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Jared

About Me

As you all know, or should and will now, I live in Christiansburg, Virginia, with my wife Kate, and our pets, Zoe (boxer/lab) and Caesar (fat cat). I work at Barnes and Noble now! So much better than Rentway. I am going to go back to school at Radford University to get my teaching license. See, that will be more like it. There is plenty more to know, but you'll just have to dig, or ask nicely, for that.

My Interests

Music, Comics, Books, Movies, TV in small doses, Sports, Newspapers, Magazines, Politics, Intelligence, Goofiness, Beer, Equality, Sharing, Unity, Privacy, Love

Music:

Rock and Roll of all colors, shapes, and sizes: Pearl Jam. Radiohead. Dave Matthews Band. Nirvana. The New Pornographers. Coheed and Cambria. Alice In Chains. Soundgarden. Metric. Guster. The Mars Volta. Stars. Built To Spill. Rilo Kiley. Cursive. Bright Eyes. Arcade Fire. Jurassic 5. Coldplay. The Killers. Dilated Peoples. The Shins. Phantom Planet. The White Stripes. Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Tool. Modest Mouse. Panic! At The Disco. Jane's Addiction. Bright Eyes. Death Cab For Cutie. Sublime. OK, OK, you get the picture, right?

Movies:

Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Matrix Trilogy (yes, I like them all). All Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez movies (except Spy Kids), esp. Kill Bill. Reservoir Dogs. Pulp Fiction. Sin City. From Dusk Til Dawn. Desperado. Star Wars. Garden State. Once. Igby Goes Down. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. Akira. Fight Club. The Princess Bride. Stardust. Pirates of the Caribbean. Dazed And Confused. Children of Men. The Goonies. Amelie. Almost Famous. Singles. Empire Records. V For Vendetta.

Television:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Heroes. Lost. Pushing Daisies. Grey's Anatomy. Scrubs. The Office. Gilmore Girls. Sports. I keep it short and sweet here.

Books:

Anything by Orson Scott Card- Ender's Game and Tales of Alvin Maker series are my two favorites. The Chronicles of Narnia. His Dark Materials, by Phillip Pullman (brilliant). Angles & Demons. The DaVinci Code. Time Traveller's Wife, by Audrey Niffeneger. Bushwacked, Ivins. Lies, And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Franken. //////////////////////////////////// Comics: Blankets. Bone. Fables. Y: The Last Man. Ex Machina. Promethea. Watchmen. 100 Bullets. DMZ. The Filth. The Goon. Preacher. The Sandman. X-Men. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. 40 Oz. Daredevil. Transmetropolitan. Carnet D'Voyage. Sin City. I await the day when there will be a category for graphic novels and comics at places like these. Wake up, ladies and gentlemen, they are not just for kids anymore.

My Blog

Fighting For Their Rights!

    So, who's going out on Monday to join one of the many throngs of impassioned people marching around this country?  I am of course referring to the protests being organized to s...
Posted by Jared on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:53:00 PST

The new face of law and order

     In case you haven't heard, there is a new sheriff in town.  His name is Hemanshu Nigam, and he is here to ensure law and order among this fast-growing population.  B...
Posted by Jared on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:51:00 PST

The intro...

So, MySpace, huh?  People keep talking about this nifty little contraption, but I'd never investigated what all the fuss was about.  Now that I have come over to the Dark Side, will I finall...
Posted by Jared on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:13:00 PST