Hey from Jared

It has been well over a year now since I have taken this blog seriously.  The funny thing is I still get about 150,000 visitors a week.  Despite my popularity, it is time to archive it and stop posting for good.  I am not taking it down but plan on leaving it up for as long as I can.  In fact I just renewed the site and blog for the next 10 years.  I just won't be posting any more.

As I have time in the next few months, I am going to re-organize the site to make it read more like a book from beginning to end.  That way when new people happen upon it through google and other pics, blogs, etc. they can read all about me and my adventures and why I came to start this blog in the first place.

It was a truly wonderful part of my life that I will never forget.  This blog followed my whole acceptance of who I am sexually and chronicled the beginning of Nathan and I as a couple.  It even showed me I am not such a terrible writer after all but just a guy who has no idea how to use a comma or spell ;)   I want it to remain here for all to read.

I met a lot of great people and I think even help a few over these past years.

I love you guys.  I REALLY do!

Jared Christopher

Comments

[Guy in L.A.]

I've never added a comment before but I must say that I have enjoyed reading the posts, the comments, and seeing the pictures. I was happy to see a new post today but this joy was short lived. I must say I am saddened to know this will be your last post. Whatever your reasons, I wish you the best in your job, your new house, and your life. Cheers to you and this blog and thanks for sharing some of your life with us.

[buddy]

i've never posted a comment either but i just wanted to say you've done a very beautiful thing jared.
you've been so helpful to me and without a doubt tons of other people.
although i am slightly disappointed, i do wish you and nathan the very best. :)

[BarbieQ!]

what's happening with all these blogs shutting down. i too am sadden that there will no longer be new post. what i enjoyed most about visiting this site is getting a lil insight into your lives and the hot pictures.

[Double T]

Jared, Big Mistake. Rethink what you are doing. Get a second opinion.

you might not remember Sean Patrick Live. A man ahead of his time and failed to understand the market and his marketabilty.

Second Opinion. Please!!!
Or,,,,,sell the website to me.

[DanNation]

Jared: As a fellow long-time blogger and fellow San Franciscan, you will be missed. Thanks for understanding what a blog is all about.

I look forward to running into you in SF -- of course, you know what I look like but I've only seen your jaw and chest. Say hi.

Now that you are "retiring," I feel a little bit more alone on the net.

By the way, I love my straighthell.net subscription.

Be in touch,
DanNation

[Elemmaciltur]

It's sad to see you go, Jared, but I saw it coming already with your sporadic posts. But I think you know what's best.

All the best for your life and also to Nathan and Jeff. You three seem quite a trio. :-)

Take care!

[Volker]

I'm sad to see you go but you know best what fits your priorities in life. If you ever do decide to post again in the future, I am certain that many may enjoy an update but that is up to you. I wish all three of you a wonderful life. Do not be a stranger in the blogosphere and comment on other blogs when the mood strikes. Good luck!

[mark]

I'm deleting you from my favorites, I was temped to do it a long time ago. you know, if your heart's in something than that something is dying. It not fair to let it suffer....just kill it and move on. Good luck.

[Uncle Zoloft]

Another one bite the dust! Thank you for all the great stuff. It would be great if you would reconsider, perhaps going though, categorizing and archiving may inspire you to make a come back.

Ciao bello!

[Denny]

Wow. I'm sorry to see you go but I understand your decision.

All I can say is farewell. And Thank you.

[toby]

"Let It Be ..."

[MikeinSanJose]

Sorry to hear the news, but it is what it is. Thanks for the good times and all the best with whatever the road brings you.

>Sigh!< I was just wishing that at some point we'd get a picture of you and your boys (the ones in your heart, not the ones in your pants.)

[photogreg]

Thanks for the good times. The best to you.

[danielhenry]

omg. oh well... all good things have to come to an end. cheers!

[Scott]

Sorry to hear you're closing up shop. Like everyone else, I'd like to wish you all the best in the future.

And who knows, maybe I'll see you around, Fully Clothed.

[Rob]

Hey, Jared. . .thanks for all the thought-prpvoking, entertaining, hot material you've provided here. Best wishes for the future.

