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jessica joy

eat. pray. love. (and drink alcohol?!).

About Me

sometimes service to others is a satisfactory form of self-expression.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:



Honor Guards from the 8th U.S. Army Korea salute the flag-draped coffin of Filipino-American U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Valiant Correa during full military honors accorded to the soldier at his funeral Friday June 15, 2007 at his hometown of Lingayen, Pangasinan province in northern Philippines. Sgt. Correa, 25, who served in Iraq with the U.S. Army's 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division based in Fort Drum, New York, was killed in action when he encountered an improvised explosive device May 29, 2007 near Ilbu, Falris, Iraq.

Valiant, you'll never be forgotten... until we meet again....

Music:

anything and everything

Movies:

A Lot Like Love, Amelie, Bed of Roses, The Breakfast Club, The Constant Gardener, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Cutting Edge, Dirty Dancing, Doctor Zhivago, The Emperor's Club, Empire Records, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ghost, Hackers, Hotel Rwanda, Indecent Proposal, The Matrix, Pay It Forward, Saved, Transformers

the list goes on...

Television:

Prison Break.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Criminal Minds.
The Office.
Grey's Anatomy.
Ghost Whisperer.
The L Word.

everything on TLC.

Books:

Some of my favorites:
Five People You Meet in Heaven, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Notebook, The Book of Joe, I Know This Much Is True, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, The Glass Castle

Heroes:



my Lola
Dec. 18, 1922 - May 21, 2006


Sgt. Richard Valiant Correa
May 20, 1982 - May 29, 2007

My Blog

Fil-Am killed in Iraq to get full US military honors

  The US government will give full military burial honors to Filipino-American US Army Sergeant Richard Valiant Correa, who was killed in action when he encountered an improvised explosive devic...
Posted by jessica joy on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:57:00 PST

The US Army was his life (The Philippine Star newspaper feature article about Valiant)

  LINGAYEN, Pangasinan  "I know that whatever happened to him, he's happy because he liked what he did."Through their tears, Ricardo Primicias and Maria Minda Correa said their son US Army Sgt....
Posted by jessica joy on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:16:00 PST

Matt's eulogy for Valiant

Richard   Hey Buddy, I know you're in a better place now& I just wished that I could have seen you one more time&tell you how much a great friend you were.   You were one of my best friends...
Posted by jessica joy on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:47:00 PST

Fallen hero, Army Sgt. Richard Valiant Correa

Hawaii Soldier Killed By Roadside Bomb     HONOLULU -- A soldier from Honolulu was killed in Iraq on Tuesday by an explosion, according to the Department of Defense. Army Sgt. Richard Corre...
Posted by jessica joy on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:46:00 PST

my eulogy

  I met Valiant in school 11 years ago. We were both 14 years old. I was his first girlfriend, and he was the sweetest guy I ever knew. I remember when he courted me he would buy me roses almost ...
Posted by jessica joy on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:39:00 PST

R.I.P. VALIANT

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.  They died May 29 in Ilbu Falris, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised exp...
Posted by jessica joy on Thu, 31 May 2007 12:36:00 PST