jason pettus | [story] My name is Jason Pettus and I am not your ex-boyfriend

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[i am a camera]
A more confessional journal than this one, updated more frequently, always accompanied by a real-time cellphone photo. Maintained at my VOX account, using their excellent mobile client for Palm. RSS-enabled.

[randomvideo]
Two- to five-minute video reports from random events in my day-to-day life: gallery openings, indie-rock shows, drunken parties with my friends and the like. Recorded on my cellphone, a Treo 650, uploaded at a later date to my account at YouTube.com. RSS-enabled.

[randomaudio]
The same as [randomvideo] but with audio only, and posted in real time using cellphone technology, via Odeo.com. RSS-enabled; can be used in such podcasting software as iPodder and iTunes.

[flickr]
Candid photos from my day-to-day life in Chicago and elsewhere, courtesy of Flickr.com. RSS-enabled. I am also now maintaining a separate page there as well, tracking just my favorite images from other photographers.

[fabb]
A promotional website and blog for Fabb, the "virtual prefabricated housing" company I run within the strange videogame Second Life. Includes regular free tutorials on the SL building process.

[social bookmarks]
Each day I post 5 to 15 links online to other interesting things I've found on the web, over at my account at del.icio.us. A good option for those who want to find out what in the general culture interests me these days, in that I rarely post outside links here at my personal site. RSS-enabled.

[social networks]
Click on the following links to visit my profile page for that service: deviantART | GoodReads | LibraryThing | LinkedIn | Netflix | SecondLife Me | SecondLife Profiles | Shelfari

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Created and maintained by Jason Pettus on a Macintosh Intel Mini and Palm Treo 650. This site is graciously hosted for free by Jimi Sweet; I thank him immensely for doing so.

The following can also be found in the book Chicago Stories 2000. Click here to learn more, and to download a free electronic copy.

My name is Jason Pettus and I am not your ex-boyfriend. Oh, I understand how the mistake can be made. After all, I'm very similar to your ex-boyfriend - young, white, male, sensitive, artistic, sexually adventurous. We both wear cardigan sweaters, we both read comic books when no one is looking, and we're both attracted to you. Nevertheless, my name is Jason Pettus and I am not your ex-boyfriend.

Allow me to elaborate. I am not a dove with a broken wing, waiting for a woman to gallantly swoop into my life and fix it, turning me into the majestic soaring creature she always knew that I was. Unlike your ex-boyfriend, I do like going to parties, and I have finished my first novel.

I am not a postmodernist. I am not punk rock. I am not a slacker little shit. I don't like Thai food, I'm not a vegetarian, no, I don't want a bite of your yummy burrito, and by the way, I fucking hate NPR. I do not justify my personality defects by endlessly bringing up my clinical depression. I am arrogant and egotistical, because I am arrogant and egotistical.

You are entitled to your opinion, but I am entitled to disagree with it. I am not a feminist. I am not a masculinist. I did not go to culinary school! I'm not learning the guitar, I've never been to Europe, I'm not voting for Ralph Nader, and I will never, ever shave my head.

All I want is to find someone I can love. And I thought that was going to be you. So the next time you tell me we can't date because you have issues with guys like me, please bear in mind. My name is Jason Pettus, and I am not your ex-boyfriend.

Copyright 2000, Jason Pettus. All rights reserved. This was published under a Creative Commons license; click here for details. Contact: ilikejason [at] gmail [dot] com.