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j o e l

I am here for Serious Relationships and Friends

About Me

Love to ride...I wish I could throtle twist like this:

My Interests

THEOLOGY: Christianity and diligent doctrine thereof. www.marshillchurch.org BIKES: Trials, Downhill, Freeride, singlespeeds. www.observedtrials.net TRAVEL: Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, France, and roadtrip NorthAmerica OUTDOORS: Rain, Sun, Rocks, Dirt, Trees, Shrubery, Rivers, Creeks, Alpine wilderness, Evergreen Rainforrests. Whistler, Northshore Vancouver, Peninsula of Washington, Casscade Mountain Range, Mt. Rainier National Forest.

I'd like to meet:

Honest people, with honorable endevors. People who savor life and plan for the future generationally,.. not burn out party types (there is a time and place for everything). And PLEASE, for the love of all things pure, be COMUNICATIVE!Top 8-10 or so are new additions and just rad people doing rad stuff. The rest are people I actually know...sometimes they hang out with me and they also do rad stuff? Good Progresive music peeps, Close peeps, Old skool peeps, honest myspace peeps, some of my riding buddies,..

Music:

Been listening to an awful lot of podcasts lately: This American Life, Truth For Life, Let My People Think.Bought a bunch of "alt-country/alt-folk" the other day; Elliot Smith, Rocky Votolato, Band of Horses, Mojave 3...

Movies:

Braveheart, Shadowlands, Seven, Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), Yojimbo meets Zatoichi (or anything with Toshiro Mifune), Amelie, Memphis Belle, Quigley Down Under, To End All Wars, SLC punk, Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are dead, Amadeus, Akira, Dager of Kamuri, Cowboy Bebop, Hero, Crouching Tiger, Curse of the Golden Flower, Lawrence of Arabia, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine, the Incredibles, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, Notorious (or anything Hitchcock) (anything Cary Grant) (anything Audrey Hepburn), Fight Club, Seven Years in Tibet, Pi, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring.

Television:

33,35,37,38,42,60 yay comcast!!!

Books:

Last couple read or in process: - Servant Leadership by Robert K. Greenleaf - Catch 22 by Joseph Heller - The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer - I talk pretty one day. by David Sedaris - Hells Angels by Hunter Thompson - Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk - Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki - The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living by Martin F. Clark

Heroes:

Steve Moreland (DAD), Greg Wright, Paul Shaner, Fred Choi, James Harleman, Richard Covi, Jef Betger, Rob Smith, Mark Driscol, Bent Meyer, Paul Petry, Leif MoiFunny,.. no celebreties,.. just strong, ethical, gifted, Godly, men.And of course, the redeemer and hero of all: Jesus Christ...

My Blog

more trialsin

Went out with the boys the other evening... so nice out. I'm only in the first few (wearing brown/tan with black knee-guards and white helmet) I had yard work to do the next day (which was quite pleas...
Posted by j o e l on Wed, 21 May 2008 09:15:00 PST

For realz!

It is official.  I now work for my favorite microbrewery Maritime Pacific Ales! This means I'm back to a 'normal' day job from 6a-3p Mon - Fri. It also means that any event hosted at my home (mov...
Posted by j o e l on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:49:00 PST

Spring renewing...

The last week has been such an uplifting contradiction to the past season.  Still pruning parts of my life that have grown off course or withered, but new growth is starting to bloom.  I wa...
Posted by j o e l on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:44:00 PST

knocked back down

I thought I was making some material progress in life by having another motorvehicle,... Well it died today.  I’m back to car less loser status.  Just as well, I have too many bills t...
Posted by j o e l on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:14:00 PST

Insomnia and problem solving...

I can't seem to shut my mind off.  Wish I could slip into dream land, but I don't have anything or anybody I really want to dream about.  I had a nightmare the other night that my Mom died a...
Posted by j o e l on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:50:00 PST

cutting back involvement

I'm tired of dealing with other peoples court, legal, custody, divorce, parole, probation type issues. Oh and if you want money I don't have any left thank you very much. I'm done helping people out t...
Posted by j o e l on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:30:00 PST

New Years

I had one of the more pleasant New Years celebrations of my life last night.  No bling, no noise, no expectations and disappointments suffocating me.  Just a celebration of life the way I wa...
Posted by j o e l on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:13:00 PST

xmas blues

1. Name? Joel Moreland2. Age? 303. Area of Seattle you live? Queen Anne4. Where are you from orginally? Black Diamond5. What do you do for work? Concierge6. Where did you go to school? What did you st...
Posted by j o e l on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:14:00 PST

car troubles...

Well,.. at least it's still a luxury.  If my little car gives up the ghost it'll be back to the usual of biking and bussing.  Not to mention my work is mere blocks away.  What I'm noti...
Posted by j o e l on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:03:00 PST

terrible blogs

I wanted to apologize for the over-reactions lately.  I know I should deal with these things, but it's like using a sledgehammer when a 10oz carpenter would be fine. Mostly sorry about the f...
Posted by j o e l on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:21:00 PST