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Jarrett

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

"Do I contradict myself? Well, then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes." - Whitman

My Interests

Baha'i Faith, a culture of learning, Africa, Zambia, Art, photography as art, religious history, modern spirituality, board games, hiking, breathing, traveling, nutrition, human connections, baseball, economic development, mechanics, physics, astronomy, astrology,The Baha'i Faith, wholistic healing, Tiger Woods Golf 2004, poetry, literature, playing basketball, standing by a river, waterfalls, Disc golf, peculiar insects, smurfs, animals, rain, sunsets/sunrises, late nights, early mornings, clouds, bridges, the sound of a hair dryer, the skin of a peach, songs that are like scenes from a movie, dreams that i remember, eating outside, house parties, people laughing, children who teach, coffee and cake.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone that is not into self-promotion

Music:

TV on the Radio, LifeSavas, Weekend Players, CurseOvDialect, neutral milk hotel, Miles Davis Quintet, Against Me, Henryk Gorecki, Tortoise, Promise Ring, Dizzy Gillespie, jugganots, Moreno Velosa, Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Mingus, Mogwai, Outkast, Anti-pop Consortium, Cannibal Ox, Ninja Tune, Isotope 217, Thievery corporation, Phillip Glass, Kronos Quartet, Steve Reich, Roni size, Jorge Aragao, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Jurassic 5, Dvorak, Shostakovich, Hella, Dmitri From Paris, The Mars Volta, Wilco, MF doom, Scienz of Life, Dirty three, Aesop Rock, Thelonious Monk, Hayden, Richard Buckner, Damien Jurado, Mike Ladd, Bob Dylan, Jungle Brothers, Fog, Rachels, Built to Spill, Charlie Hunter, Coltrane, Adriana Evans, Sarah Vaughn, Sun Ra, Johnny Cash and that's it, nothing else...except...what's that?

Movies:

Baraka, Dreams, Henry Fool, Badlands, Dr. Strangelove, Miller's Crossing, the Maltese Falcon, Chinatown, Run Lola Run, All wes anderson stuff, Dead Man, Bad Santa, Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, pretty much anything Coen, Lotr series, Office Space, Open Your Eyes, Wierd Science, In the Mood For Love, State and Main, Tron, The Professional, Can't Buy Me Love, Say Anything, Original Star Wars series, Indiana Jones series, Touch of Evil, Paper Moon, The Last Picture Show, The Concrete Jungle, The Asphalt Jungle, Rashomon, The Ninth Gate, American Beauty, Rudy, Glory, Christopher Guest stuff, Thin Red Line, All the real girls, Run Lola Run, Amelie, Magnolia, Pumpkin, Ghost World, Big Fish, Notorious, Donnie Darko, 25th hour, Rounders, Being John Malkovich, Kingpin, Jesus' Son...this could go on for awhile...I'll add more as a come across or think of them

Television:

I try to catch re-runs of Seinfeld

Books:

V, Skinny Legs and All, Corrections, Confederacy of Dunces, Sidhartha, Thief in the Night, Kitab-i-iqan, The Prophet, The Science of God, Vineland, Gravity's Rainbow, the Crying of Lot 49, Go Tell it on the Mountain, Promulgation of Universal Peace, Breathwalk, Pupil of the Eye, To Move the World, Ender's Game, Cat's Cradle, Native Speaker, World Citizen,

Heroes:

the Dawn Breakers, Mulla Husayn, Shoghi Effendi, the apostle Peter, Native Americans, Native Australians, Any body that overcomes and changes for the better.

My Blog

Trip to Zambia, Part 2, The Rich Life

In Amy's well-used, sand colored, 4 wheel drive Jeep Cherokee, we rode with Mrs. Chitiya in the front (left seat), and myself, Tale, and Mehranguiz sitting in the back. The fi...
Posted by Jarrett on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:02:00 PST

Trip to Zambia part 1

  This will be the first of several entries recording the trip to Zambia.  It's been almost two months now, but the memories are still fresh.Just a couple of days ago, I ran into Ishmael,&n...
Posted by Jarrett on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:16:00 PST

the night before christmas

So its been an interesting spell in the Holy Land.  The rockets are more annoying than frightening.  That's why its a beautiful thing that our vacation is here.  Tomorrow morning we beg...
Posted by Jarrett on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:29:00 PST

Prayers and Meditations

  One of the benefits of being in the Holy Land, is having so much time to spend in the Shrines.  My understanding of how prayer works for me has been affected.  For instance, Ther...
Posted by Jarrett on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the calm of self surrender

The following is a revelation that found me months ago. I picked up a copy of this very modern translation of the Baghavad Gita at the Kennedy Airport. Turns out that it was one of those small event...
Posted by Jarrett on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

mid day something

Could I stop for a minute and step outside of myself to see what it is that really makes me tic....tock.. like rock candy in my gums with special thai flavored wine plums... we've got so much love in ...
Posted by Jarrett on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

fasting for love

So the fast is on us... 5 days in and so far no major breakdown to be reported. Its a very special time of year to me. By far, my best fast was the first one back in 99. I had not officially declared ...
Posted by Jarrett on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

without hesitation

As i sit here in the Holy Land i'm flooded with gratitude. For no act have I perpetrated to be the recipient of such blessed favors as the Most High has chosen to bestow. I have been raised into this ...
Posted by Jarrett on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Just wanted to say...

I want to take this opportunity to reach out. Just to let you know, that despite the speed of life i'm glad I know you. thank you family for being the strong foundation that allows me to step forw...
Posted by Jarrett on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Welcome to the Dead Sea Lounge

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Posted by Jarrett on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST