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Josh

Calmer than you are...

About Me


I moved to Oregon 3 years ago with my partner in crime, Katie, from Pennsylvania. I LOVE Portland. I love what I do for a living, convincing people to think about energy and where we get it, to think about the future and our power to shape it, to take action. I still have a huge soft spot in my heart for Philly and all the great friends and family I have there. I dig Austin, TX a lot. I love mountains, glaciers, valleys, big trees, and the places we haven't destroyed yet.I have two awesome brothers, Matt and Drew.I like steamed rice veggie bowls with cilantro pesto from the laughing planet a little too much.I've driven my battleaxe of a honda civic to and from Katahdin ME, Key West FL, Vancouver BC, Tiajuana and everywhere in between. I love to drive, and I think our country is absolutely beautiful.I think Spain is a really sweet place and I can't wait to go back again.I used to live for Phish Tour. Ahhh, the days of selling Sammie Smiths to make ticket and gas money. Good stuff. I also used to live for punk shows in West Chester, pa, so I've been into everything at some point and still am.I think the Belmont neighborhood in Portland is my favorite place in the world right now.Right now I'm working on making tomorrow the best day of my life. "Without love in the dream, it'll never come true." See you there.

My Interests

The Great Outdoors! Backpacking, Mountaineering, Bouldering, Fishing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Disc Golf, Suzie Sticks, Mushroom Picking, International Travel, WWOOFingl...US ROAD TRIPS. Photography. Music! Avid ingester of the live experience. I love live shows, festivals, and more than all else, the impromptu jam session. I love cabin parties, hot springs, and copious amounts of snow. I love fireplaces, woodstoves, and campfires. I'm always interested in a super hoppy beer, a saftey meeting, and a toss of the B on a sunny summer day. I love to cook, sometimes even more than I like to eat.Low Impact Living. Permaculture. Biodiesel. Responsible sustainable progress. The power of human imagination. Getting passionate. Getting CRAZY and loving every minute of it. CARPEing the DIEM. Laughing and letting it go.

I'd like to meet:

Lewis & Clark, Einstein, Jerry Garcia, the Great Spirit in the Sky, and you.

Music:

I can get into everything and anything, even country if I'm drunk enough. But I love jazz, funk, punk, ska, electronica, classical, reggae, hip hop, and jamrock. I love travelling to festivals in the summer, playing bass, drums, and my steering wheel. I like singing in the shower, when I 'm happy, when I'm driving, when I'm drunk. I even used to sing in a barbershop chorus. That was hilarious. Either way, music is a much needed release for me, and I like it!.. width="400" height="326" ..

Movies:

Winds of Change - Wind Power Advocacy Video



Presentation on Wind Energy. The Big Lebowski, The Dark Crystal, anything old and Noir, The Royal Tennenbaums, Festival Express, Dazed and Confused, Old School, Star Wars, LOTR, When harry met Sally, the Disney Robin Hood, IMAX Everest, Indiana Jones, Wedding Crashers, anything in the AVI Top 100...and a whole lot more I'm not remebering right now.

Television:

Oregon Public Broadcating has restored my faith in television. Guilty pleasures include Lost, Deadwood, The Sopranos, That 70's Show re-runs (The new ones are horrible), and Seinfeld. Overall, as little TV as possible.

Books:

Tolkien, the Alchemist, The People's History of the United States, Hemmingway, The Incredible Lightness of Being, Tom Robbins, Jon Krakauer, Vonnegut, Stephen Ambroose - Undaunted Courage, Be Here Now, Eragon & The Eldest, Harry Potter, Steven King, Tom Wolfe

My Blog

Summa-Time.

Whats up people...Just thought I'd give you all a taste of what I'm up tot his summer in case you're trying to jump on board for any or all of my adventures... Once again its shaping up to be another ...
Posted by Josh on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:17:00 PST