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sarahjean

sjkleven

About Me

I'm a home grown cheesehead (but ironically i'm lactos intolerant, ha ha ha ... yes, i do drop it like its hot!!!) ... i love energizing and smileizing the masses ... I've spent most my years in the wonderful state of WISCONSIN ... "when you've said Wisconsin, you said it all" ... but my heart lies in the BEAUTIFUL state of Maine and Camp Wekeela :) Since then, i've spent two years in the AmeriCorps (one year in Elkton, Maryland and one year in Portland, Oregon) .... and since 1994, it's been my dream to live in portland, so i've called portland home for the last two years ... and this little girl just landed a job, oohhh yes, i'm a workin' women now :) I'm the school gardens coordinator for clark county, wa ... YIPPY!! ... yea for ADVENTURES!!!!!!!!!!

My Interests

kickball. badger basketball and football. puzzles. jawling pictures. knitting. trader joe's snacks. hiking. waterfalls. retro modern art. cooking from scratch. sunshine. earings. dark lime green. pancakes. lotta jansdotter. pirates. the green bay packers. baseball players, rraaarrrrr. bugs. canning. skirts. millwaukee brewers. the smell of fall. breakfast. decopodge. funky sunglasses that i can never pull off. dodgeball. pretty string friendship bracletts. ice fishing. stripes. dots. tasty dark beer. poop jokes. crafts. minnesota twins. stickers. camping. stationary. parks. swings. banjo pickin' (with my banjo named 'benny the banjo'). vermicomposting worms. puffy vest jackets. brewpubs. wisconsin badger hockey. playing. retro owls. gardening. running. mountains. board games. black and white photos. wearing my CWFBAG clothes!!!GO BADGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!I like wisconsin :)

I'd like to meet:

shining happy people

Music:

... if i could write a song right now, it would be called "fun times happiness" ... PICKATHON bluegrass festival 2006 and 2007!!!! beck. the avett brothers. the wailin' jenny's. greg brown. the everybody fields. trampled by turtles. tallboys. langhorne slim. the beatles. blow. patty griffin. the be good tanyas. jack johnson. ross mitchell. paul simon. david gray. norah jones. ben harper. guster. michael jackson. cat power. andrew bird. sufjan stevens. alison krauss. bob marley. modest mouse. jay-z. string cheese incident. ben folds. jamiroquai. gorillaz. marc bubar. gillian welch. matisyahu. iz. johnny cash. the wood brothers. james taylor. cat stevens. alanis morissette. gary jules. john denver. old crow medicine show. po' girl. and anything BLUEGRASS!! :)

Movies:

donnie darko. thicker than water. bio dome. rudy. without limits. the little mermaid. office space. big lebowski. super troopers. tommy boy. black sheep. land before time. dumb and dumber. ace ventura. garden state. love actually. the great outdoors. jurasic park. national lampoon's. teenage mutant ninja turtles. goonies. seriously ... anything cheesy

Television:

sadly enough ... i only watch one show, the WONDERFUL and amazing, America's Next Top Model BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes, i'm a nerd, and i love it!!!!!!! okay ... who am i kidding i LOVE the office, today show (i heart matt lauer), and sports center too :)

Books:

hope for the flowers. pojar's plants of the pacific northwest. jon krakauer. the celestine prophecy. my bad spellers dictionary. mad cowboy. botany of desire. zen in the martial arts. knitting books. and the chinook book!!!!

Heroes:

the person who created the woopie cushion :)