About Joel Thurlow Heng Hartse

Birthdate: 9/28
Place of Birth: Bozeman, MT
Place to call home: Seattle, certain parts of Spokane
What he's doing now: Graduate study in English at Humboldt State University, reading, writing songs
What he's planning on doing in the future: Making music, Teaching overseas, PhD maybe?
Favorite animal: Pembroke Welsh Corgi, the noblest of God's creatures
Favorite color: blue
Name of first pet: Komo (a dog)
Favorite bands: Stars, Sixpence None the Richer, Hem, Iron and Wine, Weezer, & roughly 100 others
Dream job: Professor by day, rock star by night
Favorite food: Thai food, most rice-based breakfast cereals
Value system: Radical/progressive believer in love, mercy, & justice (a Christian, maybe you've heard of us)
Movies to watch: mostly 1980s teen comedies
Reading material: creative non-fiction, The New Yorker, pop music criticism