VALENTINES DAY 2016 | JOSEPH VALO III

This is my video message to my soul mate, best friend and lover Sarah Afshar.  She got me this amazing Fender Guitar for Valentines Day. I could not be any happier. Sarah, if you are reading this, you complete me in every way possible and I'm blessed, thankful and lucky to have you in my life. The song played in the video is "Golpari" written and composed by Sarah Afshar and Joseph Valo III.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
In theaters December 18th

I think George Lucas is a genius when it comes to science fiction. He managed to create a brand that has branched out for almost 40 years. When you look back at the original Star Wars movie that came out in 1977 who knew that it would go on to become the biggest and most successful film franchise in the history of entertainment.

What I really like about this new movie is the fact they are bringing back Harrison Ford. The original Han Solo. I think he will bring so much to this movie. I also like that they are bring back Carrie Fisher, the original Princess Leila. To be honest, they should have brought them back previously.  

I think the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer looks great (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE) and just gives you a lot of preview. I don't know if you knew this, but this trailer broke records when it first came out. Over 30 million views in just 24 hours which proves Star Wars really is the most popular film franchise and has a lot of fans.

I can't wait until December 18, 2015 which I do believe is the Friday before Christmas. Christmas is the Friday after, so they were smart putting out this movie before then. I can't wait to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Best in Beauty 2015: Men

My girlfriend Sarah Afshar is a beauty writer for Examiner.com. I am very proud of everything she does and I love her so much (and Sarah if you are reading, I love you so much). For Examiner, Sarah created the Best in Beauty Awards and I do believe this is the 2nd year she has done the awards. She decided for the men's portion of the awards, she would feature my picks for best men's grooming products. I really enjoyed helping and am looking forward to helping next year.

If you haven't had the chance yet, you need to read the article. Check out the article here http://www.examiner.com/article/best-beauty-2015-men. I recently got a job and have a lot of good things to share with you, as I'm working on some good things for grooming and the holidays so stay tuned for that

Question of the Day: Do you still talk to the Gods n Aliens?

Q: What's up Joe? How are you? I was a fan of the band you were in called Gods and Aliens. I saw you perform at the Deadhorse back in early 2013 shortly before you parted ways with the band. I really love The Calling. It was the best song in the entire play lineup and I really loved the solo you performed in the beginning. You are a phenomenal bass player. I wanted to ask, do you still talk to the band?

First, I want to say thank you. Thank you for the wonderful compliment. One of the reasons I stayed with Gods n Aliens for so long was because of not only the music, but because of the fans and people like you, so your words are appreciated.

Unfortunately, I don't talk to the band anymore and haven't talked to them in almost 3 years. I think it's better this way simply because I am working on a new music project right now with my girlfriend Sarah.

Cyber Bullying.

 Hello everyone. How are you? Today, I want to talk about something that seems to be happening quite often on the internet, bullying. You see, we all at some point in our lives have been bullied, harassed and even stalked, but with the internet readily available on just about every device, it seems to have moved on to another platform or stage, so to speak where it seems to cause more damage than the physical kind. Because of the social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and so forth.  Believe it or not, there are people who believe everything that they see on the social media, as there are people who live by it as well. 

The thing is basically anyone can go online and harass, bully and even stalk some one for just about any reason. Whether the person got offended by what the intended target said or it could be that the person is unhinged and bored and likes to do that to people who they don't even know nor have ever met in person.

I have been bullied, harassed and everything else in school and I was able to deal with it. But recently with in the last few years, I have been harassed, stalked, and yes bullied on the internet. In fact, I am being harassed, stalked, and even bullied by a man from Portland, Oregon who I never met in my life. 

The point is, people can hide behind the computer and say what ever they want to say because they dont have to worry about ever having to encounter the person at all. They will do anything to drag you down to their level, at whatever way they can. Whether it is posting rude comments under your pictures, creating hate sites, or even threaten to release all your personal information.

There are many ways you can deal with this, depending on the type of harassment you are enduring. If they are not effecting you, you can just ignore them. However; if they have affected you in someway and you feel your life is threatened, you can do what I did with my stalker and file multiple reports to leave a paper trail in case that person tries to follow through on their threats towards. Now, my cyberstalker/cyberbully is a 40+ year old man from Portland. I filed multiple reports based on both the content of the threats and the fact that this man has been in/out of mental health institutions.

This is just my thoughts on bullying. Remember, everyone in their life has been bullied at one time. Thanks for reading. Have a great day and remember to pay it forward.

Happy National Girlfriend Day!

Hey everyone. How are you? I didn't realize it was 'National Girlfriend Day' until I saw the trend #NationalGirlfriendDay on Twitter. I have to tell you, I have been blessed with the most breathtakingly beautiful, classy, loving, and caring woman in the universe. Her name is Sarah Afshar. You see, Sarah and I began our journey together 18 years ago. We met through mutual friends and hit it off instantly. After we went our separate ways, my life took a turn for the worse. I basically became a person that I knew I was not and just left myself go. Fast forward to about 15 years later, we decided that we not only thought we were soulmates, but knew it too, so we got back together.

The thing with Sarah is that our love, connection, bond, and everything else has grown extremely strong. We have something that I know many couples do not have. It is something so undying, true , pure and never ending. We have seen our fair shares of ups and downs, our highs and lows, and the greatest and not so great moments as well. To me, Sarah is more than just my best friend and lover, but my soul mate and everything else in between.

Every time I gaze in to Sarah's gorgeous chocolate diamond eyes, I am reminded of what I have and how lucky I am. Sarah puts me under you hypnotic spell and I get lost for weeks on end. We make the most perfect team and as a couple we bring out the greatness in each other, in every way possible.

There is never a moment that I don't think of Sarah because she is my love of my life. When I think of the girls I have dated in my past, looking back, I had no connection to them and never had any motivation or inspiration to do anything. I remember years ago, I took a girl on a date to McDonalds. I never tried because there was no connection and it was deja vu, especially when I lived in Texas.

With Sarah, it is the opposite. She is the epitome of what I want in a woman. She's perfect and to me, she is the total package. She gives me motivation and inspiration, and quite frankly, she brings out the greatness in me in every way possible. 

I just want to say this: Sarah Afshar, you are the greatest woman to ever come into my life, as you are the greatest person to enter it and I am very blessed, honored, thankful, and lucky to have you. I love you, Sarah Afshar <3 Happy National Girlfriend Day!

Question of the Day: Why is Michael Odegard saying you are stalking him?

Q: Hi Joe. How are you? I was listening to episode 12 of Sword & Scale and I cannot help but notice that Boudet allowed a man named Michael Odegard from Portland to libel you and your girlfriend. You could tell he was lying by what he said, but my question for you is, why is he saying you are stalking him?

This man, out of the blue, decided he was going to lie about me, slander me, and as you stated, libel me simply because I recorded a podcast telling the truth defending myself and my girlfriend. In the podcast, I simply told the truth and exposed his lies for what they are, lies. You can listen to the podcast here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nctMBJV5s. After the podcast, he created multiple hate blogs about me and tried to perpetuate the idea that I am conspiring with Brian Mann (a guy from Portland, who I have never met mind you) to ruin his life. He is trying to cover up the fact he is a liar by painting me as a stalker. It doesn't bother me because I know it is not true. He also knows it is not true. He's just saying it for his 15 minutes of fame. He's also trying to blame his lack of success on me simply because I defended myself from his lies, as well. So in the end of everything, it is unemployed 40+ year old Michael Coleman Odegard from Portland, Oregon who is stalking me, stalking my girlfriend, and stalking the other people he lies about including Brian Mann.