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Jared

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About Me


My Interests

I love to travel. Give me a plane ticket to anywhere and I will go...Unless it's Antarctica, because I have no desire to go there. I also enjoy reading, writing, watching movies, teaching, and pretending to be informed about things I really know nothing about.

I'd like to meet:

You. Unless you're a band. In that case, I have no interest in meeting you.

Music:

Damien Rice, Jars of Clay, Ben Folds, Death Cab for Cutie, Augustana, Snow Patrol, Coldplay, Sarah McLachlan, Joshua James, Fiona Apple, Dave Matthews Band, R.E.M., Pete Yorn, The Fray, Nick Drake, Most 90s one-hit-wonders, and anyone associated with the Rat Pack. Pedro the Lion, The Shins, U2.

Movies:

Garden State. Little Miss Sunshine. Donnie Darko. Martian Child. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Everything Is Illuminated. Big Fish. Chocolat. Roman Holiday. A Beautiful Mind. The Nightmare Before Christmas. Memento. Sabrina. Edward Scissorhands. Simon Birch. Young Frankenstein. Office Space. The Princess Bride. Finding Nemo. Tommy Boy. Happy Gilmore. Any movie containing any of the following variables: Johnny Depp. Audrey Hepburn. Tim Burton.

Television:

I basically live on TLC, HGTV, Discovery Channel, and the History Channel. As far as other shows are concerned, I'm sure you'll agree that Psych, The Office, Monk, and Will & Grace are top notch.

Books:

This changes on a daily basis. I'm currently in love with "A Prayer For Owen Meany". Recent faves also include "Slaughterhouse Five" "Mere Christianity" and "The Divine Conspiracy".

Heroes:

Children.

My Blog

My shortest blog EVER.

Tony Campolo puts into words what I have only felt.  Here, he speaks to the magazine "Christianity Today,"....I have three things I'd like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night,...
Posted by Jared on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:48:00 PST

My Preschoolers Say the Darndest Things

Working as a preschool teacher is an experience that one is not soon to forget.  We laugh, we cry, we daily strive to find one of those hats off The Jetsons that Jane screams into as lo...
Posted by Jared on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 05:06:00 PST

Damn Christian Tracts...

I’m pretty poor most of the time.  Okay, all the time.   But sometimes, when I want a milkshake bad enough I resort to scrounging for spare change.  The other day, I wanted a...
Posted by Jared on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:10:00 PST

I'm Sorry

I owe you an apology. I have been unfaithful with my updates. This is predominately due to a very slow dial-up connection on a shared computer, but admittedly, other causes have contributed.  Al...
Posted by Jared on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:59:00 PST

Hands and Feet

An image flashed across my TV screenAnother broken heart comes into view. I saw the pain, and I turned my back. Why can't I do the things I want to? I am willing, yet I'm so afraid...You give me stre...
Posted by Jared on Fri, 05 May 2006 01:52:00 PST

I'm Just Thaiing to Teach English! (Slum Trip 1)

Today was my first day working in the Slums of Chiang Mai. Stefan (the crazy German first-century-church man) picked me up on his motorcycle, and we got to the house where children were gathering to ...
Posted by Jared on Tue, 02 May 2006 02:39:00 PST

Tsunami Relief Photoblog

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, cats, dogs, and the likes... welcome to the Tsunami Relief trip photoblog. I have a lot to cover so I will limit my introduction to these two sentences. Here we ...
Posted by Jared on Mon, 01 May 2006 11:58:00 PST

Ah Just Phuket!

Hey kids! I'm back. Just wanted to update one more time before I get ready for bed. I'm waking up at 3:00 am tomorrow to leave on a 17 hour road trip all the way down to the bottom of this great ...
Posted by Jared on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:42:00 PST

Thailand Bug-bite Photoblog

I just thought I'd take a moment to share with you, the wonderful insectine byproducts of a long rain in Thailand.  I think these are spider bites.  They started off little, got bigger, st...
Posted by Jared on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:39:00 PST

Oh I Like Big Buddhas And I Cannot Lie!

Alright, kids. Are you ready for another blog? I am. Let's do it. I'm really quite bummed because I had a few pictures from Songkran, and they're on Kosharah's camera, which I don't have. That means y...
Posted by Jared on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:16:00 PST