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Joel

Those three words are said too much. They're not enough.

About Me



Come to another planet with me.



www.joelcphoto.com



This is what I do.

Portraits updated on 11.21.06



New Gallery added to my site.... cell phone pics!



My Interests

Animal/Earth Liberation, Activism, Vegan Cooking, Living Drug Free, No-Limit Texas Hold Em', Running, Toys, Books, Comic Books, Photography, Exploring, Abandoned Buildings, Heavy Metal, Hardcore, Video Games, GUITAR HERO!, Tetris, Chess, Strategy Card Games like: Spades, 500, Pitch, etc.., Darts, Pool, Maps, Baseball, Tennis, Forensics, Road Trips, Candy, Traveling the World, Danger, Thrift Store Shopping, Responsible Hedonism, Swimming, Ithaca, Jumping off of Cliffs and Waterfalls, Going to the Dentist (really I love it), Fast Motorcycles, The Ocean, Massages, Summer/Autumn, Laffy Taffy Jokes, Energy Drinks, Quitting Energy Drinks, Board Games, The Dark Side Of The Force, Being Bulletproof, Getting Shit Done.

Things that need to be eliminated from the world: The Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox fans, Animal Abuse, Environmental Destruction, Corporate Greed, Ignorance and Apathy, Drugs (including Alcohol), Hippies.

I'd like to meet:


    Strong hearts

    Brave hearts

    Rebel hearts
Please take a moment and check out the folks I have listed in my Top 12. They are all DIY/grassroots, groups/individuals/cool places that I strongly believe in and support. In a world that is ever increasingly being controlled by corporate interests, they have chosen to do things their own way on their own terms and for that they at least deserve your consideration.

Thanks.

Music:

The Smiths/Morrissey, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Sunny Day Real Estate/The Fire Theft, U2, Sepultura, Sinead O'Connor, Slayer, Black Sabbath/Ozzy, The Cure, Bob Marley, Charge, Sick Of It All, Earth Crisis, Framework, Path Of Resistance, One King Down, Damnation A.D., Hatebreed, Integrity, Deadguy, Snapcase, Strife, The Haunted/At The Gates, Queen, Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode, Portishead, The Police, Far/OneLineDrawing, Eminem, Terror, No Warning, Carcass, Elton John, Killswitch Engage, The Smashing Pumpkins, Death Cab For Cutie/The Postal Service, White Zombie/Rob Zombie, Slipknot, The Beatles, In Flames, Soilwork, Mastodon, If Hope Dies, Guns N' Roses, SenseField, Into Another, The Misfits, pre-Black Album Metallica, Rilo Kiley, Shockwave, Andrew W.K., Children Of Bodom, Coldplay, Chamberlain, Madball, Immortal Technique, Enya, Ramallah, Neko Case, Isis, Say Anything,

Movies:

The Godfather and The Godfather II, Goodfellas, Heat, The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, The Silence Of The Lambs, The Princess Bride, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, The Star Wars Trilogy, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Cool Hand Luke, Braveheart, Princess Mononoke, Some Mother's Son, Michael Collins, In The Name Of The Father, My Left Foot, Falling Down, Happiness, Palindromes, Magnolia, The Secret Of NIMH, Office Space, Old Boy, The Corporation,

Television:

L O S T , The Sopranos, Seinfeld, South Park, MacGyver, The Simpsons, Kids In The Hall, Unsolved Mysteries, Twin Peaks, ESPN Sportscenter, Baseball Tonight, Yankees Baseball on the YES Network, Da Ali G Show, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, The Price Is Right, Scare Tactics, The Office (BBC original version), Intervention, Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator.

I'll also watch any show where people cry a lot. Whether it be from not knowing who their baby dady is, because they are too fat, because they just got caught trying to have sex with a minor, or because their 14 year-old pregnant kid is an alcoholic prostitute who is addicted to crack, people crying out of total despair and anguish at these things really entertains the shit out of me.

Books:

Ten Men Dead, You Got Nothing Coming, Long Walk To Freedom (this book changed my life), Love You Forever, Fast Food Nation, The Giving Tree, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Free The Animals, Memories Of Freedom, Direct Action (by Ann Hansen).

Latest reads:
Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
Dry - Augusten Burroughs
Naked - David Sedaris
Nickle and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America - Barbara Ehrenreich
Magical Thinking - Augusten Burroughs
Current read:
Possible Side Effects - Augusten Burroughs

Heroes:

The courageous men and women of the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front are my only true heroes. Also: Nelson Mandela, Bobby Sands, Geronimo, Ann Hansen, and this guy:

No one knows his name or even what happened to him after this moment, but this photo will forever remain one of the most inspirational images of revolutionary struggle ever captured.

Also... Team Hoyt. Check out my blog for more info.

My Blog

Heroes

A while back, I was at my buddy Jeff's house watching some TV when he showed me a program he had recorded. It was HBO's "Real Sports" show and it featured a segment on Rick and Dick Hoyt. After the se...
Posted by Joel on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:43:00 PST

THE BOOK IS DONE!

Dudes and Broads.... My book is done. I am holding my very first copy in my hands right now.I am nothing short of amazed at the freakin' awesomeness of the thing.It has met and in some areas, exceede...
Posted by Joel on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:04:00 PST

New gallery on my website

I just uploaded a bunch of pictures I've taken with my cell phone to my website. Some are funny, some are gross, some are weird and some are just plain things I like so I thought I'd take a picture of...
Posted by Joel on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:13:00 PST

Autumn in NY

No. I am not talking about that piece of shit movie with Winona Ryder and Richard Gere. I'm not talking about that piece of shit city of NY either.I'm talking about Upstate NY and the Fall season.What...
Posted by Joel on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:04:00 PST

5 Seconds

The amount of time I waited to see if I could move myfingers and toes after my body had come to rest onthe side of the road after my motorcycle accident.5 seconds.Felt like 5 years.So f...
Posted by Joel on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:43:00 PST

Huntington's Chorea

I watched a TV program this evening about a mother who killed her two grown sons who had a disease called Huntington's Chorea, also called Huntington's Disease or HD. HD is a fairly uncommon dise...
Posted by Joel on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:56:00 PST

Book Update

In case you haven't heard, I am making a little book called "Beauty In Detritus." It is going to document some of my urban guerilla explorations in the Syracuse area through the use of photographs. It...
Posted by Joel on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:12:00 PST

Nomenclature

I go to the Turning Stone Casino a lot. Well not an excessive amount but probably more than you... somewhere in the neighborhood of twice week. I end up playing poker on a bad week, 10 hours and ...
Posted by Joel on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:31:00 PST

One month ago

It's been one month today. I remember everything perfectly. On Wednesday, May 31st, I fell off of my motorcycle doing 70 mph on route 81. The accident was entirely my fault. I was clutching up a 2nd g...
Posted by Joel on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:25:00 PST

Thank You

to everybody that has called, come over to visit, brought me food, messaged me and otherwise helped me out these past few days. It is really great to know how many true friends I have and who they are...
Posted by Joel on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 10:43:00 PST