tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57320812024-03-23T11:16:47.074-07:00Jared's "Lost in Life"Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.comBlogger492125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-70181862866634406332023-03-31T22:45:00.000-07:002023-03-31T22:45:34.809-07:00Jared's "Lost in Life"Over the years, this blog has had a wide array of alliteration-based names. The original name was "Lost in Laie" which took how I felt navigating my life at the time and my location of Laie, Hawaii. When I would go home to Mesa for the summer breaks the blog was called "Menace in Mesa." That was a reference to a quote by a church leader saying that anyone over 25 and single was a menace to Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-36002182806163817002018-12-28T10:30:00.000-07:002019-01-01T22:40:51.103-07:00169 and Feelin' Fine...The holidays are always tricky for the weight watchers of the world. This has been my first Thanksgiving and Christmas below 200 lbs. since I was in diapers. So naturally, I've been a bit nervous going into the season. With both holidays now past, let's see where my current weight is as of this morning...
For the eagle eyed this needs no explanation. But for the rest of us, we are looking Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-21886149479038323572018-10-29T21:51:00.000-07:002019-01-01T21:54:15.340-07:00What is That Between My Legs? Is That A...This journey that has been my weight loss has been filled with adventure, twists and turns. Things I never saw coming continue to surprise and occasionally delight me. Today one such event occured. As I was doing a round of sit-ups--as I often do now--I paused in mid-crunch to look at Anna across the room as she was speaking to me. I realized that I was able to see her... from between my thighs. Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-72234647265160585152018-01-21T20:04:00.003-07:002018-01-21T20:04:59.160-07:00I'm Still Demented...I'm happy to announce my return to radio with a new radio show called "Still Demented." This show pays homage to Dr. Demento, (but not close enough to be sued...). We (my co-host is Steve Grosz) play fun novelty music, stand-up comedy and just have a great time.
We air each Sunday at 8am and again 8pm. You can listen live in the Phoenix metropolitan area on 88.7 FM. We stream online at http://Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-28605597718638485162017-01-15T18:03:00.000-07:002017-01-15T18:06:34.311-07:00Let's Do Lunch... with My New Podcast...I've been a busy boy lately. I've been continuing my efforts on JaredBodine.com as a tech review site. I've been entertaining out-of-town in-laws for the last month. And I've been renewing my efforts to get my IT business, Bodine Tech, off the ground.
But, while doing all of that, I've also been producing my own podcast.
Let's Do Lunch is a podcast with a friend of mine from high school, Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-56875338373345260422016-12-22T00:12:00.001-07:002016-12-22T00:12:05.893-07:00Sea World, 2016...
Good times... but I did learn a lesson. Don't show "Blackfish" to your spouse the night before you go to Sea World, it will ruin her day...Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-136231243590870602016-12-14T08:45:00.000-07:002016-12-14T08:45:20.459-07:00Watching Star Wars Episode 1 with my 5-year-old...So, to get ready for the new Star Wars, I'm re-watching the first 6. My 5-year-old, Maia, decided to watch it with me. Half the fun has been her reaction to it all.
This is just the first fifteen minutes of Episode 1:
The first time the evil Sith Master is shown: "Is that Jesus?"
When the battle droids are landing on Naboo: "Why are they going there? Oh, I know, they are having a parade!"
Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-73952091655747822722016-12-08T08:41:00.000-07:002016-12-11T08:48:06.317-07:00Family Superlatives....Out of the blue the other day, Benji says to me, "Dad, I'm stupendous."
"Really? You are? How do you know?"
"I just am," he replies matter-of-factly.
"Ok," I pursue, "so if you are stupendous, what am I?"
"Hm," he thinks for a second. "You are just normal."
"Oh, so what about Maia? Is she stupendous, too."
"No," he declares with authority. "She is fantastic."
"I see. So you are stupendous,Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-28257477085030010372016-09-15T16:35:00.000-07:002016-10-19T20:33:10.542-07:00Racial Identity...Racial identity is a funny thing. In 2014 there was a study that found millions of American change their racial identity on occasions, particularly many hispanic individuals began reporting themselves as white. And we can't forget NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal who was quite genealogically white, yet identified as black (and fooled others to believe she was black for quite some time as well).
In Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-70702605144907118492016-06-07T11:09:00.001-07:002016-06-07T11:09:33.387-07:00Not Quite 5 Minutes Yet...Those of you who follow me on Facebook (both of you) know that I've been doing some acting as of late. I wouldn't say I have really made a significant impact, but I've had a number of gigs from January to date. Here's a smattering of what I've done that's online. There's a couple movies and TV shows that are yet to air, but I'll post those as well.
If you add all of my screen time up together, Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-20995184931529977952015-11-08T20:01:00.000-07:002015-11-08T20:01:03.922-07:00Shibuya, Tokyo - The Busiest Intersection in the World...I've been back from Japan since June, but am still slowly cracking away at making my videos from the trip. Here's the latest from Tokyo's famous Shibuya intersection. This is widely regarded as the world's busiest intersection. Enjoy:
Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-59749311477578795122015-10-05T09:44:00.000-07:002015-10-05T09:44:42.408-07:00"I Want My Dirty Dirty Diaper..."Kids never cease to amaze parents. Here's an example from our recent trip to Japan. While there, Benji decided he could no longer be saddled with clean diapers. It's sort of like how you become attached to those favorite blue jeans way after they are worn out...
Next time, I will be wearing a diaper, too. That way I can give him my leftover dirty dirty diaper...Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com1Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan35.2956059 139.5804227999999535.2437679 139.49974179999995 35.347443899999995 139.66110379999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-73186575413230284262015-09-28T14:08:00.001-07:002015-09-28T14:48:27.416-07:00Watching the 2015 Super Blood Moon with Kids...I had heard that some people are preparing for the end of the world based on the 2015 Super Blood Moon we had last night. As we were out for a family walk, we saw the shadow of the earth taking over the moon's glow.
