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Name: Joel
Country: United States
State: Georgia
Metro: Kennesaw
Birthday: 2/24/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: I like photography, theology, music (ryan adams, whiskeytown, the new pornographers, pedro the lion, death cab, the postal service, john vanderslice, patty griffin, third eye blind, dave bazan, elvis costello, the smiths, neko case, the arcade fire, the weakerthans, queen, derek webb, john mellencamp, james taylor, cat stevens, billy joel, ben harper, bob dylan, the wallflowers, ben folds, matchbox 20, counting crows, eric clapton...and more)
Expertise: working on that one
Occupation: Radio Producer
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AIM:  tallskinnyguy63
Member Since:
9/26/2004
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| So it seems that during this time of life, I guess overall at this age, but especially right now, the times they are a changin'. People leaving, people coming. Relationships growing, relationships lessening. It can be hard. Greg, who lived with us for the summer left this weekend to go back to school in Missouri. He is a great friend. It's amazing how you can grow really close to someone in a really limited span of time. I spent two days with Greg on the road trip and felt that he was a good friend after those two days. This summer was great hanging out with him and getting to know him better and I'll sure miss his friendship and his advice that came from the heart without pretense. I'm sure I'll keep in touch and see him but you just wonder whether you'll ever get times again like we had this summer. That sounds like we are boyfriends with what I just wrote but it's just friendship I promise.
Mr. Cuevo leaves on Tuesday and I won't see him for a long ass time as well. He has been a constant friend for a long time. He has been there to listen at waffle house for hours when things in my life seem to be in the shitter or when things are going quite swimmingly. He has been an encouraging friend even if sometimes our friendship seems to others like quite the opposite. His friendship has meant more to me than I think even I could ever know. I know that it is best that he leaves just as it is best that Greg does and that we continue on in our endeavors in life. I wish them the best but who knows where I'll be location-wise or what stage of life I'll be in when I see them again. I'll be seeing Travis this weekend for the first time in a few months and it will be good to have him back. Maybe he'll stay in the ATL for a while if he knows whats good for him. Sometimes change can be difficult. I've got a woman I've been hanging out with for the past month. I've enjoyed the limited time I've been able to spend with her because for those of you who don't know she lives in Nashville so its the whole long distance deal going on there. I saw her Saturday and this morning when I was up in Nashville and she'll be here this weekend. So much change. It will be weird living with only one person. The house will feel empty and already looks a bit empty. It will be good though living with Matt, he's a good brother.
I've also been getting involved again with the Tuesday night inner city ministry that I was involved in for about a year. Its good to be back there. I guess I get wrapped up with myself a lot with thinking about getting a better car, making money and making ends meet. Paying bills and saving up. Buying food and eating. Hoping for a full time job. Wondering about the future. 401k plans and roths. Buying a house someday. Tuesday's really slap me in the face and say, "Joel, get yourself off your mind." I've got it good. I'm thankful. I need to pray more, and read more, and serve more, and love more. I need to be be less lazy and apathetic. So change, its going to happen, especially at this point. It can be hard but its good. Some are leaving my life, some for a long time, some for not so long. Others are entering and might be in my life for a bit, and some might be there for a long time. Reminds me of a Deion Sanders quote: "People come into your life. Some for a reason, some for a season, and some forever." True dat bro.
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| Can I just say that it makes no sense whatsoever that Bill Clinton gets impeached over a BJ and for some reason there is a sentiment that there is no legitimate reason to impeach Bush. What is this about? When does folly turn into madness? Seems like we are there but still no impeachment proceedings. Gonzogate, Scooter Libby, a ridiculous war and there are no grounds for impeachment? Well, at least he is not getting BJ's I guess.
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| I was just thinking tonight on my drive back from guys night in
Marietta about some of the funny road trip stories that Travis and I
had. So I figured I would post some of the funny memories in shorthand
here.
I remember when Travis and I were camping outside of some national park
one night, and we watched a dvd on the computer like we often did
before bed and in the morning the car wouldn't start because we had
drained the battery. We had driven up some random dirt road that night
and found a good place to camp away from the road and so I had to push
the car while Travis drove it. I shoved it down a hill after I got it
rolling and I thought Trav was going to hit a tree but we finally got
it to the road after a some strenuous work. A few cars passed us even
though we were waving our arms and had our hood up, but finally a guy
in a truck stopped and jumped us. Our cables were underneath our
massive amount of crap in the back of the wagon so then we had to
reorganize.
When we were in Missouri we met some guys that went to Kansas State.
