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Jill

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About Me

I am a fun filled energetic 29 year old gal ~ born and raised in Minneapolis! I value honesty, optimism, and compassion!!! Education is a key component to my life...I love teaching and will always be in school myself. I cherish my family and friends more than anything...they always continue to amaze me and support everything I do in life! I enjoy exploring new places and traveling is a must!!!I am a student, just completed my K12 Reading Specialist License and am working on my EDD (Education Doctoral) in equity and social justice education. I spend my days teaching at a charter school in North Minneapolis, 7th and 8th grade Language Arts. I also do educational equity and social justice consulting through an organization called edchange. I am excited daily for what these opportunities bring me, while giving me the change to truly work towards equity and social justice in our schools and communities.In sum, each day I try to do my small part to change the world and make it a better place for everyone!!!
Your Personality Profile
You are dreamy, peaceful, and young at heart.
Optimistic and caring, you tend to see the best in people.
You tend to be always smiling - and making others smile.
You are shy and intelligent... and a very hard worker.
You're also funny, but many people don't see your funny side.
Your subtle dry humor leaves your close friends in stitches. The World's Shortest Personality Test
You Are a Peacemaker Soul
You strive to please others and compromise anyway you can.
War or conflict bothers you, and you would do anything to keep the peace.
You are a good mediator and a true negotiator.
Sometimes you do too much, trying so hard to make people happy.
While you keep the peace, you tend to be secretly judgmental.
You lose respect for people who don't like to both give and take.
On the flip side, you've got a graet sense of humor and wit.
You're always dimplomatic and able to give good advice.
Souls you are most compatible with: Warrior Soul, Hunter Soul and Visionary Soul What Kind of Soul Are You?
Your Seduction Style: The Charmer
You're a master at intimate conversation and verbal enticement.
You seduce with words, by getting people to open up to you.
By establishing this deep connection quickly, people feel under your power.
And then you've got them exactly where you want them! What Is Your Seduction Style?
Your Kissing Purity Score: 34% Pure
You're not one to kiss and tell...
But word is, you kiss pretty well. Kissing Purity Test
Your Candy Heart Says "Get Real"
You're a bit of a cynic when it comes to love.
You don't lose your head, and hardly anyone penetrates your heart.
Your ideal Valentine's Day date: is all about the person you're seeing (with no mentions of v-day!)
Your flirting style: honest and even slightly sarcastic
What turns you off: romantic expectations and "greeting card" holidays
Why you're hot: you don't just play hard to get - you are hard to get What Does Your Candy Heart Say?
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My Interests

Movies, theater, MUSIC, wondering book stores, dancing, hanging with friends, chilling at a coffee shop, trying new restaurants, swimming, painting, writing, trying to play softball like I use to, scrap booking, going for walks around the lake or really hiking anywhere, the smell of fall, and puddling jumping in the summer after a huge rain! And of course love hanging with my dog, Rufus!!!

I'd like to meet:

Pink...this song seems to be everything that continues to play through my mind! Plus I don't know many as beautiful as she :)
MySpace CodesDear Mr. President (feat. Indigo Girls)Dear Mr. President Come take a walk with me Let's pretend we're just two people and You're not better than meI'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep What do you feel when you look in the mirror Are you proudHow do you sleep while the rest of us cry How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye How do you walk with your head held high Can you even look me in the eye And tell me whyDear Mr. President Were you a lonely boy Are you a lonely boy Are you a lonely boy How can you say No child is left behind We're not dumb and we're not blind They're all sitting in your cells While you pave the road to hellWhat kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay I can only imagine what the first lady has to say You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaineHow do you sleep while the rest of us cry How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye How do you walk with your head held high Can you even look me in the eyeLet me tell you bout hard work Minimum wage with a baby on the way Let me tell you bout hard work Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away Let me tell you bout hard work Building a bed out of a cardboard box Let me tell you bout hard work Hard work Hard work You don't know nothing bout hard work Hard work Hard workOh How do you sleep at night How do you walk with your head held high Dear Mr. President You'd never take a walk with me Would you

