I am a very paranoid person. I constantly feel that I'm being hunted. I can't go to the bathroom without an enclosed space, and I would never have considered sleeping in a stranger's home if it wasn't for that fact that a nearby marathon had tripled the cost of the already expensive hotel I normally stay at while visiting my friends.

But Jared made me feel welcome. He was the quintessential host; a model for what people should be. I was surprised to discover that I could fall asleep at his place on the first night, despite suddenly waking up ready for a life-or-death fight every time I heard the slightest noise.

Jared is also an excellent conversationalist and he has a compelling philosophy of life. Talking to him made me feel like a normal person, instead of a person who pretends to be normal.

He even offered to take a picture of me that made me not look like a psycho.