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jen

may the baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind

About Me

I'm pretty uncool, but I bet I can make you laugh. I read three books at a time, watch way too much TV, cross-stitch, and crack myself up when no one's around. If you take me to a carnival, I will probably love you forever. I'm a super-impatient driver. I deeply regret my last tattoo. I wish I could be barefoot all the time. I would love to bake you a birthday cake. I have a favorite lineup of celebrities on Match Game, and I think animals dressed as people are hilarious. My cell phone plays Rock Lobster, and sometimes I just have to let it ring for a minute so I can do the twist. Your mom would probably love me; most do.

My Interests

Reading, movies, music, cooking, eating, sleeping, drinking, smoking, playing cards, trivia, singing while driving, daisies, road trips, bright colors, hippies, amusement parks, suns and moons, Grover, Curious George, Badtz-Maru, Julius the monkey, Mary Engelbreit, Escher, overanalyzing situations. I also have an abiding infatuation with Dave Navarro.

I'd like to meet:

Janis Joplin, Drew Barrymore, Dorothy Parker, Stephen King, Mick Foley, my mom's mom, people who get me.

Music:

Liz Phair, Janis Joplin, Beastie Boys, Hum, Rage Against the Machine, Beck, the Beatles, Talking Heads, Ambulance, Clutch, Heart, Rilo Kiley, Pink Floyd, classic rock, random 80's music... I also have a soft spot for music from high school: Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, etc.

Movies:

all of them? off the top of my head: Half-Baked, PCU, all the other stoner comedies, Wet Hot American Summer, Reality Bites, The Princess Bride, Love Story, Love Actually, Big Fish, Requiem for a Dream, anything having to do with Kevin Smith or Quentin Tarantino.

Television:

Yes, please. SNL, Lost, How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, The Office, SNL, Arrested Development (RIP), Simpsons, crappy reality shows starring C-list celebrities. I'm a sucker for any of those mindless VH1/E! shows, like Behind the Music, Best Week Ever, I Love The... or a 'Top 100' anything. God bless Tivo.

Books:

Um, hi, I work at the library. I recommend everything Dorothy Parker ever wrote. Also: Anne Rivers Siddons, Stephen King, John Irving, random fiction, biographies of people I find interesting. Pretty much anything with words that sits still, I'll read it.

Heroes:

my brother: always for general kickassery, and today in particular for finding Tomes & Talismans.