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Jacki

Jacks

About Me

I believe in being silly any chance I get, but I also care deeply about the Earth and her environment. I do not think any of us should take the dangers of global warming lightly or as a joke.

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My Interests

Graphic design and typographic design
photography
art in its various forms
learning how I can do my part to clean up the environment
cooking and baking
reading, reading, reading
going on adventures
hiking
trail biking
running
silly things
philosophy
music
movies
exploring places I've never been to
photographing flowers, junk and abandoned buildings
snow-skiing when it's possible
travel
telling corny jokes
gardening and lay-botany
word puzzles and games and etymology
learning languages
learning trivia, however trivial
learning new things

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with a sense of humor and adventure with a genuine heart and a flair for the absurd

Music:

I almost always have some sort of music stuck in my head, whether it's something by a band I really enjoy or it's a silly jingle from a television commercial. Inevitably, nearly everything reminds me of a song or a melody.

Some of the bands/performers I really like:

They Might be Giants
Beth Orton
Johnny Cash
Bruce Cockburn
Béla Fleck
U2
Tom Waits
Cowboy Junkies
David Bowie
John Lee Hooker
Roy Orbison
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
The Tragically Hip
Tracy Bonham
Tripping Daisy
The Polyphonic Spree
Blue Rodeo
Bill Withers
Ashley MacIsaac
Great Big Sea
Spirit of the West
Leonard Cohen
The Clash
Diana Krall
k.d. lang
Suzanne Vega
Lyle Lovett
Flogging Molly
R.E.M.
Southern Culture on the Skids
The Verve
Pink Floyd
The Art of Noise
Ella Fitzgerald
Billy Pilgrim
Meat Puppets
Cheap Trick
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Duke Ellington
Weezer
RJD2
Deathcab for Cutie
The Postal Service
Godspeed! You Black Emperors
The Winterpills
Caribou
Wilco
Stevie Ray Vaughn

Movies:

Just a few of the ZILLIONS of movies I love:The Princess Bride
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Garden State
Cinema Paradiso
The Incredibles
Amélie
Delicatessen
Casablanca
Bladerunner
Last Night (Canadian flick)
Heathers
Men With Brooms
The Full Monty
Labyrinth
The Neverending Story
Being John Malkovich
Mystery, Alaska
Monty Python's The Life of Brian
Sliding Doors
The Lord of the Rings (entire trilogy)
Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead

Television:

We don't have cable and watch little television but....
Antiques Roadshow
NOVA
History Detectives
The Office
The Red Green Show
As Time Goes By
Are You Being Served?
Absolutely Fabulous
Fawlty Towers
Waiting for God
(I basically LOVE BritComs!)
Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Books:

In no particular order:

Sartre
Camus
Voltaire
Kurt Vonnegut
Italo Calvino
Nick Hornby
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
Anne Tyler
Nick Bantock
E. Annie Proulx
Edward Gorey
Ken Kesey
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jasper Fforde
Alan Lightman
J.D. Salinger
J.K. Rowling
Douglas Adams
and many, many more. I simply like reading.

Heroes:

My husband and anyone who gives freely without looking for a reward

My Blog

The Spirit of Emulation

The Spirit of Emulationby: Fernando SorrentinoAmong the inhabitants of the apartment building on Paraguay Street, where I live, the spirit of emulation is quite intense.It's true that for a long time ...
Posted by Jacki on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:54:00 PST

Abergaolaich

Six days from today, I will be well on my way to a blissfully beautiful old land where I will walk for days and miles on end. I will forget about (at least most of) those demons here that have become ...
Posted by Jacki on Sat, 27 May 2006 11:19:00 PST

May

Craziness abounds in my life these days, but it's mostly the stressful-not-enough-time-in-the-day kind and not the I-should-be-committed kind. Thankfully.Having spring sunshine and flowers in the gard...
Posted by Jacki on Wed, 03 May 2006 07:59:00 PST

Fields of Flame and Heather

Spring is quite nearly here, though true to this region's reputation, we're expecting freezing temps and snow any day. I find myself this year on pins and needles waiting for the flowers to pop their ...
Posted by Jacki on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:13:00 PST

Slow November Rain

"May I have your attention please? Please yell if you are paying attention." BMG I have untertaken the gigantenormous task of making by hand all our Xmas cards this year. It's tedious and hard wor...
Posted by Jacki on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Waiting for the Snow

The sky is gray and looks like winter. Snow won't be possible today; it's much too warm for that, and tomorrow, more of the same is expected. I am longing for a cozy fireplace and happiness. Kent h...
Posted by Jacki on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Big City Experiment

How does a lonely girl in a new town who can't find a meaningful job in her career field get over feeling blue and unmotivated?
Posted by Jacki on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST