Mikhail Chekhov.

My Blog

Big Freakin Announcement

To all of my good friends, Any of you who have known me in an academic situation know what a procrastinator I can be, and I'm no different today. I should have posted something at least a month ...
Posted by Joshua on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:40:00 PST

French

One of my dad's hobbies is geneology. Years ago, he was the one who discovered the majority of my family's Scottish ancestry. Well, he's been poking around some more and has discovered th...
Posted by Joshua on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:39:00 PST

7/6/07

I haven't written one of these in forever. I keep thinking I should (especially after reading a really well written one by some of you folks), but then I never get around to it. Some of it...
Posted by Joshua on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:52:00 PST

Alignment Quiz... made me chuckle.

You scored as Neutral Good. A Neutral Good person tries to do the 'goodest' thing possible. These people are willing to work with the law to accomplish their goal, but if the law is corrupt the...
Posted by Joshua on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:01:00 PST

9/20/06

Well, I figure it's time for an update. First, the current stuff: I just turned in my two weeks notice w/ Taco Mac, the restaurant I've been serving at since January. The commute has just ...
Posted by Joshua on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:00:00 PST

5.30.06

So, the news on Josh: The bad news first is how I always prefer it. Leave the reader with something good at the end, and get the bad shit over and done with. On May 18th, I wrecked my car...
Posted by Joshua on Wed, 31 May 2006 09:33:00 PST

Personality? Is this accurate?

Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 76% Stability |||||||||| 33% Orderliness |||||||||||| 43% Accommodation |||||||||||| 50% Interdependence ||||||...
Posted by Joshua on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:44:00 PST

What I'm doing

So, some of you wanted to know what I'll be doing on stage next. Well, here you go: I'll be playing Paris in Romeo and Juliet at the Shakespeare Tavern from Feb. 9th-March 5th. Should you wanna go...
Posted by Joshua on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 06:27:00 PST

Dante's Inferno

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels:LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)HighLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Belie...
Posted by Joshua on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST