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Jared

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. (Wins

About Me



My Interests

Asian culture, History, Literature, War

Music:

I love all different types of music, but there is only one that I will bother to glorify and that is Frank Zappa. If you dont know him, go find some stuff and listen.

Movies:

Fear and Loathing, Pulp Fiction, Clockwork Orange, Anything Kurosawa or Samurai

Television:

Da Bears.

Books:

Bukowski, Harlan Ellison, Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, Haruki Murakami, old school fantasy (Howard, Tolkien, Leiber), lots of asian literature (The Hagakure, Art of War, Book of the Five Rings).

Heroes:

Frank Zappa, Harlan Ellison, Ieyasu Tokugawa

My Blog

What if Mickey Mouse was a palestinian?

Due to a recent backlash from the worlds media sources, the Palestinians have pulled a new childrens show from the airwaves.  The show was called "Tomorrows Pioneers" and starred a mouse named Fa...
Posted by Jared on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:06:00 PST

Boredom and Loathing in Las Vegas pt. 1

It was like a dream come true, except for the fact that I had never dreamed about going to Vegas.  I have had a deep seeded fascination with Las Vegas ever since I saw "Fear and Loathing", but I ...
Posted by Jared on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:48:00 PST

Dreams do come true

     The setting was almost surreal.  We were four rows back in the balcony and could see every single inch of the stage.  I looked around the theatre and was enthralled by th...
Posted by Jared on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:41:00 PST

Those crazy Koreans

     They finally did it.  The North Koreans have successfully tested a nuke.  As I write this confirmation is sketchy, but a large spike in seismic activity has been rep...
Posted by Jared on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:48:00 PST

The tortum never stops

     The House and the Senate have approved a bill authorizing interrogations and tribunals for terror suspects.  This is a quote from CNN.com this morning:  "The bill would c...
Posted by Jared on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:37:00 PST

HST, 9\11, and my two cents

The following is an excerpt from an article written by Hunter S. Thompson the day after 9..11.  The article is surprisingly prophetic and accurate despite the fact it was written at a time when A...
Posted by Jared on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:53:00 PST

The season has started

Oh its that time again folks!  The weather starts to turn crisp and the leaves begin to turn and fall off of the tree.  No Im not talking about fall you dolt, Its football season.  I fi...
Posted by Jared on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:05:00 PST

trouble in paradise

Well I felt pretty good this morning.  I got up, showered, put on some clothes and headed out to go to work.  I put the key in the ignition and turned it and turned it and turned it to no av...
Posted by Jared on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:33:00 PST

Snakes on a Plane vs. Lady in the Water

Snakes on a plane vs. Lady in the Water You may be asking yourself "What do these two movies have in common?".  Well why the hell do you think Im writing this, Im about to explain. When there a...
Posted by Jared on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:48:00 PST

lol, the new smurf

When did (lol) become the new "smurf".  I used to think it meant Laugh out Loud, and hell maybe it still does but somebody needs to tell that to the rest of these fucks on myspace.  Ive seen...
Posted by Jared on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:53:00 PST