An Inconvienient Truth

I'd like to take this time that I would usually blog about materialism or immigrants and address an issue facing us all. I am, of course, talking about gnomes.


For centuries, gnomes all over the United States have been facing persecution from advocates of anti-gnomenism. As most people know, the great potatoe famine sent many gnomes over to ellis island, hoping to start a new life. However, their lives only got worse.

With the rise of industrialism, businesses began taking advantage of cheap immigrant labor, and gnomes were just one of the minorities used as cheap labor. Although their life was hard, the many years of working in coal mines and paving streets would not prepare them the utter life of misery they would endure with the rise of one of the most popular appliances: drying machines.

Because of their small size, gnomes were yanked from their homes, their families, everything they knew to work the many drying machines that were sold all over the country. They attempted to form a labor union to fight their imprisonment, but their cries fell on deaf ears. The gnomes were sad. Sadness turned to anger, which turned to acts of crime, namely stealing the socks that show up in their metalic prisons so as to make mankind suffer for their heinous crimes.

But be warned, the gnomes will not be passive for long. It wont be long until the gnomes turn violent in revolution, burning articles of clothing and wreaking havoc on suburban households. For the sake of all that is suburban, we embrace our gnome brothers in tolerance and equality, while embracing gnome-sound practices into our daily lives.

Do not wait, bretheren. Do not wait until they start taking more than our socks. Do not wait until the dryer machines stop working. Act now.

Until the gnomelution,

~Jared

Take me home. Yaweh, take me home.

When I Look At the World

I want to discuss some things, but I dont think I will be able to do that until I get some things off my chest.

Its truly a disheartening time when this is all you can see on the news:

Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger
FOOD SHORTAGE ALARM AS PRICE OF RICE SOARS
Hunger in Haiti increasing rapidly
Where children are quite literally dying for a drink

I hope these are all articles that you might read and consider, since they deal with one of the most alarming things that is happening currently: the simple need for food. People all around the globe are suffering so much from the rising food prices, its making so many of them angry. Heres one quote from a Haitian quoted in a NYtimes article:

“They look at me and say, ‘Papa, I’m hungry,’ and I have to look away. It’s humiliating and it makes you angry.”

Most of these articles dont even mention the fact that most of these people are unemployed, and even people in our country are without jobs.

How screwed up a society we must live in for this not to be a concern to most people? I know alot of people rant about this, but the simplest of people can pick up a newspaper and look at what we have become: we know more about the lives of celebrities than about the state of the poor in our own city. Newspapers scrap real news for news about ex-American Idol stars. Everything is entertainment. Times Square in New York City is a great example of the state of our country. Flashing lights, advertisements, sound bites, video bites. Its a technicolor nightmare.

I guess thats one of the things I appreciate most about Jesus and how he came to Earth. He brought everyone back to the basics. He didnt tell everyone they needed to get steady jobs to be financially secure. He simply said, "Dont worry about what you will eat or wear tommorow. The LORD always provides." In fact, Jesus was more in favor of everyone selling their things and giving to the poor rather than being financially secure. All of the apostles left their steady jobs to follow Jesus. Its harder for a rich man to enter the Kingdom than a camel through the eye of the needle.

Honestly, if God really called you to sell ALL of your possessions you have today, would you do it? Dont give a Christianee answer, but think about it honestly. Would you really? ALL of your things? All of your money? Your house? The roof over your head? I'm not sure how I would even react to that.

I guess the roundabout point I'm trying to make is that we live in a culture that is so geared towards being well off financially and having insurance, but is always being concerned about money really what Jesus taught? Is it even what the Bible teaches? I heard one pastor say that having insurance was unGodly because it takes God out of the picture, making you put your trust in man instead. I might not be as radical as that, but I think he has a good point.

In the meantime, I originally started to write this post because I wanted to incite discussion amongst people with some questions I've been pondering lately. Please post your responses either via Facebook or Blogger.

1. Ultimately, will the world get better or get worse?

2. What is the most effective way to care for the poor? Will giving poor and third world countries money and provisions really help them in the long run?

3. Where do dreams come from? Why do we dream?

hope to get some awesome responses!

~Jared

You have encountered writers block! Do you:

a. cry and sob
b. write something rediculous
c. attempt to squeeze something out
d. run away

I was really hoping I was going to write something meaningful and powerful today. I wrote a poem today, which I guess completely sucked up all my blogging power. I must remember to monitor my inspiration more closely.

A limerick. yes, that sounds good.

I once met a kid who had said
that the the people in the world were all dead
I thought that he lied,
till I looked outside
and realized he was kind of right, in a weird, symbolic sort of way.

~Jared