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Chris Jaymes

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About Me

For the first time in my life, I have the best relationship in the world and have met the person I will spend my life with. It's amazing when it happens and you see the simple differences that all point at that thing that you always hoped it could or would be. Everything presents itself and emphasizes with every nuance, that you are exactly where you are supposed to, with the exact person you are supposed to be with. And that is where I am. With the person and the life that I have been waiting for without actively being aware that this was what it was that I was quietly yearning for. She's the one in my top friends below with the title Krista imposed upon that funny little face down there.Outside of that, I spent the last years slaving over a movie and writing a book. The film is apparently being released around April or May 2007 and is called 'In Memory of My Father'HERE"S A TRAILER---
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check out the website:
www.inmemoryofmyfather.com
click here IN MEMORY MYSPACE PAGE
Though the title sounds like a downer, it's quite the opposite.
The book I wrote is about going through the Tsunami in Thailand and the relief effort which is just beginning it's book agent/publisher journey, so we'll see where it finds it's home. Here's a pic:

I don't know... other stuff too
JUST STARTED MAKING A WEBSITE OF MY PHOTOS:
Click here to view the site

You have to click on 'portfolios' --- there are only a few up, but more will come.

My Interests

Krista
Christmas lists
Thai Town
My dog
Leaving LA as often as Possible
Train Travel
Boat Travel (excluding Cruises)
Driving Scooters in 3rd World
Playing Piano
Lakers
tredding water until I go unconscious
playing my melodica to the radio while driving
deciphering what actually defines a conspiracy theory
cutting my own hair
cutting my dog's hairpassing out in the bottom of the shower, instead of starting my day

I'd like to meet:

The kid in this picture:

All of you...Below is a music video that I directed, maybe you should watch it...
Get this video and more at MySpace.com

Music:

lately... Damien Rice, Coldplay, Belle and Sebastian, Brett Dennen, Jessie Baylin, Deathcab for Cutie, Ben Folds, Sondre Lerche, Ben Kweller, Ben Harper, Carla Bruni, Tiger Lou, Elliott Smith, Flaming Lips, Iron & Wine, Jack Johnson, John Lennon, James Blunt, Keane, The Kinks, Velvet Underground, Modern English, Nick Drake, Natalie Merchant, Moby, New Order, Postal Service, Proclaimers, Remy Zero, Sigur Ros, The Smiths, Wyclef Jean ... and all the rest- g-love, matt costa, ella fitz, oscar peterson, art tatum, thelonius monk

Movies:

Been addicted to watching CLOSER lately, not sure why, really enjoyed Marathon Man the other night, though Truffaut and Kieslowksi are my favorites, Kubrick too... 2001, Sheltering Sky, Syriana, Jules & Jim, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Magnolia, Eternal Sunshine, Lost in Translation, Huckabies, Scenes From a Marriage, Dog Day AFternoon, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Fanny & Alexander, Persona, Masculin Feminin, Ice Storm, I also like... Bertolucci, Bergman, Bunuel, Godard, Woody Allen, Tornatore, the Andersons PT and Wes (aside from the pretentious oceanographer one). Lumet, and too many others to talk about

Television:

CNN, Curb Your Enthusiasm, UK Office... Big Love, LOST, Ali G... oh yeah, and Frontline??

Books:

writers I've been obsessed with: Vonnegut, Camus, Kerouac, Kundera, Barthes, Rilke, Einstein, Goethe, Lonely Planets, Gore Vidal, lots of political books about current affairs, and on and on... Just read Gabriel Garcia's new book, my melancholy whores, quick & good... read Vonnegut's Man Without a Country, simple, sometimes funny... reading FIASCO right now, good information, but a lot of it... reading Anderson Cooper's book now, it's okay so far, but expecting improvements

Heroes:

Tony Snow - for his fearlessness at knowingly portraying himself as the most swarmy, ignorant, living and speaking asshole

My Blog

if you're really bored... here's some pretentious writing I did about issues in society??

I had to write an essay for someone using films to compare it to the institution and the individual, so I use One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Dead Poet's Society, as well as, Plato's Allegory of t...
Posted by Chris Jaymes on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:10:00 PST

Sweet sentiment for Rumsfeld...

The sad thing is that Bush is getting credit for removing this fraternity-minded impotent, yet arrogant wrestler placed in charge of our 'Defense' when actually Rumsfeld has attempted to resign two ti...
Posted by Chris Jaymes on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:24:00 PST

Entertaining Letter about illegal aliens for your congress or senate..

Just a potential letter for your Senator?Dear Senator,As a native __________ resident and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted ...
Posted by Chris Jaymes on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:26:00 PST

Been Directing Stuff for MySpace

Myspace asked me to make some videos which will be posted over the next period of time, though some of them are up already...They sent me to Toronto where we shot Joshua Radin, Schuyler Fisk and Cary ...
Posted by Chris Jaymes on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:03:00 PST

Observationally Useful-ess? --- Celebration K-B (lade)

A night out. Hyde. Drop the name of the birthday girl name and enter. A minimal, but precise crowd sits, inhabiting a corner of the leather filled space. Candles fill the wall, hand lit well over...
Posted by Chris Jaymes on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:43:00 PST

In Memory ON NETFLIX!!! Help us please!!

Okay, so, it's the first time I used a deceptive heading to see if people actually looked? it's not a lie, just out of context...Click here: IMOMF NETFLIXIn Memory of My Father (the movie I spent 20%...
Posted by Chris Jaymes on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:30:00 PST

So... I Should Just Shut the Hell Up??

Was going through the day with the usual distractions, doing my best to avoid completing the writing I needed to finish until glancing up to find the VanityFair article about the 9-11 tapes. Ahh!! P...
Posted by Chris Jaymes on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:14:00 PST

Success Within All of This

33. I'm now 33. The first number that I've come upon, that I find myself aesthetically attracted to. There's something extremely pleasing about it. The curvature? It's even kind of sexual, like t...
Posted by Chris Jaymes on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:19:00 PST

Who's Responsible for a Good Film in the End?????

Last night, I watched William Goldman's Marathon Man for the first time in years... not sure what makes it William Goldman's? Obviously, it's his because he wrote the book and the screenplay, but it'...
Posted by Chris Jaymes on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:23:00 PST

Photo Site?? At least, the start of one...

JUST STARTED MAKING A WEBSITE OF MY PHOTOS:Click here to view the siteYou have to click on 'portfolios' and select a header to scroll through--- there are only a few photos up there right now, but mo...
Posted by Chris Jaymes on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:43:00 PST