Indiana Josh
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If you're a cowboy, and you're dragging a guy behind your horse, I bet it would really piss you off if you looked back and the guy was reading a magazine.
Male
26 years old
On the open road
Morocco
Last Login: 7/17/2009
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Mood:
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Indiana Josh's Interests
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| General | Traveling (Africa, Middle East, Central/South America, South East Asia, North East Asia -- third world and developing nations, and places whose ways of life are vanishing and will soon be gone forever)
Dancing (popping, breakdancing, hip-hop)
Ancient History (pre-1000 AD, the ancient Near-East)
Religious History & Studies (Islam, tribal Islam, ancient Judaism, early Christianity, religions and myths of the ancient Near-East)
Languages (Arabic, Biblical Hebrew, Akkadian, Greek, Latin)
Cosmology & Astronomy (the study of the universe, not the application of makeup)
Reading (everything I can get my hands on)
Writing (essays, poetry, stories, etc.)
Art
World Cultures
The Middle East (a fascinating and vastly misunderstood place)
The Sahara Desert (my favorite place on earth)
Africa (the entire continent, its diverse cultures, and its rich history)
Museums
Observatories
Zoos
| | Music | Eddie Vedder. Eddie Vedder. Eddie Vedder. Pearl Jam is the best band ever, hands down. Period. No male singer
alive has a better baritone voice than Eddie Vedder, though I'd say Chris Cornell is a close second.
I love world music, especially traditional Middle Eastern (Arabic, Hebrew, Lebanese, etc.) and African music. Natacha Atlas, Ofra Haza, Ayub Ogada, Amr Diab, Geoffrey Oryema, Nitin Sawhney, Ravi Shankar - the list is endless of amazing world singers.
Favorite bands/artists
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Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Pearl Jam, Natacha Atlas, Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, Amr Diab,
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sade, Ofra Haza, Coldplay, Mos Def,
Art of Noise, Gangstarr, K-Os, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Tool, Claude DeBussy, Soundgarden, DJ Premiere, Eric B & Rakim, Blackalicious, Brian McKnight, Bone: Thugs-n-Harmony, BlackStar, Common, Jill Scott, DJ Krush, Ayub Ogada, Geoffrey Oryema, Incubus, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Incubus, Lisa Gerrard, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Hans Zimmer, Ravi Shankar, Mercy Me, Jars of Clay, Talib Kweli, Pharcyde, Everything But the Girl, etc.
| | Movies | Into the Wild, Out of Africa, The English Patient, Indiana Jones (all of them!), Lawrence of Arabia, The Wind and the Lion, The Man Who Would Be King, The Motorcycle Diaries, There Will Be Blood, The Kite Runner, Babel, Powaqqatsi, Blade Runner, Baraka, Last of the Mohicans, The Crucible, The Insider, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Cool Hand Luke, Jeremiah Johnson, The Constant Gardner, Hotel Rwanda, Seven Years in Tibet, Kundun, City of God, My Dinner With Andre, Boondock Saints, Reservoir Dogs, Whale Rider, Legend of 1900, Clerks, Life is Beautiful, The Mission, The Power of One, Beyond Borders, Invisible Children, The Ninth Gate, Beat Street, Breakin', The Freshest Kids, Nowhere in Africa, The Notebook, Good Will Hunting, Ronin, Citizen Kane, Dead Poets Society, Big Fish, I Dreamed of Africa, Secondhand Lions, Tigerland, Gattaca, Leon: The Professional, The Ninth Gate, The Seventh Seal, K-Pax, Jewel of the Nile, Romancing the Stone, Citizen Kane, A Clockwork Orange, all Kubrick films, The Piano, The Pianist, The Counte of Monte Cristo, A Dangerous Man, Pan's Labyrinth, Die Hard films, and the list goes on, and on, and on...
| | Television | if i watch anything on TV, it's the following only: History International, National Geographic Channel, The History Channel, Independent Film Channel, The Travel Channel, The Science Channel, the movie channels, vintage ESPN ISKA Muay Thai fights.
Real Time with Bill Maher - I'm a faithful watcher.
| | Books | travel literature, books on ancient history, world religions, world cultures, mythology, historical non-fiction, autobiographies, etc.
the Bible, the Tanakh, the Qur'an, the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau - my favorite american writers.
i also love all classical western literature, midieval literature, and older eastern literature.
i just love books, period. if books could cook, clean, copulate - i'd marry one...or two. okay, i'd have many wives.
| | Heroes | Wilfred Thesiger - the last of the great explorers and one of the most remarkable men to have ever lived. probably my biggest hero.
