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jen

i was bored before i even began.

About Me

i started wearing make-up again.

My Interests

reading on the subway, being clever, being stupid, nysc, siempre hablando español, fantasizing about school, txt msgs, what happens in the premotor cortex stays in the premotor cortex, knowing someone is smiling just by listening to their voice, missing halves and the half that remains, how many pull-ups can you do?, finding my twins in pre-raphaelite paintings, vaguely frightening medicinal teas, my diamond pinky ring, dancing in masochistically high heels, reviving childhood secret code alphabets, favors for favors, dressing people up, prescriptions, spandex, key changes in sad songs that make them even sadder, jakeandmabel, holistic remedies, inferring truths based on subtle cues and using patterns to predict future events, collecting haute couture and vintage fur coats, chitinous exoskeletons, tartine au miel, adverbs, asymmetry, intriguing dichotomies, the place where science and spirituality meet.

I'd like to meet:

espantapajaros, fantasmas, mariposas.

Music:

the teenage prayers.

queen, belle+sebastian, liz phair, t.rex.

hip-hop and dancehall.
and lots of other stuff. especially mixtapes.

Movies:

wes anderson.

Television:

no time.

Books:

'ada, or ardor' is the best book in the entire universe. the new yorker. le petit prince. anna karenina. religious texts in general, and interpretations thereof. les chants de maldoror. catch-22. the neverending story. various books and/or articles on cognitive science, especially the cognitive science of religion.

currently reading: pride and prejudice by jane austen.

Heroes:

nabokov, by way of van veen.

My Blog

in which neuroscience majors are only funny to other neuroscience majors.

me: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/images /2448/i will buy you a brain cell.it will help you spell properly.Nathan: i would make a little soft nest of many plush brain cells. &n...
Posted by jen on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:03:00 PST

my brother got a car and i will get a sandwich.

Nathan: so chem in the fall?will you be able to take more than 1 class in the fall?me: yeahi have to.or i'll be 40 by the time i graduate.Nathan: then we walk the same year.me: HAH...
Posted by jen on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:34:00 PST

michael j. fox scared the bejeezus out of me.

let me first tell you that it is not easy to recognize michael j. fox in real life. he's not all wide-eyed and baby faced like he was in back to the future. so when he came to my restaurant today with...
Posted by jen on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:18:00 PST

best song lyrics ever. [voxtrot - the start of something]

this time of night i could call you up.i'd get angry with athletic ease, break common laws in twos and threes.if i die clutching your photograph,don't call me boring, it's just 'cause i like you.take ...
Posted by jen on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:23:00 PST

rejoice in the lord!

me: i ate cereal that had moths in it and now i'm going to miss work because my dad is too busy drinking to come home.i want to lay in a gutter.Nathan: shit dayjen rise up and ride a dead bi...
Posted by jen on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:24:00 PST

true affection [the blow]

i was out of your leagueand you were 20,000 underneath the sea,waiving affections.you were out of my leagueat a distance that i didn't wanna see,down at the bottom.i wanted a junction and often there ...
Posted by jen on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:53:00 PST

my fancy haircut!

so i got my hairs cut today by marc albert and chaz young [@ the jeffrey smith studio in lawrenceville], both of whom i loooove. they ironed it flat, so i still haven't seen in its natural state. i'm ...
Posted by jen on Thu, 17 May 2007 08:48:00 PST

you are ALL coming to see the Teenage Prayers tonight, RIGHT?

Hosted By: The Teenage PrayersWhen: Friday Oct 20, 2006 at 9:00 PMWhere: The Rock Room1054 Herron AvePittsburgh, PA 15219USDescription:The Teenage Prayers Click Here To View Event I haven't been this...
Posted by jen on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:52:00 PST

tell me about me.

http://kevan.org/johari?name=Jen+W. [i stole the idea from E-Love.]
Posted by jen on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 01:39:00 PST

soon, i will be just like ah-nold.

schedule: monday evening - yoga tuesday evening - pilates wednesday evening - spinning thursday evening - boxing saturday evening - weight lifting GRR!
Posted by jen on Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:43:00 PST