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j is for jitterbug

verbose, perhaps

About Me

daydreams and mix tapes. paintings and martinis. bicycles and smiles. remembering to always be both a teacher and a student.

My Interests

art, art that is happening now, art that is collecting dust in museums, trying to make a career out of inspiring people about art, midnight bikerides, hazelnut soy lattes, vinyasa yoga, vegetarianism & veganism, traveling, dancing in the kitchen while making dinner...

I'd like to meet:

new friends. old friends. people who can see beauty and inspiration alongside sadness. people who like to dance to old records. or new ones.

Music:

coltrane, billie holiday, cibelle, loney dear, cat power, rainer maria, camera obscura, my morning jacket, the doves, the concretes, coco rosie, stereolab, sleater-kinney, mirah, of montreal, saturday looks good to me, azure ray, the weakerthans, death cab for cutie, american analog set, belle and sebastian, built to spill, iron and wine, zero 7, the softies, the magnetic fields, anna oxygen, early madonna, blondie, johnny cash, blur, the smiths, le tigre, the rolling stones, bob dylan, serge gainsbourg, gnarls barkley, thievery corporation, and today i am weirdly obsessed with juliana hatfield, again.

Television:

over the years i have developed this theory that television is actually a monster born of electronic parts, residing in a box and slowly sucking out your soul...

Books:

art books of course, i could go on and on. a spy in the house of love by anais nin. the alchemist by paulo coelho. love in the time of cholera by gabriel garcia marquez. jitterbug perfume by tom robbins. being peace by thich nhat hahn. the four agreements by don miguel ruiz. the little prince by antoine de saint-exupery.

Heroes:

jason for his desire to save the world and for saving my day so many times, carrie for not compromising and for shining brightly, my yoga teacher anita for being an amazing inspiration, the folks who run philadelphia's mural arts program, and my childhood hero: rainbow brite- defeating doom and gloom everywhere.

My Blog

i love...

my new apartment!  it is beautiful.  it has huge windows and lots of open space.  never again will i live in a tiny basement apartment.  although the experience has given me the gi...
Posted by j is for jitterbug on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:39:00 PST

new resonant lyric of the day...

"the breakfast cereal talked, more than we did all day long."
Posted by j is for jitterbug on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:48:00 PST

resonant lyric of the day...

"i want to start a fire, in your heart tonight, oh tell me why do i so long to cause to trouble?" 
Posted by j is for jitterbug on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:20:00 PST

the persistent stranger

last night.  it's late, i'm tired, i just got out of work and i am walking to the train home.  walking, thinking about all the uncertainties in life, all the little things that aren't workin...
Posted by j is for jitterbug on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:16:00 PST

this may sound crazy but...

chocolate covered mango slices.  heavenly!
Posted by j is for jitterbug on Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:11:00 PST

good vibrations...

i love the way the body continues to buzz after a really good show. if you havent't heard yet: clap you hands say yeah!  check them out.  http://www.myspace.com/clapyourhandssayyeah...
Posted by j is for jitterbug on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:28:00 PST

wizardy and gutter balls...

who knew rock n' roll bowling could be so much fun?  the j-star and i went to asbury lanes this past weekend, an old bowling alley turned into a club in asbury park.  there is a stage in the...
Posted by j is for jitterbug on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 04:33:00 PST

attempting to counter hopelessness...

i do not intend to simply whine and complain but can i just say that the job search is soooo depressing.  there are no jobs.  none.  well, at least none which are in philadelphia and&nb...
Posted by j is for jitterbug on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 03:42:00 PST

if you are still in suspense...

...i passed my exam!!!  i am now a master of art history.  how strange.  and exciting.  i am very ambivalent about what to do next, but first things first, time to celebrate!  ...
Posted by j is for jitterbug on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:21:00 PST

rock n' roll fun

wow.  can i just say that sleater-kinney was the best show i have been to in years.  seriously.  they are amazing.  they totally kick ass.  the show struck the perfect balance...
Posted by j is for jitterbug on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST