A quick autobiographic profile
Jesse is an amateur philosopher, whose
blog explains why we are all God, including himself, and why this is
in fact a sane outlook. He enjoys writing, and won the Journalism
award in high school (St. Ignatius, in San Francisco), although he
majored in International Relations at UC Davis, where he studied
Third World Development and minored in Spanish. He was raised
Catholic.
His blog is
http://jesseteshara.blogspot.com
. It has been in existence since 2008, and has had almost 11,000
viewers, as of October 2014. The most popular post is 'Movies with
the word 'God' in the title.' Please visit -All are welcome! It's
called God's Blog, the Jesse Journal.
His hobbies also include daily exercise
(he has a membership at the local YMCA), reading books and news
(involving a daily trip to one of the local Berkeley libraries),
listening to (all kinds of) music, and getting out into Nature.
At the Y, he swims, lifts, and
does the stationary bike, which provides a view of the french
countryside, as well as 19 cable tv stations. His rule of thumb is to
sweat every day. He doesn't own a car, and bicycles around town
every day.
He aspires to read a different
book every single day, but has not yet mastered the art of
speed-reading. He is working on a fiction booklist from '1001 Books
You Must Read Before You Die.' But he also enjoys reading short
stories, true crime, fantasy and horror, as well as geography,
history, and encyclopedia content. He loves words and tries to
expand his vocabulary daily, and aspires to learn new languages, too.
He regrets being mortal, and not being able to actually read, watch,
and listen to the entire library (!). He has a love of life, and is
never bored. He tries to read the New York Times every day, and he
also keeps informed by the Christian Science Monitor, CNN, Huffington
Post, The Oakland Tribune, Berkeleyside, Yahoo, and -less frequently-
People, the Economist, Foreign Affairs, and (of course) Mad magazine.
Musically, he particularly enjoys
college radio (such as weekday morning jazz on whrb), hearts of space
(saturday nights), as well as philosophy talk on Sunday mornings. He
is also a big fan of Joe Frank. He frequently wins tickets from
Cal's student radio station, kalx, and enjoys reggae shows,
classical, bluegrass, rock, and just about everything else, including
pop, hip-hop, and country.
He would like to get out into
nature more often. In his childhood, he was a Boy Scout, and
attained the rank of Eagle, like his brother and father. Many of his childhood summers were spent at Camp
Royaneh in Cazadero, Ca, in redwood country, near the Russian River,
where he was a counselor and worked at the pool, the canoe base, the
ropes course, the rifle range, and scoutcraft. He has climbed a few
(very tall) redwood trees.
If he won the lottery, he would travel,
eat out more, and raise a family.
He walks friends' dogs twice a week,
and is newly vegetarian. He has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and
hears a voice (in addition to his own) inside his head, which he
considers telepathic communication with an attorney in Sacramento,
and takes antipsychotic medication to keep stable (olanzapine and
risperidone). He maintains hope that he will be sane one day, and
that his 3 symptoms (headshocks, chest pain, and voice) will remit. He
also plans to become exceptionally physically fit, with the idea that
physical health can lead to mental health. He occasionally also does
yoga and meditation, with yttp (yoga to the people) and the bsc (berkeley
shambala center), respectively. He attends a weekly Kaiser support
group in Oakland on Thursday mornings.
Jesse was born in Vancouver, Canada on
9/3/71(age 43), and was adopted at 4. He is single, male,
heterosexual, virgo boar, who grew up in San Francisco, visited the
U.S. East coast at 14, and also once took Greyhound to Key West, from
Sacramento. He has been abroad only once, to China (Beijing, Xian,
and Shanghai). He is a pro-life Democrat. He subscribes to a
Consistent Life Ethic.
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