Joel - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I grew up outside of Richmond, VA and came down to Chapel Hill for undergrad. I had so much fun that I've been pretty firmly stuck here, excepting a 10 month stint in Charleston, SC in '01-'02. I am now a medical student here at UNC. I just finished my fourth year, but I'm tacking on another to do a masters in public health. I've pretty much always been on the medicine path although I definitely entertained other options. An appreciation for science, a love for teaching, and amazement at how I can affect not only long term health but immediate well being and state of mind keep me in it. I spend most of my free time with friends or enjoying the outdoors. More importantly, Event Horizon and Untamed Heart were the best movies ever made. I think I'm funny, but most people don't. You can probably see why. So that was short and lame...perfect.

My Interests

Friends, outdoor sports, music, picnics, chubby rain, books, ceiling fans, cake, cookies, movies, quantum physics, gardening, smellivision, the post office, sassafras root, begonias, dry cleaning, sand dune kayaking, barefoot barbecuing, Marcus Welby, wicker, AM radio, crazers, swan-ganz catheters...

I'd like to meet:

I'm pretty much up for meeting anybody, unless they suck. Sorry, if you suck. It must suck to suck. I've met a lot of people who sucked in my life. Some, though...some were the suckiest bunch of sucks to ever suck. Those people I call my friends - you know who you are, you sucks. So I suppose if you suck, I'll be your friend.

Music:

Modest Mouse, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, The Cure, Radiohead, The Gorillaz, The Postal Service, Archers of Loaf, The Killers, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Spoon, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Arcade Fire, Professor Murder, Yo La Tengo, Backyard Tirefire...

Television:

24 is the shit. I still enjoy The Simpsons and Southpark. I've been known to watch House occasionally. Adult Swim on Cartoon Network shows Family Guy, Futurama, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, all of which are fucking hilarious.

Books:

I enjoy any type of book - fiction, nonfiction, historical, self help, cook books, instruction manuals. Next time I'm in front of my bookshelf, I'll make a list. Or not, because I'm sitting in front of a bookshelf right now, and yet...

My Blog

Did you know that I'm a ninja?

First of all, this blog is not about my dog like the last one, but his actions do set up the story. Imagine this: I leave my apartment to go to the apartment complex gym. I don't want to have my keys ...
Posted by Joel on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:38:00 PST

Devil Dog from Helltown

I've decided that on the rare occasion that I write a blog, I will use it to vent.Here's the thing - I have a dog. He's not really my dog. He's a foster dog and I saved him from the gas chamber. That'...
Posted by Joel on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:54:00 PST