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Just Jess

All I can do is take it one day at a time

About Me

I love who I am. I'm not scared of who I am. In fact, I am nothing, if not sure of who I am. We spend so much of our lives living for others. We spend countless moments impressing, abusing, loving, denying, being grateful, being ungrateful. Somewhere in all of that, we lose ourselves as individuals. We become predictably what our circumstances create us to be. It is in a rare moment that someone chooses to pop the bubble of predictability and become something unique. An individual. That is what I am.

My Interests

I have eclectic taste in life. Everything hits my radar, but not everything stays there. First and foremost my relationship with Christ is priority. My faith is who I am. In general, I like trying new things, learning, reading, writing, dancing, having fun, being spontaneous, discovering new things about myself, living a life worthy of who I was born to be.

I'd like to meet:

A philosopher of sorts. Someone who knows how to converse without using like as a comma. An individual thinker who brings something to the table. The kind of person you can have hour long conversations with, either with words or without. Myspace Layouts @ Wootfreelayouts.com

Music:

My eclectic tastes run deep in my music. I can listen to pretty much anything, but I love a song that speaks to me. Lyrics are my life. If a song doesn't say something then what's the point. I generally listen for things that speak to what I'm going through at the moment, but I tend to lean towards a lot of acoustic and folk music. I am pretty much into anything but screaming music and techno.

Movies:

Movies are magic. My all time favorite is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I love sappy chick flicks with their predictable endings and corny lines. Those movies are meant to make me happy, and I'm ok with that. Beyond that, I generally like movies for their artistic value. Crash, House of Sand and Fog, Mystic River, Little Miss Sunshine (Abigail Breslin is a child genius!). I love movies with Michael Douglas (Watch King of California). Tom Hanks is my hero and his son might maintain his father's legacy (Watch My Mom's New Boyfriend). I love Scarlett Johanson, Maggie Gylenhall, Kate Hudson, Jena Malone and Sienna Miller. These are the women who make acting what it should be! I might be a tiny bit of a movie freak.

Television:

There's a lot here. House, Heroes, Ugly Betty, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Dexter, Gossip Girl, Monk, and Weeds. Old school...Gilmore Girls, Roswell, Dawson's Creek, and 4400. I also like to watch the Cake Challenge on Food Network. What Not To Wear. So You Think You Can Dance. I really like tv, but I'm spoiled and generally only watch online or on TiVo.

Books:

There are way too many to name here. I love the Bible. Pride and Prejudice (anything by Jane Austen is a winner for me). The Twilight Series. Harry Potter. Mostly anything in Early American literature and several British poets. I love Russian literature, mostly because you actually have to think to understand it. I love to read and am currently reading My Sisters Keeper. It is really good.

Heroes:

I think this says it all. These are the people who mean the most to me!

My Blog

Taking a Break...

I am in the process of starting this extremely intense Bible study. Part of what makes it so intense is that it calls for a 40 day fast. Through this time of study and fasting I am hoping to accomplis...
Posted by Just Jess on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:33:00 PST

Here I am. Send me.

Have you ever had someone interested in you, and you just couldn't figure out what they saw in you? Or why it was that they would even be interested in you? Maybe you all have a confidence I just have...
Posted by Just Jess on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:26:00 PST

I’ll tell you what you want to know...

Type your name in my blog comments.Once you do that, this is what I'll do:1. I'll respond with something random about you.2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of.3. I'll tell you my firs...
Posted by Just Jess on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:50:00 PST

Choosing to be Me...

Feburary...March...April...and now May...The months have flown by and I have watched each one come and go. I don't know when it was that I lost the desire to write. I don't remember why I haven't post...
Posted by Just Jess on Fri, 16 May 2008 08:17:00 PST

Learning to forgive

The last two weeks have been about me learning to forgive. It's not an easy thing to do. When we are hurt we like to hold on to it. I know that I've been holding on to the hurt, mostly so that I would...
Posted by Just Jess on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:05:00 PST

Taking Myself Out of the Game

I have been so happy this year! My life has been going amazingly well and I have had nothing to complain about. I'm still doing great. I love my life. I love my job. I have an amazing family and wonde...
Posted by Just Jess on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:59:00 PST

It’s been awhile...

I feel as though I have written in ages. It's not that I stopped having anything to say, it's just that most of my writing comes from the pain in my life. I honestly have never been happier than I am ...
Posted by Just Jess on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:37:00 PST

So EMOtional...

My students (or former students I should say) always tell me that I am SO Emo...and I even had a comment from a friend the other day that said I never smile. Today has been a rough day, I cried a lot....
Posted by Just Jess on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:51:00 PST

Standing Firm

I was lying out on the veranda tonight. The beauty of the stars literally brought me to tears. God is so amazing! How can people even question His existence? To think that we could all be walking arou...
Posted by Just Jess on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:22:00 PST

Giving it away...

I wish I could be all that I know I should be. I know that I should spend more time in prayer and devotion, giving God all of who I am, and letting Him have TOTAL control. I know that I should work ou...
Posted by Just Jess on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:50:00 PST