Who is Jared Way?
Teaching and “Careers”
I really like teaching kids. It’s first job I’ve had where I feel more energy and optimism at the end of the day than at the beginning, and I figure that’s a really good sign.
Literature
I have a thing for Literature and wacky Lit-Crit stuff. Here’s a cool fact that I’m sure no one besides me finds exciting:
The complete works of Cervantes are available online, for free!
Philosophy and Belief
I’m a great fan of the thinking of Gilles Deleuze. I suppose this makes me a
postmodernist relativist, but his synthesis of marxism (note the small ‘m’) and
something like spinozism is appealing and compelling, to the extent I can make
any sense of it. And I’m not sure I’ve even characterized it correctly. In an effort to characterize what I believe, I’ve coined the term faith-based-atheist.
Relationships
I was married to Michelle for 4 years, but we were separated in 1998 and she committed suicide in 2000. It took a long time before I felt like I wanted to try another relationship, and now that I feel that way, I haven’t tried very hard to find one. I’m open to the possibility, but I don’t necessarily think it’s particularly likely. I think it much more likely I end up living as Buddhist monk.
I told a friend a few years ago: “I’m not in a relationship, because I still believe in true love.” That may seem counter-intuitive, but I think it’s perfectly logical, actually.
Timeline
I made a timeline of my life-since-high-school, for people who are “catching up” after long periods of estrangement.
[Last updated 2011-07-31]