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Jess

But if you never try you'll never know just what you're worth...

About Me

Quietly insane and sometimes... not so quiet.My inane ramblings may also be found at hackabout_jones (lj) MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Baking. It's a great stress reliever. I'm even trying my hand at selling my goods. Slow, but it happens.I also knit.

I'd like to meet:

Everyone I've lost touch with since I moved to NOVA and anyone else who strikes my fancy!

Music:

I'm into Britpop and other good music. The Stills, The Doves, Joy Division, Muse, Embrace, Radiohead, Smiths, Melvins, Misfits, Cure, Weezer, No Knife, Tomahawk, The Killers, Sunny Day Real Estate, GBV, Placebo, Pixies, Starsailor, Stellastarr*, Interpol, Earlimart, Arcade Fire, the Zutons, Hot Hot Heat, the Faint, Editors, Postal Service, British Sea Power, Echo and the Bunnymen, Fruit Bats, Kaiser Chiefs, Robocop Kraus, Art Brut, VHS or Beta, Wolf Parade, the Eels, Fischerspooner, New Order, Soulwax, and TMBG to name a few. I try to go to as many shows as I can afford.

Movies:

High Fidelity, Happiness, A Clockwork Orange, Fight Club, Road to Wellville, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 25th Hour, AE version of Pride and Prejudice... So many more. Also liking the anime.

Television:

Nip/Tuck, Family Guy, Simpsons, Kids in the Hall, Malcolm in the Middle, Arrested Development, House, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Hell's Kitchen

Books:

Anything by Carl Sagan, T.C. Boyle, Henry Miller, and Mr. Bukowski. I read anything I can get my grubby mits on. Graphic novels are my geek passion. These include: Hopeless Savages, Transmetropolitan (and anything else by Warren Ellis), anything by Alan Moore, Steven Seagle, etc.

Heroes:

Anyone who can make sense of this crazy world.

My Blog

Europe

Oh yeah, I'm going to France and Italy for nine days in June. 
Posted by Jess on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:51:00 PST

Planning, Studying, Oral hygeine, and Sleeping

My birthday is in two weeks so I've been trying to plan something for it. So far, I'm thinking dinner at Tachibana the weekend after my birthday. I'd still like to do something on the actual day, thou...
Posted by Jess on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:32:00 PST

How long is this supposed to last?

Friday morning I decided to stop taking the vicoden. Thursday night it was making me severely dizzy, nauseous, and light-headed. My last dose was at 8am on Friday and by that evening I was feeling bet...
Posted by Jess on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:01:00 PST

Blink. Blink.

It hurts. I have to wait another hour for my next dose. Chetan is monitoring things closely. When he's out to work tomorrow I'm taking those fuckers as soon as I feel the slightest bit of pain. This s...
Posted by Jess on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:22:00 PST

*burp*

It's twenty after seven and I've just eaten. I don't normally eat this early. I had to force myself. Stupid me thought I was going to get some real food to eat instead of a third day of leftovers, but...
Posted by Jess on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:28:00 PST

Happy Valentine's Day

 And no school for me today!!!!!!!!! Yay!
Posted by Jess on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:35:00 PST

chocolate

I made over one hundred truffles today. I still have to finish up tomorrow with the Amaretto balls and the Chambord truffles. What you see in the above photos are just the Grand Marnier truffles and t...
Posted by Jess on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:23:00 PST

Baking day

I have two different bowls of ganache in the fridge. One has been mixed with chambord and the second has been mixed with grand marnier. Those will be truffles. I've rolled marzipan with orange flavore...
Posted by Jess on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:30:00 PST

Food

..> While waiting for Chetan to come home, I prepared some gulab jamun for dessert. This is my first attempt at making this ever so delicious food. I made the syrup first and instead of...
Posted by Jess on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:20:00 PST

You learn new things every single day.

So I now know how to call someone "Fatty" in Hindi. "Moti!"
Posted by Jess on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:26:00 PST