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About Me

Most people know me as Jess or just Howza. I have a slight obsession with the color GREEN. Music is my oxygen. I'm currently a college senior at WVWC, and I've recently decided to add music education to my already-in-progress music performance degree. Yay for an extra year of school!!! Not really...but, I am excited to get my teacher certification and all that jazz. I love playing saxophone, piano, guitar, clarinet, flute... I'm a songwriter mainly as a hobby, but it seems to be one of the things that keeps me sane. I love to LAUGH -- it's the best thing in the world. Photography is another big side hobby. Wine and gummy bears are my guilty pleasures. Anyone who knows me knows that John Mayer is my ultimate favorite artist. I'm a hopeless romantic. I don't easily fall for people, but when I do, I fall hard. I'm a perfectionist and I'm very hard on myself. Thankfully, God has blessed me with the most amazing friends & family I could have ever asked for. And ultimately, I'm just trying to figure out my life and figure out where I'm headed. It's has been and will continue to be a ridiculously crazy ride.

My Interests

Anything music, concerts, PHOTOGRAPHY, crochet, GREEN, laughter, church stuff, teaching/tutoring, kids!

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Music:

John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Ben Taylor, Ben Folds, Mercy Me, Switchfoot, Eric Clapton, Mat Kearney, Colbie Caillat, Damien Rice, Jason Reeves, motown, Marc Broussard (especially his soul album!!), David Berkeley, old stuff like Led Zeppelin & Queen, anything by great songwriters a la Billy Joel, Elton John, James Taylor, Bob Dylan...

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption by far!! But I love comedies - My Cousin Vinny, Tommy Boy, Meet the Parents, Wedding Crashers, Talladega Nights, Walk Hard...and chick flicks like The Holiday, When Harry Met Sally, The Wedding Planner, Hope Floats, Walk to Remember, Sleepless in Seattle

Television:

I'm a Seinfeld fanatic. Otherwise, I'm addicted to Law & Order. More recently, I've gotten into House and Kyle XY. And I'm a sucker for Jeopardy!

Books:

Anything by John Steinbeck, The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, the Bible, jazz history books

Heroes:

Charlie Parker, my parents

My Blog

Is it really over??

So, here I am in the living room of my apartment. I should be writing a music history paper, since it's due in about 13 hours, but instead, here I sit blogging on here, eating macaroni and cheese (yes...
Posted by JessHowza! on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:22:00 PST

Cigarette

Another new song. Yay spring break!"Cigarette" Light me upLet my embers float awayIn the cold night airTake me inBreathe my spiritDon't you wanna knowEverything I've got to offerI promi...
Posted by JessHowza! on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:02:00 PST

Man Rant

It always seems to happen this way. I'm left alone in the quiet for a while, and then my mind goes crazy, and I start thinking about things and I get myself in a "mood." I really shouldn't do this to ...
Posted by JessHowza! on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:24:00 PST

I should be sleeeeeeping...

Just thought I'd post another song...I wrote it just a few days before performing this at Oxjam last week :-) "The Lonely Road"I'm taking a tripDown this lonely roadDon't know where I'm goingBut it su...
Posted by JessHowza! on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:14:00 PST

Seasons

So I've been somewhat productive over break with a few things...I've had been trying to write some new material for a while but I hadn't really felt inspired by anything. But for some reason, I starte...
Posted by JessHowza! on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:58:00 PST

I’m a Songwriting Fiend...

So lately, I've been writing a lot...I'm at a rate of 3 songs per week! Here are some lyrics to what I've written in the last month or so that I think are worth sharing..."Over You"Why do I alwa...
Posted by JessHowza! on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:34:00 PST

More Than Love

I doubt I've ever really shared this with anyone...but I wrote the lyrics to this song last summer at the point when I finally hit a point of peace. I recently revisited the song and finished the musi...
Posted by JessHowza! on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:12:00 PST

Insomniac

So I probably should be asleep, considering I have to be at work in six hours, but hey...sometimes my mind keeps working and I get to thinking about way too many things...and that prevents me from sle...
Posted by JessHowza! on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:01:00 PST

My mind is about to explode

It seems like these days I have so much on my mind, probably too much. I'm a worry wart - always have been - but lately I've just been obsessing way too much about everything. Literally, everyth...
Posted by JessHowza! on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:35:00 PST

Life & Growing Up.

So I think that this winter break has really helped it set in how much I'm growing up, as well as all of my other dear friends from high school. People are entering fields and pursuing jobs that I nev...
Posted by JessHowza! on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:21:00 PST