The Dark Side
Jake Lloyd, now 20, was seen out recently at a convention looking smug.
Now Lloyd is attending Columbia College in Chicago with a major in film and video.
His first major movie role was "Jingle All The Way."
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Posted at 12:52AM on Aug 25th 2009 by FIRST
2. Jingle all the way! R.I.P. Phil Hartman!!!! Jake was a cute kid, and is still good looking! I am sure he can make a return!!
Posted at 1:00AM on Aug 25th 2009 by Debzilla
3. Good to see a child actor going to college and doing well! I was a bit afraid to click b/c i thought he might be up to no good. He looks great also. Good for him!
Posted at 1:04AM on Aug 25th 2009 by Megan
4. what's his action figure worth now? =P
Posted at 1:19AM on Aug 25th 2009 by Mark
5. Going to college is waaaay over rated. I have no degree and earn well over 55k a year. And no I'm not selling my arse!
Posted at 1:25AM on Aug 25th 2009 by DJ
6. isnt 55k below the average income?
Posted at 1:45AM on Aug 25th 2009 by Joe
7. DJ,
Just because you didn't go to college- don't ever say it is overrated. One thing you will learn when you get to be about 50 years old, is that you will regret all of the things you didn't do in your life. Things that you were too scared to do or to insecure to do. You will have built up a wall around you and a belief system that will be set. You will not be able to change it then. But if you are still young, you still can do anything you want. You can go to college and you can try. Even if you fail out, you can get help and go back and do it again and again until you graduate.
Never be ashamed or reluctant to continue learning. It is what keeps you sharp and allows you to do business with people and to meet people and deal with people.
No one actually likes a lazy person, or a dumb person. Everyone likes and appreciates someone who is trying new things, making mistakes, correcting mistakes and consistantly growing.
If you want to attract the best people in society to be your customers, friends, soul mates, whatever, you need to be the best you can be as well.
Don't sell yourself short. Life is a long time. Don't settle for 55k. That wouldn't pay for an apartment in Hong Kong to rent for a year.....
Posted at 1:51AM on Aug 25th 2009 by T
8. Yes..it is below the average. $63,091 is the American "average" as of 2009.
Posted at 1:51AM on Aug 25th 2009 by Kareena Dansk...HOSTESS of Body English
9. Wait. I go to Columbia and word on the street says Jake Lloyd was kicked out for the second time for possession of Marijuana!
Posted at 1:56AM on Aug 25th 2009 by John
10. He turned out cute and he's actually going to college and making something of himself unlike most of the other kid-star losers TMZ usually chases around.
Posted at 2:21AM on Aug 25th 2009 by Rix
11. Median HOUSEHOLD income was only $50,233 in 2007. Most HOUSEHOLDS have more than 1 working adult. Therefore, an INDIVIDUAL earning $55,000 on his or her own is far above average. In fact, an individual earning over $50,000 is in the top 25 percentile. In other words, he or she would be earning more than 75% of Americans.
To the poster who commented about the cost of rent in Hong Kong; who would want to live in Honk Kong anyway? $50,000 is more than sufficient to live in an apartment in any city in North America, including New York City.
Posted at 2:24AM on Aug 25th 2009 by Spungo
12. His acting sucked in Star Wars...
Posted at 4:51AM on Aug 25th 2009 by PASSION OF THE TAINT
13. Hey T, well said!
Posted at 6:05AM on Aug 25th 2009 by joe momma
14. Well... I still couldn't get over how he ruined Star Wars by his poor acting. Good luck to him for all the good it'll do. Here's hoping he comes up with a hit someday to make me forget about his slop job at acting. BTW... I'm really blaming Lucas for the messed up job on the movie.
Posted at 6:16AM on Aug 25th 2009 by Manip
15. Spungo- You missed the entire point.
It is not whether you want to be a wealthy Expat living in a 20k per month apartment or whether you want to live in the USA and just be a happy content person making whatever it is you earn.
The secret to a happy life is to continue to learn. It makes life so much better. The most miserable people in life, are the one's that are insecure and afraid to take chances. They end up bitter, and indecisive, and regretful.
It is better to go out into the world and try college, try a new language, try and do something uncomfortable, while you are doing this you gain a lot of confidence and you learn a lot.
Plus, while you don't see it now, people judge you based upon your interlect. How you speak, what you know and how hard you work. If you bypass college it looks like you have low self esteem thought you were not smart enough to go to college. Anyone can go and graduate from college. It takes some longer than others, but everyone can go. In process you better yourself and make those around you see what you are made of. A adult who is ready to meet challenges, to take the difficult road. Your kids will be proud their dad went to college. Your wife will be proud that you care enough to do things that add to their security.
You can not win the arguement that avoiding college is a good thing.
If you want to make 50k per year, do it because you choose to, not because it is your only choice.....
Posted at 6:30AM on Aug 25th 2009 by T