Music:

I love music.....whether it be singing along in the car, going to a concert (best summer past time for sure), or just chilling at home. Some of my favorites are: Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, Melissa Ferrick, Melissa Etheridge, Garrison Starr, Catie Curtis, Indigo Girls, Madonna, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Tina Schlieske, Tracy Chapman, Pat Benatar, lots of cities 97 stuff, County Crows, Jack Johnson, Marc Cohn, Big Head Todd, BoDeans, and of course the ex danceliner in me LOVES most anything B96 plays :)

Movies:

Where do I begin...Boys on the Side, Better than Chocolate, Brokeback Mountain....to the other end of the side with Save the Last Dance, Serendipity, The Notebook, Thomas Crown Affair....and we can't forget the 80's with movies like Footloose, Mannequin, Flashdance (I was in love with Jennifer Beal way before the L Word).

Television:

Aside from being a HUGE L Word fan....I also have my weekly crap that gets recorded...One Tree Hill...so much I have even purchased clothes over bros tank tops for my groupies that all love the show as much as me!!! Quality TV for sure!!! I recently have started watching past sessions of Desperate Housewives, Weeds, and Grays Anatomy.
you are BETTE! you've got an established career, a
significant other, and ethnicity that no one
can define. you're also fairly hot!

Which Character from The L Word are You???
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Books:

The list could go on forever.....Why We Can't Wait, The Vagina Monologues, Savage Inequalities, She's Come Undone, Good in Bed, Rubyfruit Jungle, Lucky, and My Sisters Keeper.

Heroes:

My mom...a breast cancer survivor ~ My sister...a kick a** single mom ~ My granny...who past away on 10/13/07 at 100 years old. On earth and now in a higher place she inspires me everyday to change the world

My Blog

In Memory of Pearl Reifel

It is amazing that no one in the family expected my great grandma to pass away last week.  It seems when someone a month shy of 101, it would be given that it was bound to happen soon.  Her ...
Posted by Jill on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:51:00 PST

Soulja Boy ~ In Honor of My Students :)

So Soulja Boy is the hot things these days...and when one student wrote her persistence free verse poem and connected the rhythm of his latest song I thought everyone needed to read the talent that is...
Posted by Jill on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:41:00 PST

New House!!!

I have decided I am officially an adult...home ownership is what tiped me over to that side of the world.  It is incredible how much work we have done in only a week and how different the place l...
Posted by Jill on Tue, 29 May 2007 08:08:00 PST

Not Ready to Make Nice

The past couple of months have been very interesting to me.  I feel so fortunate because I have so many blessings in my life.  I have a job that love, I am rocking A's in all my doctoral cla...
Posted by Jill on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:37:00 PST

Changes....

Wow is all I can say to the past 48 hours.  If I could give one piece of advice to people it would be to recognize that change is good, but don't change everything all at once !!!  Friday w...
Posted by Jill on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:43:00 PST

Palm Springs!!!

So even though I have been back for a couple of weeks life has finally settled down some and I wanted to reflect on my awesome trip to Palm Springs since it was one of the best things I have ever done...
Posted by Jill on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:05:00 PST

Hold On

So I think some of my friends need some inspiration....so I going way back to Wilson Phillips for these fine words....they have helped me along the way ...if these words don't help maybe if your lucky...
Posted by Jill on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:17:00 PST

My Tarot Card

You Are The Lovers http://images.blogthings.com/whattarotcardareyouquiz/lovers. jpg" height="100" width="100">You represent ideal love: innocence, trust, exhilaration and joy.You demonstrate the h...
Posted by Jill on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:03:00 PST

Why I Love My Job....

So today the older preschoolers invited me to their dress rehersal of their version of the Three Little Pigs that they have been working on all week.  In our centers version, written by our aweso...
Posted by Jill on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 04:30:00 PST

Kelly Clarkson

Breakaway ~ "I spread my wings and I learn how to fly...I'll do what it takes til I touch the sky.  Make a wish, take a chance, make a change, and breakway.  Out of the darkness and int...
Posted by Jill on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:16:00 PST