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Jennifer

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About Me

I love music. I am lead singer for The Hoary Gories. I particularly LOVE The White Stripes. I listen to lots of different stuff like The Mermen, The Cure, The Clash, The Cult, Ministry, Primus, Portishead, King Missile, NoMeansNo, Barkmarket, I like Sugarcubes and Bjork, Big Bud, LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad, The Bravery, The White Stripes, Jet, Franz Ferdinand, Sixteen Horsepower, Iron & Wine, Calexico, Snow Patrol, Hot Hot Heat, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Special Olympiad, you get the idea. I play bass, and I'm learning to play the drums. I have a Tobias 4-string active bass that sounds clear and beautiful. I like to play surf and "rock" or whatever genre you'd call the bands I named above when I do play, but I'll give anything a shot. I play by ear, not by notes but I can read notes if I absolutely have to. I study Buddhism and have for five years. I find it very centering. I recently completed my Master of Social Work. I like good strong coffee and I appreciate the company of my pals, my boyfriend, and I love movies. I particularly like Jan Svankmajer (Faust is my favorite) and kung fu flix. My favorite is Warriors Two or any Bruce Lee flick - except Game of Death, which I think was a complete fucking joke. I studied martial arts for 4 and 1/2 years: a style integrating seven star praying mantis and karate, and my favorite style which is wing chun. I don't know how to explain it but it just makes sense to my body. I've been in tournaments before and have won trophies as a result of my efforts however I have never been in a street fight. If someone were to cross me and push me to that point, which has never happened yet, they'd likely have a nightmare on their hands. I've been told that I turn into Satan. I think sickanimation.com is hilarious beyond words. arrested development is fucking awesome. so there.

My Interests

action flix, angst, animation, army of darkness, ash, austin powers, bass, beating people up, bjork, buddhism, camping, candles, caramel, chainsaws, chatting, cheese, chinese calligraphy, chocolate, coffee, cooking, crayons, dancing, desperation, dragons, dreams, elation, electric bass, eyebrow tweezing, fight club, flipping people off, friends, glitter, godflesh, gourds, gung fu, gung fu movies, hiking, hockey, horror movies, ice cream, imagination, independent films, iron chef, jan svankmajer, jesus lizard, karate, laughing, meditation, meeting new people, mermen, mouthwash, movies, music, nine inch nails, nomeansno, not returning calls, orange, orgazmo, philosphy, pissing people off, pizza, post hardcore, prince, qigong, radiohead, rain, reading, silliness, sixteen horsepower, sleeping, sludgecore, smashing pumpkins, submission hold, sushi, talking, tarot, tarot card reading, techno, the beatles, the cure, the maxx, the simpsons, the smiths, traveling, water, wing chun, writing, sickanimation.com, the onion, npr, bruce lee, baguazhang.

I'd like to meet:

cool people. who else, dumbass?

Music:

NoMeansNo, Mermen, The Cure, The Cult, The Clash, The Strokes, I am obsessed with The White Stripes, NIN, Weezer, Sixteen Horsepower, Godflesh, Jawbox, Bjork, Missy Elliott, Erykah Badu, Here, Neurosis, Primus, Macabre, No Knife, Scorn, Jesus Lizard, Snow Patrol, Barkmarket, Rapoon, Killdozer, King Missile, Dead Milkmen, Hot Hot Heat, Depeche Mode, Ministry, Scouts Honor, dysrythmia, ministry, lamb, jet, Iron and Wine, Calexico, DJ Shadow, Brooklyn Bank, Bloc Party, The Pixies, LTJ Bookem, portishead, big bud......

Movies:

Happiness, Big Lebowski, Better Off Dead, Bad Taste, Battle Royal, The Maxx, Little Otek, Alice, Faust, Bringing Out the Dead, Zombie, Alien, 1 hour photo, citizen q, last temptation of christ, the haunting, rabbit proof fence, capturing the friedmans, harold and maude, vanishing point, warriors 2, fists of fury, enter the dragon, return of the dragon, dirty ho (kung fu, you perv!), some of jackie chan's stuff, the piano, austin powers' stuff, poltergeist, magnolia, angela's ashes, snatch, reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, dogma, clerks, jay and silent bob strike back, upright citizens brigade, texas chainsaw massacre, schizopolis, the one, the exorcist, hellraiser stuff, once upon a time in china series, charlie and the chocolate factory, the limey, napoleon dynamite, H, Kinsey, The House of Flying Daggers, Hero, I Heart Huckabees, Sin City.....

Television:

I do not watch television.

Books:

Have you ever heard of the DSM-IV?

Heroes:

whaaaa?

My Blog

changes...and adjustments.

wow, so it's been awhile since i blogged and it's high time that i do! lots has been going on - per the usual and then some. a couple of weeks ago my grandmother died and i went back home to be with...
Posted by Jennifer on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:00:00 PST

why I will NEVER TRAVEL on ROSWELL ROAD

1. 09/07: I was stopped in traffic and was rear-ended by a guy doing about 45 mph. This totalled my car. No injuries.2. 05/08: I went to a Starbucks that I've only been to one other time on Rosw...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 18 May 2008 06:59:00 PST

new! new! new!

New 1: New job:  I have started working full-time with my pal Lissa at an agency called Flying Change (www.flyingchange.org) as her Program Director and Mental Health Professional.  Just got...
Posted by Jennifer on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:18:00 PST

I guess I’m an adult....

...or maybe just depressed? Regardless I am feeling my scope narrowing on a conscious level. Up until recently, I would often look at a given job/career/hobby (ugh that word is so "1950’s") an...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:47:00 PST

last night i said the "eff" word multiple times in front of minors

did it bother me? For a second, but then I decided it didn't.were they my clients? Nope. While playing last night at Swayze's I kinda forgot that it was an "over/under" club and proceeded to say th...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:21:00 PST

Winter Training

I am part of an Order of Mahayana Buddhism called "Shinnyo-En". Mahayana Buddhism means "large vehicle" which basically means that, as someone who practices Buddhism you practice compassion and harmo...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:18:00 PST

Serrrrr-Prize!!!

Our adrenaline system does not recognize positive stress from negative stress so even if things that are happening are good and exciting it is possible for us to still need to recuperate, right? This...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:08:00 PST

mom, I’m bo-ored

I feel like I'm 8 and on summer vacation. Of course if I were 8 it would be 1983 and I wouldn't have a mom in the picture (see subject)...but you know the feeling I'm eluding to, right? I just don't...
Posted by Jennifer on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:48:00 PST

perhaps a silly question:

...I'm not sure if this is a silly question, but do any bassists use slides? I'm currently trying to learn some Iron & Wine songs on an acoustic and I find that I get a better sound when I slide but ...
Posted by Jennifer on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:11:00 PST

footage

hey,if you're interested in seeing footage from our most recent show at the warehouse, check us out at: http://www.myspace.com/hoarygories and scroll down on our profile to where the video footage is...
Posted by Jennifer on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:22:00 PST