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jennylynn

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About Me

i've had my nose in a book, quite indiscriminately, since i was a kid, and i still can't figure out a grown-up job. cookie dough makes me happy, as does mother's dressing (from the restaurant, yo), and tamale house migas...i like to eat. my favorite memories almost all involve being naked. my big loves are my kitties and my girl. 'bout covers it.

My Interests

Music:

judee sill, paul westerberg, ween, cassandra wilson, woody guthrie, joan jett, calexico, neko case, har-mar superstar, eleni mandel, crowded house, gillian welsh, hildegaard von bingen, plastilina mosh, peaches, the decemberists, jon rauhouse, the be good tanyas, erykah badu, antony and the johnsons, the handsome family, rufus wainwright, the scissor sisters, the ettes, the replacements...

Movies:

baraka, secretary, fubar, antonia's line, the big lebowski, office space, juliet of the spirits, cannibal the musical...

Television:

six feet under, V (gotta love it), twin peaks, the daily show & the colbert report... a friend's turning me on to buffy. i love and hate her for it.

Books:

Long Way Down (N. Hornby), Traveling Mercies (Anne Lamott), Robert Heinlein, Madeline L'Engle, Octavia E. Butler (especially Parable of the Sower), Neil Gaiman, augusten burroughs, life of pi (i miss you, richard parker!), eat-pray-love, too many more to think on.

Heroes:

my grandmother and my papa, annie sprinkle, jimmy carter, woody guthrie, paul westerberg (poor bastard), joan jett...

My Blog

belles' by the sea

though i gave myself Pronoia for my birthday--the reverently irreverent rob brezny's book about how the universe is conspiring to shower us with blessings--i'm finding the world a hard place at presen...
Posted by jennylynn on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:57:00 PST

please pass along...

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 --> Begin .post --> Privatized Immigrant Detention Facilities for Families Revealed to be Modern-Day Concentration Camps ...
Posted by jennylynn on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:18:00 PST

all we are saying...

is give peace a chance. Calif. Couple Calls for Orgasm for Peace By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: November 19, 2006 Filed at 9:08 p.m. ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Two peace a...
Posted by jennylynn on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:22:00 PST

compassion bests vengeance

The attached article was written by Stephen Furrer, the senior minister of the Santa Fe Unitarian Universalist Church. It was included in their monthly newsletter. -  -  -  -  -...
Posted by jennylynn on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:03:00 PST

oh, great pumpkin, where are you?

a charlie brown halloween is on in the next room, and i'm hiding.i've never liked peanuts--everyone's so mean.  and so stupid.  and somehow the word simpering comes to mind.  contrived....
Posted by jennylynn on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:32:00 PST

a perfect thing to read this day...

...sent out by the lovely rob brezny.A BRIEF FOR THE DEFENSEby Jack GilbertSorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving somewhere else. With flies...
Posted by jennylynn on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:58:00 PST

goddamn queers

so, after months of being nagged (however kindly), i finally get around to calling our insurance to find out why our flexible benefit claims aren't being processed for dana.  this is the pre-tax ...
Posted by jennylynn on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:01:00 PST

burnin' rubber

last week, less than a block from work heading home, i hear a fwump! fwump! fwump! sound outside the car.  i'm a little slow to understand that this is my car doing this, my steering wheel pullin...
Posted by jennylynn on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:43:00 PST

i heart yogurt--or britney, really?

it will never cease to amaze me that i've found the perfect exercise.  okay, so yoga doesn't necessarily raise your heart rate, but what else leaves you feeling like you've had a massage?  ...
Posted by jennylynn on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:34:00 PST

she's pregnant

goddamnit.  i shouldn't care, but i can't help it.  angelina jolie is pregnant.  if she's this hot now, how crazy gorgeous will she be in, say, 4 months?  i'm jealous, and i'm ...
Posted by jennylynn on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:52:00 PST