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I'm an Oxymoron
Created on 2006-03-12 16:37:40 (#9752771), last updated 2009-11-20
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Basic Info| Name: | Joseph Dante |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1987-05-22 |
| Location: | Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States |
Bio
horcrux My name is Joseph Dante, or Joey. I’m twenty-two years old. My main passions in life include all sorts of mental and emotional exits, portals to elude reality. I like escaping in the pages of books, the ink of written words, the dust of memories, and the pixels of video games. I am self-oriented, introverted, quiet, and crave solitude to maintain my inner harmony. Friends and family are nice, but my sanity requires a lot of alone time. I am a graduate from Florida International University, with a Bachelor of Arts in English. I don't know what lies ahead at this point, but I hope to be some sort of published writer in the future. I don't believe in one religion for myself. I don't think any religion can accommodate any one individual and I don't think any one individual should force him/herself to believe in an already written set of beliefs. I don't really know how to categorize the way I think, but I tend to like existentialism and post-structuralism and the process of deconstructing everything. I believe in forming your own philosophy and thinking for yourself and being honest. I believe in transformation and revision. I tend to be anti-tradition. I don't like when people hold on to ancient ideas just because they're ancient. I believe in being more creative. I love iconoclasts and revolutionaries. I love art, in all its forms. I hate people with bad taste. I fall in love with fictional characters who should be real people, and real people who should be fictional characters. I like to listen to the spirits shaking in my head. It's just difficult sometimes to hear the soft whispers when you're always caught in the clamor. |
powered by Books: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Catcher in the Rye, The Stranger, The Things They Carried, Winesburg Ohio, Candide, The Inferno, 1984, Brave New World, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lolita, Pale Fire, The Remains of the Day, Mrs. Dalloway, The Hours, The Awakening, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The God of Small Things, Life of Pi, The Joy Luck Club, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, Fight Club, Running with Scissors, The Bell Jar, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Secrets of a Fire King, The House on Mango Street, Bless Me Ultima, The Secret Life of Bees, Memoirs of a Geisha, Flowers for Algernon, House of Leaves, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, The Icarus Girl, Harry Potter, The Phantom Tollbooth, A Wrinkle in Time. Music: Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple, Bat for Lashes, Tegan and Sara, Imogen Heap, Feist, Tori Amos, Lykke Li, Ryan Star, M83, Kaki King, L.P., Sia, Cat Power, Meiko, Adele, Kate Bush, Poe, Emilie Autumn, Scarling, Dionysos, Vespertine, Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Oasis, Patrick Wolf, Dangerous Muse, The Fray, Shiny Toy Guns, Hellogoodbye, Andrew Bird, Rufus Wainwright, Kerli, Rasputina, Acceptance, Ladytron, Rilo Kiley, Sea Wolf, Camera Obscura. Movies: Donnie Darko, Imaginary Heroes, Paris Je T'aime, A Beautiful Mind, Amelie, The Lives of Others, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Amadeus, Big Fish, V for Vendetta, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Memento, Dead Poets Society, Volver, Persepolis, American Beauty, Good Will Hunting, Elephant, Garden State, Ghost World, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, I Heart Huckabees, Doubt, Harold and Maude, Little Miss Sunshine, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Hours, Anna and the King, Memoirs of a Geisha, Water, Raise the Red Lantern, Dancer in the Dark, Whale Rider, Pan's Labyrinth, Mirrormask, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service. TV shows: Daria. |
My writing journal is found at:
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word_alchemy.What the critics have to say:
"Joey, you are a minor discrepancy in the statistics of the universe." -
the_ramblerr"You shouldn't be a real person, you should be a character in a book." -
amberperez"I don't think I could afford to lose such a noble warrior as you, Joseph." -
eternalbliss04"I am positive there are explosions, and you manage to capture them in glass jars." -
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Schools:
Nativity School - Hollywood, FL (1992 - 1999)Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School - Pembroke Pines, FL (1999 - 2001)
Pembroke Pines Charter High School - Pembroke Pines, FL (2001 - 2005)
Florida International University - Miami, FL (2005 - 2009)
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