They said they were more than happy to let us stay with them. So we
called when we left. No answer. We called halfway. No answer. We called
when we got on campus. No answer. So we went to the library and then we
just looked at maps outside while drinking beer and some freshman named
Aaron walked by. He said we could sleep in the main area of his dorm,
and then we started cooking some rice out of our 25 lb bag of
rice(which is too big for anyone by the way), and the RA told us to
stop. We didn't cause we were hungry and he came back pissed off. We
ended up sleeping on Aaron's floor that night. It was a bit weird.
I was really reminded of this stuff because this dude we met in Pueblo,
CO called me the other night. We met him at a barnes and noble. He
looked like he rode a harley, but he didn't. He was an
evangelist/musician/how does he make money?. But he hooked us up with a
place to stay with his friend Jane. Jane's brother who was pretty old
was staying there too, and he seemed really to not like us but he took
us out to breakfast the next morning and we bonded I think. Before that
we went over to his house and he was playing music with an injured bull
rider. At first it was Tom Petty and then some christian tunes. Before
we left they tried to get us to buy some $50 a bottle miracle juice
that supposedly would have healed my broken clavicle right up(maybe
thats how he made money). Before we left he prayed over us and
annointed us with oil. I had told Trav beforehand that if he tried that
crap I was going to say no, but I had to let him because he had been so
kind to us. So it took everything within me not to crack up while he
was doing it. Now he is in Nashville recording apparently and wants to
stay with me here for a few days. Should be interesting.
Waiting in line for the PS3 was fun too. There was this druggie kid
that I was sitting next to for two days who began every story he ever
told(and they were all interesting) with, "one time when I was
rolling(apparently a druggie term). I'm still pissed that we waited so
long to put them on ebay and lost lots of money doing that. There was
also this weirdo guy that was last in line for it who kept trying to
weasel his way up in line.
We also almost got thrown in jail in mexico. We started walking around
Tijuana and we walked onto a terrible street with hookers all over. So
we began to turn around and all I can remember is these hookers jeering
at us saying that the police were coming and they had gold teeth and
stuff. I can still see their faces in slow motion with their hateful
faces. So the police got us and tried to take us in on really no
charges at all. They took our cameras and we were scared that they
would take them, and they are expensivo. They ended up basically taking
all our money except for a few dollars which they said we could keep so
we could get back to San Diego. We bought dollar beers and lamented
over our loss. It was such a depressing place too, even though over all
I had so much fun in Mexico and saw so much beauty and met great
people. It's just sad that this had to be my main memory from such a
great place.
After going to Zion I think it was we camped in Kanab. We found another
dirt road and it was a cool place to camp. We left the next day and
drove 80 miles to the grand canyon. It was cold as all get out. There
was snow on the ground and we found another dirt road about 10 miles
away from the park entrance to camp at. We set up our tent and went to
go get the sleeping bags. "Travis, where the hell are the sleeping
bags?" He had left them on top of the car in Kanab and we drove all the
way back to try to find them. Nowhere to be found. So we got out a
piece of paper and wrote a letter asking that if anyone found them to
call us. We taped it to a tree. We actually ended up getting a call and
someone had found one of them. They sent it to us while in San Diego.
Those are just a few. Stolen bikes, broken clavicles, pickle juice, and
Travis trying to get his pants on in the sand are others. Just thinking
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| So I haven't posted in a good long while. I don't even know if anyone reads this stuff anymore. But I have moved down to my place in midtown and am loving it. I am borrowing Clark's scooter for the summer and since I live like a mile from work I ride it all the time. I shell out almost nothing in gas. I will definitely get my own at some point. At one point my car was in total crap shape, my clutch wasn't working and I was leaking clutch fluid like it was my job. It was making my car basically impossible to drive and so I was thinking about donating it somewhere and getting something else. Turned out that it was a $21 dollar part and Tim installed it for me. It still looks awful and creaks and stuff, but hey, its drivable.
My job is going swimmingly and I am still loving what I do and the people I work with. I've been able to travel some which is great. We went to New York and Connecticut a couple of weeks ago and we stayed at Clark's condo in Ponte Vedra and went to Orlando two weeks ago too. I've been to some good shows recently. The Kings of Leon rocked it out at the Tabernacle. I didn't really know their stuff before the concert but now I am hooked. I also went to see Feist on Friday at the Variety Playhouse. She has a great voice and a very great stage presence. The Rosebuds are at the Earl on the 23rd so I will be hitting that up as well. I have more to write and hopefully will get to it soon. I haven't taken any pictures recently but I'm planning on doing some more in the near future and posting them.
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