Hey! My name is Joe. I'm a Michigan State University honors student in East Lansing, Michigan, majoring in Computer Science.  I am a middle child in a family of five children.  My hometown is Grand Rapids, MI.

Overall, my friends would say I'm a nice, caring, and loving person.  I strive to be a great student and a helping hand to anyone who needs it.  I'm not religious, but I do respect the idea of a higher power (if you're up there, please, don't smite me!) and respect the beliefs of others.

Being an InterPals member, I hope to expand my horizons and acquire an understanding of how the rest of the world runs efficiently. Even though the world is so expansive, I love those moments when you can say "It's a small world after all."

I'd like to communicate with anyone that is comfortable with homosexuality, for I am gay.

Furthermore, My grandfather is 100% Italian, and I would love to get to know someone from Italy.

I have also taken many years of Spanish and would not mind exercising the Spanish language with another.

Thanks!

I'd like to continue my education on Spanish.  I took five years in high school and did some traveling in Mexico.

I'd also like to learn Italian.

Occasional running, swimming, taking walks, enjoying the weather, storms, hanging with friends, video games, volleyball, racquetball, baseball, -- most sports, although I do not WATCH sports -- but basically, you name it, i do it, or wouldn't mind trying.

I like many music genre. Alternative, Country, Pop, Christian Rock, Rap, Classical, Musical Soundtracks, etc.  I'm partial to Rock.

Bands/Groups/Soundtracks:

Casting Crowns, Seether, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, Evanescence, Nickelback, RENT, Wicked, The Hush Sound, BarlowGirl, Rihanna, ... and much more :)

The Shawshank Redemption, Crash, The Mothman Prophecies, The Matrix, Home Alone, Rush Hour II, Mrs. Doubtfire, Sister Act I & II, The Emperor's New Groove, Hercules, Finding Nemo, Batman, X-Men, Stepmom, The Day After Tomorrow, The Perfect Storm, Liar Liar, Ice Age, Ten Things I Hate About You, Bringing Down the House, Star Wars I, II, & III, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Young Frankenstein, Air Force One, Superstar, The Girl Next Door, Titanic, Shrek I, II, & III, The Sixth Sense, Elf, A Beatiful Mind, Anchorman, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Sliding Doors, +

The Office

used to watch Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Lost ( busy school schedule gets in the way =/ )

Harry Potter, Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code

I'm not much of a reader... unfortunately

Time and Pressure...Geology

Working hard or hardly working

Some people try to
turn back their odometers.
Not me, I want people to know
why I look this way.
I've traveled a long way and
some of the roads weren't paved.

Too often we underestimate
the power of a touch, a smile,
a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential
to turn a life around.