John Muir - the naturalist from whom the entire environmentalist and conservationist movement can be traced back to. lived in harmony and in reverance with the natural world.
Sir Richard Burton - one of the great explorers who penetrated the 'Forbidden City' of Harar and made a secret pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina
Chris McCandless - a bright, young college student who gave up everything to hitch-hike to Alaska and live alone out in the wild
Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson -- my two favorite writers, and the two transcendentalists who i believe discovered the right way to live life.
my sister, one of the greatest people i know. my mom and my dad - both amazing people; i wish i could give to them even a fraction of what they've given to me. my mom is the bravest person that i know.
anybody who inspires me to think and dream (and there are many, i find so many unsung heroes in daily life).
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Space And The Universe., Ancient Egypt, archaeology, Symposium, Lonely Planet Travel, World Travels, Italians, .The Dark Tower.
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Indiana Josh's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Alvarado, TX | | Body type: | 6' 1" | | Ethnicity: | Middle Eastern | | Zodiac Sign: | Aries | | Smoke / Drink: | No / No | | Children: | Undecided | | Education: | In college | | Occupation: | Student/Traveler |
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Indiana Josh's Schools
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Wichita State University
Wichita, KANSAS
Graduated: N/A
Major: Ancient History / Religious Studies
Minor: Middle Eastern Studies / Anthropology
Clubs: Lindquist Honors Society
Current Courses:
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2005 to 2008 |
Art Institute Of Dallas
Dallas, TEXAS
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Associate's Degree
Major: Web Design/Multimedia
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2001 to 2002 |
Alvarado H S
Alvarado, TEXAS
Graduated: 2001
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
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1998 to 2001 |
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Indiana Josh's Blurbs |
About me:
I've explored the world living off of nothing more than a handful of cash and the contents in my backpack. I've climbed mountains in Africa, jumped off waterfalls in Morocco, gotten totally lost and crossed into hostile territories with rebels and civil wars, trekked through the Sahara Desert with Bedouin nomads, and explored the Middle East by foot, camel, donkey, bike, car, bus, train, and plane. I've been through bustling markets and bazaars, jungles and rainforest, deserts larger than the entire United States, medieval imperial cities, ancient ruins, pyramids, the Nile River by felucca, I've crossed some of the last wild terrain in southern Africa where the last free animals still roam, walked across the Holy Land, saw the sunset on Mt. Sinai, crossed the Red Sea, and that's just for starters...
I have no interest whatsoever in living the traditional American lifestyle. It is simply not for me. I do not care about my possessions. I do not care about the size of my bank account or the things that I'm able to buy with my money. I don't care about the kind of car that I drive, and usually can't relate with those who do. I have no concern for living in a nice house, and again find it hard to relate to people who feel the need to impress others by surrounding themselves with the things mentioned above. Living life is not about living according to an image, or a system, or an accumulation of money or material items; it is solely about seeking out experiences, new horizons, growing as a person, and stretching the limits of your body and mind and achieving that which is too often considered humanly impossible.
I also have an unhealthy obsession with ancient history and world cultures - with emphasis on the ancient Near-East and Middle East/North Africa. I'm very focused on my studies, and I love the pursuit of knowledge. I'll probably be in school, quite happily, for the rest of my life in one form or another (either as a teacher or student -- or both).
I think one of the most important things in life is to pursue work that you are truly passionate about; work that makes a difference; work that challenges you intellectually; work that motivates and inspires yourself and others. Success is not found in the size of your bank account or the quality/quantity of your material possessions, but in the deeds and actions of your life. Strive to become a rich person in that regard.
In the summer of 2006, I spent over 2 months exploring North Africa and the Middle East. It was an exhilarating experience, and provided me with some fresh perspectives on certain aspects of life which I used to believe I had a firm understanding of. My most rewarding and life-changing trip was traveling throughout the Sahara Desert in both Morocco and Algeria with traditional Bedouin nomads who live entirely in the desert. For info/pics about my travels, check out my website: IndianaJosh.com
In the summer of 2007, I spent another 2 months in North Africa trekking across all of Morocco and living solely out of my backpack. The experiences I had in these two months through various landscapes, unforgiving terrain, and traditional Berber villages brought me forever closer to a distant land that is now my second home, a people whose hospitality, kindness, and beauty is perhaps unparalleled across the globe, and a way of life for which there can be no turning back.
I plan on traveling for the rest of my life. As it is, so far I have managed to travel overseas every summer, and don't intend to quit any time soon. The best way to find me is on the open road.
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