Jon D - ProfilesArchive

About Me

The Rules
"Live every day like you're gonna die someday, but it probably isn't tomorrow."

"Never treat others as you would not have them treat you."
"All things in moderation, including moderation."
"Fake it till you make it. It is much easier to change your thoughts than it is to change your actions, but you have to change your actions in order to change yourself."
"Live as if you already have whatever it is that you want because you already do."
"If you want to get ahead in life don't play fair. Give your friends, family, and loved ones as much advantage as you can possibly give."
"Always remember that validity is related to the conceptual context in which it is being determined, and all contexts, regardless of the degree to which they are shared, are conceptual and unique."
I am not the person in the book; I am the person who is reading it.
I have learned that if you apply your thoughts you can get whatever you want in this life.
I was a pretty good student and played baseball in my high school and college days, but have never been one to force myself to work too hard at something I didn't enjoy or keep lots of people hanging around just to feel comfortable. My freindships are very deep but not too broad, and it isn't work if you enjoy what you are doing.
I found out that the way to make positive changes or stay positive in your life is to make the choice to do the positive thing when the choice presents itself no matter how great or small it may seem.
Jobs & residences: Most of my life I have lived in Indiana, but I have lived other places as well. I have worked as a high school athletic director in a small-town school; I've worked in Japan as an educational consultant & teacher, have been a supervisor at a ski resort, an International Academic Programs Specialist, and I am now a full-time student - for the third time.
I speak Japanese and Spanish
I love to travel, and I have been to around 20 foreign countries in total, and hope to get to South America for some boarding to mark that off my continent list. (If you have been to Antarctica, post a message to let me know.)
Have a great day!

My Interests

I appreciate BaseballSnowboarding Health Higher Education Trivia CarsConversation Learning Helping (sometimes) Watching Movies Reading International Travel Japan, U.K., LanguagesForeign Cultures (and Native Cultures) Subtitles Activities involving Maps, Riding Trains Eating Ethnic Foods

I'd like to meet:

I pretty much would like to meet anybody. There's no lid on the kind of stuff I want to know.

Movies:

A movie quote I love...
"I remember one morning getting up at dawn, there was such a sense of possibility. You know, that feeling? And I remember thinking to myself: So, this is the beginning of happiness. This is where it starts. And of course there will always be more. It never occurred to me it wasn't the beginning. It was happiness. It was the moment. Right then." -The Hours

Television:

Whakarewaina to uru ka mimihi ki nga atua.

Books:

Holden Caulfield pisses me off.

Heroes:

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on unreasonable men." -George Bernard Shaw

My Blog

Online dating...

This is the headline I read on a profile recently: 'I once thought it was shallow to want the whole package. Brains, ambition, humor, looks. Then I realized -"hey, that's what I'm giving out!" ' This ...
Posted by Jon D on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:58:00 PST

It's already there...

We experience what we experience, not because "it" acts on "us" but rather "we" act on "it." The act of perception, as straightforward as it may seem, is truthfully an act of ignorance.&n...
Posted by Jon D on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:40:00 PST

The Rules

"Live every day like you're gonna die someday, but it probably isn't tomorrow," "Never treat others as you would not have them treat you." "There is no such thing as good or evil. What is ...
Posted by Jon D on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:17:00 PST

Bear or Bare

At a bar a boy bear was baring his soul to another bear, and although it was almost too much for the bear to bear, she bore it untill she was bored and went off to have a beer with another bear.&...
Posted by Jon D on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:49:00 PST

Love and Death

Falling in love and dying have a lot in common. The main difference though being that if you try to die you markedly increase your chances of actually doing it, while the exact opposite holds tr...
Posted by Jon D on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:28:00 PST

Romantic comedies

What's the difference between pornography and a romantic comedy?.... Most educated, sensible men know that porn is merely entertainment and bears little or no resemblance to actual life. (I just saw ...
Posted by Jon D on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:49:00 PST

It is a crime, actually...maybe

Albert Markovski: What is it, a crime? Is it a crime to look at Lange? Vivian Jaffe: Albert, have you ever been in love? Albert Markovski: What kind of question is that? ...
Posted by Jon D on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:09:00 PST

more thoughts on the nature of existence

This is a little simple and not completely true as I see things, but it is supposed to be simple to help whoever reads it on the way to their own "truth": OK, so imagine that you have a cork ...
Posted by Jon D on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:51:00 PST

A Poem Sent to me

Here is a poem that was sent to me. I thought it was good. On Good & Evil And one of the elders of the city said, "Speak to us of Good and Evil." And he answered: Of the good in you I can ...
Posted by Jon D on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:06:00 PST

Love and a Glass of Water

Optimism looks at a glass of water and believes it to be half full. Pessimism, at the same time, is certain that its half empty. Perfectionism takes note only that its not completely filled, and Des...
Posted by Jon D on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:47:00 PST