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Jenny Eat World

Wishful thinker with the worst intentions

About Me

Here I am. Rock you like a hurricane.

My Interests

Crafts Schemes Sleep Cheese Magpies, ravens, crows and the Freedom Eagle Minature golf Blogging Steak Box wine Cracker Barrel Chi-town Travelling Kissing Green tea The open road Jetrag Sunday $ sale Touring Writing Camping Music, above all things But most importantly... it is all about the buffet.

I'd like to meet:

Jim Adkins came to me in a dream last night. True story.

Music:

A Day To Remember, Aiden, Alice In Chains, Alexisonfire, Alkaline Trio, Anberlin, The Appleseed Cast, At The Drive-In, Arcade Fire, Armor For Sleep, The Audition, Band Of Horses, The Bangs, Bars, B52's, Biffy Clyro, Bikini Kill, Billy Idol, The Blackout, Bowie, Boysetsfire, The Breeders, Brand New, The Brobecks, The Bronx, Circa Survive, City & Color, Clutch, Comeback Kid, Count The Stars, Cursive, Cyndi Lauper, The Cure, Daisy Chainsaw, dartz!, Darkest Hour, Dead To Fall, Death Cab, Deftones, The Distillers, Dolour, The Drips, Drive-By Truckers, Elvis, Elliott Smith, Emmure, Every Time I Die, Evny On The Coast, The Explosion, Faith No More, Fall Out Boy, Farside, Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, The Forecast, Fugazi, Funeral For A Friend, The Gaslight Anthem, The Get Up Kids, Gin Blossoms, Glassjaw, Gram Parsons, Green Day, Ghost Of A Thousand, Guillemots, Hall & Oates, Head Automatica, Hey Mercedes, He Is Legend, Hot Rod Circuit, Hot Snakes, Hot Water Music, Ida, Ignite, In Fear And Faith, Instruction, International Noise Conspiracy, Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, Jenny Lewis, Jimmy Eat World, Joan Osbourne, The Junior Varsity, Kanye, Kelly Clarkson, Le Tigre, Lifetime, The Letters Organize, (old) Liz Phair, Lostprophets, Lucero, Lush, Manchester Orchestra, Mars Volta, Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, Mastodon, Mewithoutyou, Miighty Flashlight, Minus The Bear, Misfits, Minor Threat, Morrissey, Movielife,The New Amsterdams, Nine Black Alps, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Norma Jean, Open Hand, Pearl Jam, Pete Yorn, Pierce The Veil, The Pixies, The Police, Prince, Postal Service, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Prince, The Promise Ring, Quicksand, The Ramones, Refused, Rilo Kiley, Rites Of Spring, Rise Against, Rival Schools, Rocky Votolato, Ryan Adams, Saves The Day, Secret Lives Of The Freemasons, Sense Field, Silverstein, Silversun Pickups, Sleater Kinney, The Sleeping, Sparta, Soundgarden, Say Anything, The Smiths, Snapcase, Spitalfield, Stapleton, Stone Temple Pilots, Still Remains, Taking Back Sunday, That Dog, This Is Hell, Tellison, Texas Is The Reason, Tonight Is Goodbye, Turin Brakes, Uh Huh Her, The Warriors, Waxwing, The Weakerthans, We Are Scientists, With Honor, Weezer, Weston, WHISKEYTOWN, X-Ray Spex, Zolof And The Rock N Roll Destroyer, and loads more I've probably forgotten...

Movies:

Ghostworld, Nightmare Before Christmas, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Goonies, Labyrinth, Princess Bride, True Romance, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Lost Boys, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Wayne's World, This Is Spinal Tap, Donnie Darko, Grosse Pointe Blank, Breakfast Club, When Harry Met Sally, Ghostbusters.

Television:

Cartoons.

Books:

Print is dead.

Heroes:

All my heroes have failed me.

My Blog

Play my little part in something big

I always knew the first trip "back home" after leaving the country would be tough. I knew that leaving my friends and all that was familiar with barely any warning, to pursue my long-awaited American ...
Posted by Jenny Eat World on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:48:00 PST

Its times like these we learn to live again

Alright. I will admit my previous experiences of Vegas have been cluttered at best. Don't take this badly, Kim - 4am adventures in Caesars are seldom beat  just I don't really gamble, or like the rid...
Posted by Jenny Eat World on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:02:00 PST

Cant dance to Death Cab

It's official. You can't bust a move to Death Cab. This of course, doesn't stop people trying, resulting in the worst ensemble of guys with twitches/girls outside of an 80's Top Of The Pops audience t...
Posted by Jenny Eat World on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:01:00 PST

A New Page

I'm missing writing regularly. I'm a firm believer on only putting pen to paper when I really feel like it, otherwise it becomes a chore. So in the intermission, here's an excerpt from my new diary:"5...
Posted by Jenny Eat World on Tue, 20 May 2008 08:03:00 PST

My mother wanted me to be a brain surgeon

Every parent has hopes for their child when they grow up. It's part of our own growing up that makes us realise all we really should hope for is that the ones we love and ourselves are happy, in whate...
Posted by Jenny Eat World on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:53:00 PST

Story of our lives

And you thought the choices on the story of our lives was infinite. Shame on you.From a guide to writing a novel: "There are nine and twenty different ways to design a plot. In the Narrative Structure...
Posted by Jenny Eat World on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:39:00 PST

I will possess your heart...

It’s no coincidence that the main refrain from the new Death Cab single is "You’ve gotta spend some time, love / You’ve gotta spend some time with me", as this song has been just add...
Posted by Jenny Eat World on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:02:00 PST

Texas is the reason why my liver is dead...

The last few weeks have been a blur. So here’s a brief recap: 8th March  fell ill with proper flu, none of this cold-disguised-as-flu nonsense. Could barely move. Decided to snap out of it on 1...
Posted by Jenny Eat World on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:22:00 PST

I aint got no crystal ball...

My week can be described in a few adjectives: intense, exhausting, empowering, exciting, overwhelming, hungover... unclear on whether the latter is actually an adjective but hey, it's Friday, anything...
Posted by Jenny Eat World on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:24:00 PST

Sweet dreams are made of this...

So I've been having trouble getting a full night's sleep since moving to Chi-town. I haven't figured out why this is - maybe my body still believes it's on 'vacation'. I'm not waking up feeling tired,...
Posted by Jenny Eat World on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:10:00 PST