I got home and set up my camera, fixed to track to moon as it rises and goes red. When reviewing the footage I realized how amusing my kid's conversations were, so that became the Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0Mountain View High, Mesa, AZ, USA33.442046284821629 -111.7731933625243533.435421284821629 -111.78327836252436 33.448671284821629 -111.76310836252435tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-42711325406387793482015-09-09T22:18:00.000-07:002015-09-09T22:28:37.774-07:00High Life in Pinetop...It just so happened that my parents found themselves with an extra room in a rental property in Pinetop for the week, so my wife, kids and I got to be the lucky recipients of the vacancy.
We actually stayed a week in a cabin once before this summer already. Anna was a bit bored. So, this time we made sure we had enough activities to keep her from feeling that way. I was perfectly fine doing Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ, USA34.1425438 -109.9603842999999934.0374228 -110.12174579999999 34.247664799999995 -109.79902279999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-32944244876303631842015-08-27T13:36:00.000-07:002015-09-08T08:13:39.215-07:00Music in Your Head, with Trekz Titanium safe headphones...
I finally found safe headphones that look, sound and work great, finally.
I've always been on the hunt for good headphones. I have a dozen around my house at any time, much to the chagrin of my wife. I suppose I'm always looking for that perfect sound, and not quite finding it. For every positive, there's a flip-side of problems with headphones.
The problem with ear buds is that they Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-28472731305071022562015-08-17T10:09:00.007-07:002015-08-17T11:06:57.756-07:00Cool New Video Website Creation Tool: Covert VideoPress...Ok, so I don't normally do a lot of product promotion on this site, but I just had to pass this one on. I even talked about his on my homepage. I've been playing around with a cool new product called, "Covert VideoPress."
I've made a ton of videos over the years and have over 100 of them on YouTube now. Because of the licensing I use (I let Google pay for the royalties of the music in my videos)Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-80723755395977402712015-07-20T22:08:00.000-07:002015-07-20T22:08:00.138-07:00A Benji By Any Other Name...You know you have a trouble-making toddler when this happens. We have been working on teaching Benji our real names, in case he gets lost and doesn't tell people his mom's name is "mommy." So we asked him what his full name is.
His reply: "Benji, No!"
The boy has heard "no" after his name so much, he now thinks it is his last name...Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-69178253604692232532015-07-15T19:00:00.002-07:002015-07-15T19:00:13.220-07:00New Name, New Life...In the time that I have owned this blog, it has gone through quite some changes. It started with an awful puke-green theme that was practically 8-bit and called "Lost in Laie." Then I cleaned up the theme, but kept the same as I was still in Laie, Hawaii going to school.
When I'd take long breaks at my parent's house for the summer, it was called, "Menace in Mesa." And just as I was doingJaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-44871267647860977002015-04-05T04:04:00.001-07:002015-04-05T04:04:46.755-07:00Why... Why... Why... Why... Why... Why... Why... Why... Why... Why... Why... Why... ?Anyone who has ever had a toddler knows the infamous "Why" cycle. A well-meaning parent makes the effort to try to explain some faucet of modern life to their youngin' only to get a follow-up question: "Why?"
Answering that question only spawns another question: "Why?"
Naturally, that loving parent patiently attempts to dig in deeper to get to the core of that probe, only to be met again with Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-88994475272306723982014-09-12T16:25:00.002-07:002014-09-12T16:25:47.227-07:00Boonie Peppers in the Suburbs...Our boonie plants are as healthy as ever!
Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-75857977184969985732014-09-09T23:09:00.002-07:002014-09-09T23:10:25.153-07:00First Pic with New Camera...I got a new "Adventure Proof" camera in preparation for our trip to Korea. It's a Ricoh (formerly known as Pentax) WG-4 GPS. Waterproof, Freeze Proof, Crush Proof, and Shock Proof with GPS, compass and a bevy of other cool features. A bit thick and heavy, but one that Maia and even Benji will have a hard time breaking. And they will try....
First picture I took with the new camera. This is Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-66747914200540154652014-07-06T03:33:00.001-07:002014-09-09T23:10:56.825-07:00"A" For Effort, "F" for FlourToday Anna tried a flour-free pancake recipe. In case you were wondering, flour is very much an essential ingredient to a good pancake...Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-29175500899440191962013-10-31T02:05:00.000-07:002014-02-02T03:05:35.724-07:00Halloween 2013...
Maia as Snow White
Anna as Little Red Riding Hood and Benji as The Big Bad Wolf
Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0Guam13.444304 144.7937309999999812.9501285 144.148284 13.938479500000001 145.43917799999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-83973769667637990092013-09-30T05:39:00.000-07:002014-01-31T14:51:33.129-07:00Chicago In a Day...
Due to a business trip, I recently had one day to see the best that Chicago had to offer. The catch, is that I literally only had one day to sightsee. I'd never been there before and did not know much about the legendary city. I tried to line some things up online in advance, but was busy at work until the trip and didn't find a lot of interesting events that coincided with my visit. Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0Chicago, IL, USA41.8781136 -87.62979819999998241.4995241 -88.275245199999986 42.256703099999996 -86.984351199999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732081.post-35249249524273235382013-06-15T16:57:00.000-07:002013-06-16T17:09:44.334-07:00The Ultimate Territory Marking...I have a few guilty pleasures. One of which is that I actually listen to NPR once a week. On Monday morning in Guam, they replay a news/quiz/game show called "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me."
This week, they had Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, as a guest. At one point, he was asked what was the first thing he did once on the moon. I assumed it was something like marking our territory by Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854818974163974776noreply@blogger.com0