[Larry]

Hey Jared,
Boy, I saw the handwriting on the wall long ago. The new job with...(too much) traveling, bi-city living, home ownership, unexpected "love" turning into a committed relationship and... oh yeah this blog thing. I get dizzy just thinking about it. I wish you all well on your continuing journey.
OMG...Does this mean that Jared is growing up ;) Hey, this is a good thing. There are new adventures in every phase. Life is what YOU make of it. As you have discovered over the last few years.
My only wish is that you would check back into your blog maybe once a year...say every January, just to let us know that you, Nathan and Jeff are doing well and staying happy. 150,000 hits a week must mean people out here care. Much success and happiness.

[Roger]

Hey Jared;
Like all of the other guys who have posted a message I too am disappointed that you wont be giving us the great postings as in the past. But, I understand, the time has come for you to move on and I can only wish you the best in your life, job and with Nathan and Jeff. Well always be here for you and I will keep your site and check from time to time and maybe be surprised with some news from you.
Lots of love to all of you.
Roger

[John]

You will be missed -- make absolutely no mistake about that. Good luck and be happy.

[RedBravo]

Hi Jared,

all those Hollywood writers on strike must have a bad influence on you guys overthere. :-P

Well, you made the web a more pleasant place to stay and you're probably going to do something that will make another place exciting yet comfy.
May it give you new energy too.
Thanks for everything mate,

regards from Amsterdam,
Mike "RedBravo".

[Patrick]

Good luck Jared!

[Dennis]

I can only imagine the tremendous effort to keep a popular blog up and running - and commend you for your success over the past few years. I've enjoyed it very much. Best wishes to you and your boyfriend and your other boyfriend.

[Robert In LB]

Hey little j - took you long enuf to come to that conclusion. I resisted posting a bitchy post a while back questioning why you hadn't closed down the blog already, 15K a day with no updates, not bad, but once you lost interest (yea it was VERY apparent), ya should have acknowleged and move on. You jumped the shark with the occasional pic post with the 2-3 work titles.

Happy butt spanking and fucking to ya guy.

Enjoyed the glimpse into your world while it lasted. Real and/or emblished as it was. SPANK!

Robert In LB

[Steve'nDenver]

Hail and farewell, Jared. Your last and final post puts a period on an opus that has been completed for a while. In its day, your blog was addictive, stimulating(to mind and body), and wonderfully creative --it touched me in so many ways. Unfortunately, sooner or later, time has a way of moving us all along. Thanks ever so much for letting me into your mind and your life. Perhaps our paths will cross in the future, maybe even on a CN reunion tour. Peace..........Steve

[CHad]

hey.... well i've never commented .... i'm pretty young (still in high school) but dude u've inspired me to come out kinda lol well i got my first lover now so thanks for dat wish u the best of luck PEACE!

[tolits, manila]

It sure feels weird. I don't personaly know you--haven't even seen a pic of you--yet, as I was reading your farewell message, I felt a certain sad feeling that I usually feel when dear loved ones either move far away or I am sending them off at the airport after spending a vacation with me. I guess, in a way, you've allowed me to get to know you through this blog and I feel that you've become a part of my life.

I hope for the best for you. May the coming days be fulfilling and rewarding. God bless!

[Jamie]

Jared,

I started reading you blog from nearly the start! I was 18 years old and in some strange way you helped a confused and scared boy deal with being gay and accepting who he was, and for that I'll always be greatful.

I feel as if I'm loosing a friend, but its for the best, and I know you still have the best years of your life ahead of you!

mabye you could give us updates every 6 months / once a year or so, I know 10 years from now I'll still want to know what your up to :)

Goodbye friend

[timldn]

Jared,
Thank you for the insight into your life. I have enjoyed reading your blog. I wish you well in all that you do. You are an amazing individual. Thanks also to Nathan for allowing us to see your relationship develop. Good Luck. Tim

[Aled]

Hi.

I've never met you. I've never even commented here before. You've given me and all of your readers a wonderful insight into your life. Many of the first posts were great fun and when you fell in love, we followed you. I have to admit that it was with a heavy heart I checked your blog in more recent days, hoping that we'd get an update. I'm very sorry to hear this news.

