rational thought; irrational hope; pissing on pity; eating, talking, and laughing with my big italian family; missing everyone back east; disability theory, culture, and activism; finding really appropriate song lyrics for every situation; urban living; lost causes; delight in defying social norms; genuine kindness; progressive change; beer that is never sold in a 30 rack; trying to become a midwesterner; pretty eyes; writing; curiosity; singing in the shower, in the car, and occasionally on a stage; sleeping during the day; getting hopelessly lost and then finding my way; laughing much louder than is socially acceptable; improving my timing; radical culture shift; Goldroc Diner; gin and tonic; reading till it hurts; women who are intelligent and powerful while still being compassionate and fun; theme parties; bookstores; befriending other social misfits; procrastinating; IMing; going to rock shows; trying new red wine; coffee shops; attempting to become a hippy and a yuppy at the same time
Music
metallica, green day, aerosmith, pearl jam, sting and the police, audioslave, sublime, billy joel, white stripes, benny goodman, sound garden, dispatch, rage against the machine, nickelback, jason mraz, alice in chains, collective soul, NIN, miles davis, no doubt, sinatra, red hot chili peppers, staind, bowling for soup, chick correa and bobby mcferrin colaborations, bobby darin, pixies, might mighty bosstones, incubus, death cab for cutie, nirvana, the offspring, linkin park, john coltrane, long beach dub allstars, the beatles, the dropkick murphys, 3EB, the spindoctors, reel big fish, tool etc.
Movies
Hot Fuzz, little miss sunshine, star wars 3,4,5,6, I *heart* Huckabees, Sideways, The Matrix (only the 1st), Shaun of The Dead, a clockwork orange, wedding crashers, transformers, the 1st and 2nd godfather (not the 3rd! gag!), house of flying daggers, national lampoon's christmas vacation, jarhead, beyond the sea, Telladega Nights, city of god, match point, Donnie Darko, murderball, LOTR Trilogy, office space, the shawshank redemption, goodnight and goodluck, willow, crash, the station agent, the departed, amelie, paradise now, life is beautiful, analyze this, hotel rwanda, momento, history of the world part 1, hero, boondock saints, walk the line, garden state, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, some kind of monster, the constant gardner, swing kids, adaptation, v for vendetta, mystic river, chasing amy, sin city, i am sam, desperado, elf, motorcycle diaries, all 3 spiderman movies, the emperor's club, lady in the water, monty python and the holy grail, i robot, braveheart, the usual suspects, fight club, casablanca, all the kings men
Television
not ever... not even the reality show about the dwarfs...
Books
j.r.r. tolkien, plato, paulo coehlo, karl marx, robert jordan, ayn rand, c.s. lewis, georg w.f. hegel, kurt vonnegut, ernest hemingway, georg lukacs, aldous huxley, john dewey, jean paul sartre, stephen king, ludwig wittgenstein, karl popper, phillip k. dick, tom shakespeare, fredrich nietzsche, george r.r. martin, david hume, martha nussbaum, norman daniels, dan brock, alan buchanan, john kennedy toole, herman hesse, mary shelly, betty adelson, adrienne asch, orson scott card, immanuel kant, homer (robert fagles translation), thomas kuhn, T.H. White, Dostoyevski
Heroes
my family and friends because i owe them all that i have and all that i am and all that i will ever be. Socrates because he asked questions until he was killed for it. Justin Dart because he might have been the most visionary man that ever lived.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Ph.D.
Major: Philosophy - AOS Bioethics
Minor: AOC Philosophy of Science
Current Courses:
Trinity College
Hartford, CT
Graduated: 2007
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Public Policy Studies
Greek:
Alpha Chi
2004 to 2007
Trinity College
Hartford,Connecticut
Graduated: 2004
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Philosophy
Minor: Euro Civ
Clubs: Cleo of Alpha Chi, The Trinity Tripod, The Newman Club, The First Year Program, The Philosophy Club...
Greek:
Alpha Chi
2000 to 2004
Wolcott High School
Wolcott,Connecticut
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: musical theater, national honor society, show choir, jazz choir
I've published newspaper op-eds, political campaign press releases, a paper in an undergrad academic journal, a non-profit position paper, and some small circulation magazine articles. I mostly do stuff about bioethics and disability nowadays.
JoeStro's Companies
Trinity College Hartford, CT US Career Specialist Career Services Office
May 2005-August 2007
State Independent Living Council Hartford, CT US Vice President Board of Directors
November 2005-August 2007
Waterbury Republican-American Waterbury, CT US Freelance Op-ed Contributor Opinion-Editorial
June 2002-October 2005
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI US Teaching Assistant for IAH 206 Department of Philosophy
Fall 2008 - Present
JoeStro is already overwhelmed by so many things... Posted at 10:12 PM Jan 20, 2008 view more
About me: I’m a wannabe scholar-activist working at the intersection of disability theory and biomedical ethics. That is, I read, write, think, teach, and organize action around how people’s concepts about disability impact the institution and practice of medicine. Eventually, I hope to get paid to do this as philosophy professor specializing in “the disability rights critique” of bioethics. For now, I live in a dorm room the size of a typical 26 year old man’s closet (I even store stuff in the bathroom) and spend most of my time getting hopped up on energy drinks and going in search of that “perfect spot” in the library.
I do make an effort to not be too isolated to the ivory tower though. I am really into justice issues surrounding disability more broadly and see it as a lifestyle akin to something like being a radical feminist, rather than a mere academic interest or political ideology. So, my world-view may be a bit different than most people’s to say the least.
I like being around people who laugh loudly and think openly.
My leisure activities include: traveling, visiting my family, listening to live music, eating good food, ranting to my friends about politics, consuming unreasonable amounts of caffeine, and embarrassing myself in exceedingly public places – sometimes all simultaneously.
Who I'd like to meet: thinkers, doers, laughers, talkers, believers, listeners, jokers, readers, eaters, writers, carers, creators, partiers, communicators, dreamers, rockers, arguers, lovers, and anyone else who wants to meet me! Although, I don't generally talk to people unless I know them or they give me a good reason to (note: "come see my sexy webcam" is NOT a good reason), I do give people with dwarfism or another disability the benefit of the doubt (note: unless they are trying to get me to see their sexy webcam).
Disney pics are up! Tell Laura to post the video of Elise dancing on the table at planet Hollywood. P.S- Elise is sitting on my lap, she saw your picture and said " Hey! Deres Joe!" tyuiokjn7.... (Thats her typing hello).
i actually haven't been to one. i'm not an lpa member as of yet at least. tho i really want to go to this convention since it's so close to home. meeting other LPs would be awesome. have u ever been to a convention before? are you going to the one in brooklyn?
btw u can IM on AIM at strgazr04 if uve got a acreenname on there
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