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Jackie

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About Me



An Alaskan ex-pat transplanted to the heart of Dixie. I used to be a city girl who spent her evenings at bars, plays, concerts and art openings. Now I live in a tiny rural town of less than 200 people. Most of them are related to me. There are no bars, theaters or galleries. Just lots of churches and the occasional illegal cockfight.

My Interests

Writing, archaeology, old-school farming, chickens, politics.

I'd like to meet:

An honest politician

Music:

"Don't ask me why I obsessively look to rock'n'roll bands for some kind of model for a better society. I guess it's just that I glimpsed something beautiful in a flashbulb moment once, and perhaps mistaking it for a prophecy have been seeking its fulfillment ever since. And perhaps that nothing else in the world ever seemed to hold even this much promise." - Lester Bangs, 1977

Movies:

Grapes Of Wrath & The Big Street - both starring a young-n-yummy Henry Fonda
Lifeboat - written by Steinbeck, directed by Hitchcock and starring the fabulous Tallulah Bankhead
Last Of The Mohicans - 2 hours of Daniel Day Lewis running around in a loincloth!

Television:

The McLaughlin Group.

Books:

Anything by Hunter S. Thompson, John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving or Douglas Adams.

Heroes:

Yoko Ono, Helen Thomas

My Blog

The final stretch

I'm currently staying with a friend in Austin, Texas. Tonight we are going to a costume party. The theme of the costume party is "Come as what you aren't."With only 24 hours notice and having a finite...
Posted by Jackie on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:56:00 PST

The cold Alaskan weather has found me

The weather system that made it so damn cold in Anchorage last week has hit Los Angeles. I woke up this morning to find blue skies, bright sun and a temperature of 39 degrees! Brrrrrr.... It is time t...
Posted by Jackie on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:32:00 PST

I made it to Los Angeles

I arrived in Hollywood this evening. I'm staying with my old friend, Rick. I will be here for at least a week, perhaps a little more. I'm thinking of trying to hit Phoenix on the 13th. I got invi...
Posted by Jackie on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:00:00 PST

Happy New Year!

I just posted a new update to ranchospenardo.com - covering the 26th through the 30th. Today I slept in very late and then went to look at giant redwoods. A very mellow day. I need mellow right now. T...
Posted by Jackie on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:02:00 PST

Humboldt County!

I'm in beautiful northern California in the world famous Humboldt County. It's world famous for its...its...well, I forgot. Damn short term memory loss! For the last four nights I have slept in the dr...
Posted by Jackie on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:22:00 PST

Tire blow out on the freeway in Seattle rush hour!

I decided this morning to just drive right on through Seattle without stopping. Try to make up for some lost time since it took me 10 days to get across Alaska & Canada (instead of the 7 days I wa...
Posted by Jackie on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:22:00 PST

Fort Nelson, British Columbia

I'm finally staying in a hotel with a wireless connection! To celebrate, I have posted an update to RanchoSpenardo.com - check it out!
Posted by Jackie on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:26:00 PST

Leaving Whitehorse

So I thought I was going to be able to update my site today, but no luck. It will have to wait.God only knows how long it's going to take me to get to Seattle. I should definitely be able to do an upd...
Posted by Jackie on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:30:00 PST

Greetings from the Yukon Territories!

I can't believe it took me FOUR DAYS to drive to Whitehorse! I'm making horrible time. I missed out on my free place to stay in Whitehorse - he left town yesterday for the holidays. I'm staying at a ...
Posted by Jackie on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:59:00 PST

On to Canada

Only made it as far as Glen Allen the first day - a mere 200 miles. Shooting for Whitehorse today.
Posted by Jackie on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:19:00 PST