Joel Kirk born Joel Lindley, has attended Ohlone College (Sept 07'-Dec 09') and National University of Singapore (late July 2011-early Dec 2011). Future plans are to work in the Asian and U.S. film industry and delve in non-fiction and fiction writing, with projects focusing on black/Asian relationships as well as the media representations of those two communities.

Writing Credits

Cracked.com: "Great Performances by Actors (Who Weren't Acting)" - Co-Writer

Some Favorites (Film/TV/Stage/Literary/Video Game/Comic Book related)

Some Favorite films

TBD

Costume Designers of Interest

Favorite Television Show(s)

TBD

Favorite Musicians/Composers

TBD

Favorite Bands

TBD

Best Film Sequences (whether or not the film was good)

The ending to Romeo is Bleeding
The Hoth Battle scene from The Empire Strikes Back
The opening credit sequence to Watchmen
The Pearl Harbor attack scene in Pearl Harbor
The opening credit sequence in Tokyo from Resident Evil: Afterlife
The racy car wash scene from Cool Hand Luke.

Best Film Trailers (whether or not the film was good)

The initial:

Watchmen trailer
G.I. Joe trailer
G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer
Dark City trailer
...trailer to The Matrix
...trailer to the Rocky series spin-off Creed

The second and third trailer to:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Game Trailers (whether or not the game was good)

The first trailer to Dead Island
The E3 2008 trailer for Prince of Persia

Favorite Book(s)

Fledgling by Octavia Butler
Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald Westlake
The Door into Summer by Robert Heinlein

Favorite Comic Artists

Miscellaneous

Trivia

Has a boot fetish.
Does not support the NAACP.
Believes overused words or terms are: Creepy, PC/Politically Correct, and Organic.

Blogs (Currently in Need of Proofreading!)

Blasian Media: Blogging Media Representations of Blacks and Asians

Race and Fandom

SF Asian American Studies Graduate Program Experience

UC Santa Cruz Experience

UC EAP Experience

Singapore Blog

Musings about Robert Half/OfficeTeam

Quote(s)

Life is like a game of chess; you lose a few battles, but then you get smart and learn tricks to beat the odds.~Joel Kirk

Stupidity doesn't realize race...~Joel Kirk

Never stop fighting 'till the fighting's done! ~ Eliot Ness, The Untouchables (1987)

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or turns his back on it and starts to wither away. ~ Dr. Philip Boyce, The Cage (1964)

You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it. Period.~Chris Gardner, portrayed by Will Smith, in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

I hate puzzles...~Joel Kirk

Humans will speak of tolerance and acceptance of other cultures even while they're being at their most prejudiced and arrogant.~DevilEyes, from the site Trektoday.