Joe Patterson
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Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: An amazing conclusion to Galactic Greatness
This year saw the release Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s third and concluding chapter to its Guardians of the Galaxy series and I have to say, Marvel honestly couldn’t have given a better and more heartfelt send off to their colorful heroes of space that everyone loves.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Critique
Ally Way
I was probably six years old the first time I ever saw an autistic child. It was when I was in the first grade and I was walking with my class to lunch and we walked past a boy who was wearing a white t-shirt, holding his shoes in his hand, with a lot of drool dripping down his mouth and he was moaning and groaning. When he first caught my eyes I just laughed at him pretty hard. A couple classmates of mine also laughed too because we didn’t understand his conditioning. My first grade teacher softly shut down our laughter by simply saying “He’s a special boy just like the rest of you”. Over time in my life I would end up seeing a lot of individuals like that young boy I first saw back in first grade. What I never imagined is that one of them would end up being near and dear to my heart and would give life to a special kind of love in me that I had previously never known, a love that would change me.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Confessions
Books that changed Me: It
So back in my toddler days I was over my dad’s house for the weekend and this movie came on tv about this evil clown who was torturing a group of little kids with his mind games and wicked ways. My dad explained the movie to me because he had obviously seen it before and liked it and now so did I. The name of that movie was called It and it is one of many chilling, yet amazing stories from sci-fi and horror master Stephen King. It is also an important book in my life that had a lasting impact that changed me.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in BookClub
Biscuits and Blood: the first story I ever wrote
After earning my associates degree at Guilford Technical Community College in 2019 I transferred to the University of North Carolina in Greensboro in 2020 where I majored in media studies. One of the first classes I took in my first semester was screenwriting. We only had one assignment for the whole semester and that was to write a 30 minute long screenplay. Every week we would work on part of our scripts and then go over what needed to modified to make the script a suitable end product.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Writers
Books that changed Me: Aaliyah: More than a Woman
When I first started middle school back in 2004 my language arts teacher would keep this reading pages chart for how many books and pages all of her students read. As much as I was annoyed by reading because my mom made me do it all the time I actually took part in her chart record a lot being that she would give out prizes based on the reads, plus it was kind of fun to see who could put in the most reading. One day in the school library I found a book I had heard of but forgot about called “Aaliyah: More than a Woman” by Christopher John Farley. Since I was always a lifelong Aaliyah fan and was very interested in getting my reads up for class I picked this book out and I have to say, it really blew me away.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Journal
The Day Aaliyah Died
On the Friday night of August 24th, 2001 my mom dropped me and my sisters off at the house of some new friends we made while she was showing an open house during her career as a realtor. My mom was going out of town and since me and my sisters had become good friends with all the children in the family we all came up with an idea to stay with them for that weekend. So eight kids had what you could describe as the perfect weekend hanging out together all of Friday and…Saturday, but when we woke up on Sunday morning we weren’t ready for what we were about to hear. Around 10 or maybe 11a.m. on Sunday morning we were all hanging out in the basement chillin’, and listening to the radio.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Journal
Books That Changed Me: Tears of a Tiger
When I started one of my grammar elective classes in the sixth grade we read a lot of great books and stories. Early on we started reading a series of books called the Hazelwood High series by Sharon M. Draper. The second book in the series was actually the first book we read called “Forged by Fire”. That book absolutely blew me away and became one of my favorite stories ever and it made Sharon Draper one of my favorite authors. Eventually we backtracked and read the first book in the series “Tears of a Tiger” and this book would not only traumatize me, but changed me as well.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in BookClub
50 Critics: Norbit
The 2007 comedy Norbit is Eddie Murphy’s hilarious return to multi-personality comedies of his earlier films like The Nutty Professor and Coming to America. In Norbit Eddie Murphy plays a lifelong passive nerd who goes on a journey of standing up for himself once he has found his true love.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Critique
Hip Hop 50 Celebrates: KRS-One
During this time that is Hip Hop’s 50th anniversary there is another birthday worth mentioning in its wake. Today is the birthday of one of Hip Hop’s greatest teachers to ever pick up a microphone, KRS-One. He is not only one of Hip Hop’s earliest trailblazers l, but also one of its most pivotal revolutionaries.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Journal
50 Critics: E.T.
When Science Fiction auteur Stephen Spielberg gave us E.T. He gave us the most iconic film about Alien life ever. E.T. Is a masterpiece because it gives us a more personal look into the life of an extraterrestrial, as opposed to just the eyes of the humans who fear them.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Critique
50 Critics: Krush Groove
When capturing the purest spirit of what Hip Hop is all about, especially when it first began the film Krush Groove is a great place to start. The film is an amazing semi-autobiographical depiction of the rise of Hip Hop’s legendary record label Def Jam and its creator Russell Simmons.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Critique
