OK, here is my lame, boring life story. It's not really all that exciting. My name is Jayson Dodge, and I was born October 1970 in Southern California. After spending the first seven years of my life in the Los Angeles area, I moved with my parents to the Pacific Northwest (just outside of Portland, Oregon) becoming a southern Washington resident for the next 25 years. In September 2002, I purchased a condominium in Gresham, Oregon (east of Portland) where I currently reside.

An average student in school, my strongest subjects were math and spelling. In high school, interests have switched to computers and shop classes. After struggling in college, I succeeded with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Portland State University majoring in history. Previous majors included business, writing, communications, education and English as well as a minor in psychology.

While in college, I wrote articles for my school's student newspaper and later produced, filmed and edited television programs for a local public access facility as an amateur video producer. Since college, I worked as a temp through a staffing agency. I then worked in warehouses for three years. I now work for a financial institution servicing commercial loans after spending a year as a debt collector.

Now comes the geeky stuff. My interest in computers dates back to high school when my parents bought me a Commodore 64 home computer. I learned some BASIC programming with it but also used it to write term papers and play video games, particularly Pac-Man. I later learned how to use a PC during my senior year in high school. By college, I was learning DOS, WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3 and dBase as well as using the Apple Macintosh computers. From there, I was experiencing Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Access and Powerpoint (which everyone in America knows by now). My first taste of the internet in 1997 when I looked for information at a local library. A year later, I decided to establish my own web site (which later evolved into this site - jaysononline.com). In February 1999, I established a second site, this time on alumni from my old high school. I currently have several years of HTML experience, and I'm starting to learn Java, JavaScript and Flash. There are several possibilities for future web site projects although I have not decided what I want to do next.  It just depends on the time, mood and ideas coming off the top of my head (before somebody else does).  :-)  

Besides my lifelong hobbies of drawing and playing video games, I love to travel. I like taking road trips across the North America and possibly travel overseas when I retire in about 30-40 years. I also like movies, the beach, the outdoors, museums, sporting events, and the occasional dining out - the usual stuff. I also like animals and had at least one pet at some course during my childhood (see Pets page). Currently I do not have any pets but would like to soon. I do not smoke, and I rarely drink. I am currently single, have never been married and do not have any children. My future ambition is to write a screenplay or two. More about myself is coming soon. If you have any more questions about me, feel free to email me at jayson@jaysononline.com.

• Me at two
• Me at five 
• Me at eight
• Me at twelve
• Me at sixteen
• Me at twenty
• Me at twenty-eight
• Me today