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Welcome to the part of the site that is devoted to Boomerang Families around the world!
Here you will find out how Chris Jones has become the “Posterboy for the Boomerang Generation”,
as well as his thoughts and philosophies on the subject. Feel free to email us at chris@chrisjones.info
with comments and criticism. We may even post your replies!
But first, do your research and read the article featuring Chris Jones and his family here: Boomerang Article
Update: 9/8/2004
So… things are going well in Boomerang
World right now. The much-lauded Jane Pauley Show appearance is only
days away, and I will be announcing the air date in a couple of weeks.
The taping will be in New York on Tuesday, September 14th during the
early afternoon. I am finally going to visit New York (thanks NBC)!
I have traveled a lot since I quit working, quite a bit more than the
average American I think. Been down to Mexico, Tennessee, Lake Tahoe,
Bishop, Santa Cruz, and other lesser-known corners of California. For
Labor Day (very ironic that I should be celebrating this holiday), my
friends and I went camping at Lake San Antonio (Monterey County) and
rented a couple of boats for water skiing. Drunken and sunburned
debauchery ensued. My friend got a public urination ticket while peeing
in the woods, several people ended up at neighboring campsites the next
morning, and my sandals got stolen by wild boars. I needed that
vacation!
For my appearance on the Jane Pauley Show I decided to do the Atkins
Diet. That means I can eat as much meat and cheese as I want, but no
sugar or starch. It has been difficult, but in two and a half weeks I
have lost well over 10 lbs. Plus, I have been working out
semi-regularly. I feel a lot better, even though eating 10 strips of
bacon and 3 cheese-filled hotdogs a day tends to slow me down a little
bit. A lot of criticism from friends and family over my choice to do
Atkins instead of a healthier diet has occurred. Most think that it is
unhealthy to not eat carbs. Others accept the fact that it works for
whatever reason and think no further on the subject. I definitely
wouldn’t recommend the Atkins diet for those who want to feel good and
live healthy. It is a great way to lose weight fast but still indulge in
massive barbeques and nights at the bar (you can drink vodka, tequila,
and whiskey with Diet Coke). So I am not a healthy Boomerang Kid.
Yep, life is pretty good out here in Boomerang Land. Stay tuned for
details about the upcoming show, and please sign the mailing list on
your visit. I am off to go play some rock n’ roll!
- Chris Jones
Update: 7/2/2004
Ahem! May I just begin by quoting my favorite line from the aforementioned article:
”[Chris] doesn't start his day till around 1, then it's
party till whenever. I want him to get more serious about looking for a job,
but he's kind of on vacation mode.”
Nakao, Annie. “They Can (and do) Go Home Again.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 30, 2004. Page F-1.
What can I say, her article hit the nail on the head. That’s because Annie Nakao is a great writer. Check
out her articles in the Sunday Editions of the San Francisco Chronicle
Living Section. And for those of you who don’t already know, my family and I
have been asked to appear on the Jane Pauley Show in New York.
I don’t have all the details yet, but I can at least provide a brief overview.
Jane Pauley has been a TV
journalist and co-host of the Today Show and Dateline NBC for the past three decades. Now she has her own
talk show that is
reminiscent of Dr. Phil and Oprah. The episodes will air on local NBC stations nationwide beginning
August 30th, as well as on Lifetime and Oxygen thereafter.
A film crew is going to set up cameras in my parents’
house and videotape all our fights and edit them into a nice little
introduction piece. Then we will come out and appear on the show and duke it
out on the air! Hopefully there won’t be any violence, but hear me now: I
make no guarantees of anything. After all, that’s what we Boomerang Kids do.
We don’t take no responsibility for nothin’ if we don’t want to!
So if you are a parent reading this, please understand
that you have stepped into the world of a Boomerang Kid. It doesn’t mean
that you aren’t allowed inside (but you should knock first), you just need
to know that you are seeing the other side of the coin here. I mean, I
embrace the fact that I live life without responsibility. Why would I want a
wife and kids and a job when the sun is shining and I can go to Mexico any
time I feel like it?
Didn’t you raise your kids to be able to have all the
things you didn’t? Didn’t you work hard all these years to make sure your
kids didn’t make the same mistakes that you did, and that you didn’t make
the same mistakes your parent’s did? Well, I’m sorry but you did a little
too good of a job, and now they just can’t get enough of you.
Try to have a little humor about the situation, though.
I mean, how much longer is YOUR Boomerang Kid going to be sitting in their
underwear on your nice leather couch that you are still making payments on?
They’ve got to get up and face reality someday, right? The good news is that
they are just as miserable living with you as you are living with them. I
expect most Boomerang Kids have an average shelf life of six months to a
year. After that they will either become apathetic and unwilling
participants in the real world or go stay on someone else’s couch.
As soon as I become a rock star I will no longer have a
need for a couch to sleep on. I told my parents that I am going to buy them
a ranch in Half Moon Bay so my dad can ride his horse to work. And I will,
just as soon as the money starts rolling in. It should be any minute now…
Keep checking this space for more updates. The show
will be filmed on August 12th, so there will be more to tell
around that time. Until then, stay with your parents and don’t get a job.
Boomerang Kids Unite!!!
- Chris Jones
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