I'd love it if you would reconsider - this blog has grown with you, and you can be sure that the readers here aren't looking for titillation, they're wanting to know you're OK, that you're doing fine, that your life is growing. But I'll also understand that life does go on and that sometimes brings partings.

All the very best in the future for you and whoever you chose to share your life with.

-Al.

[Guillaume]

Do Not Go! You have provided a lot of "stimulation" with your pictures. It is the highlight of a dreary Parisen day!

[Mikey =]]

I've posted once before, and I might have been a little drunk so i mainly just yelled, so sorry about that...anywho,,,,

I liked this blog, i always thought you were pretty cool =].
I admire you jared, you and your expoloits. (idk what this word means but im using it)

<3 From Me.
16/m

[Robbie]

Thanks for sharing with us, I really enjoyed reading all of your post.

[GMan(Glen)]

You will be missed.

[Boyd]

Jared,
Just wanted to say thanks. I'm one of those many many that have been around for a while reading you quietly in the background, seeing your life through your words. It's been pretty amazing really and has put a lot of hope in my heart for a good future. You have an awesome attitude that shows through your writting. A wonderful heart with so much to give. I've never seen you but have my own picture of you in my head. It makes me smile. I do wish you the best in all you do. I think you will have a wonderful life. I guess to close with "And Jared lived happily ever after" that's the ending I like.
Take care!!!!

[Alex]

JARED!!!!! I so wish you weren't doing that. It was so bitter reading those words.
And yes, you have helped some people over the years, I know because I'm one of them. Thanks so much for the encouraging emails and of course the wonderful postings over the years.

Sad to see you go.
-Alex

[Jay]

Wow. What a ride man. I've been a reader from almost the beginning. Commented a few times but kind of a background guy. Your openness and honesty in your posting was incredible. I envied you, but in a good way (if that's possible). Your freedom, your candor, just great, totally riveting. Left always wanting more.

But for me, the best moment in your blog (I actually cheered as corny as that sounds), was when you can Nathan discovered something we all have looked for and some continue to look for. I'm so happy for you and Nathan.

Thanks for being so candid and so fucking interesting! Really sad to see you go. I wish you and Nathan and Jeff and Dave (wherever he is) all the BEST!

Cheers Mate!

[Jason_M]

I said good-bye a while ago but just to say it one more time. Your use of the blog as a self-exploration is I think unique in blogdome and you've created a gorgeous record. Organizing the work is a great idea. Ave atque vale, dude.

Jason/Oakland

[Carlo]

Dear Jarred.

As you can tell most of us have accepted you as a friend through this blog, and it really does feel like Im losing one now. You helped me through a lot, and Im grateful for that. Ive looked up to you, and now I was wondering if u would atleast give us one more post of my hero and his 2 boys, or you could email them to me privately.

Thanks for guiding me eversince I was in High School.

[Matty]

J, thank you for your thought provoking and inspirational posts/insights. i will miss you all the way from australia...

[Dave]

Jared, I am sorry to learn that you have decided to "retire". Your blog has been a "must read".

I was hoping that you would have done a CFNM event at least once. Your female editor would have enjoyed that!

[CJ]

Jared, I'v only bn reading your blog for about a month or so but it feels like so much longer. Probably because iv read and learned so much about u. Iv only just read this post and i must say i am deeply saddend that there will b no more writen posts. As sad as it sounds, reading it even brought a tear to my eye.

I have enjoyed reading ur blog and will continue to read until.....well im just gonna keep readin! I can always rely on ur blog to put a smile on my face and cheer me up when im feeling down. Reading ur blog has even made me think about myself aswell and helped me come out of my shell even further. Its amazing how just reading ur site has helped me so much and even given me just that little bit more confidence. Thank You. Its a great site and im glad i found it.

Probably the best read i had on ur site was when u and Nathan got together as a couple. Im so very happy for u! I wish u and Nathan and Jeff and all the rest the very, very best and hope u have a wonderful life! Take care!

CJ/Scotland