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jzp

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About Me


LIKES:
my pets, cooking, shopping, animals (especially dogs, cats, and penguins), kitchen gadget stores, the food network, those stupid panel discussion shows on VH1, Dog accessories, democrats, works by van gogh, bands that don't sound like anyone else, sleeping, christmas, pasta, sushi, pizza, summer, NYC, stand up comedy, my family, people who are realistic, thunderstorms, naps, a good pair of jeans, www.askaninja.com, clean sheets on a bed, being married, vodka, those new snickers commercials (feast), Matt
DISLIKES: my job, people who think sushi is gross when they've never even tried it, people who write checks at the grocery store, people who are mean to animals, Fox News, people who are too nice for no reason, red meat, being poor, most law school students, republicans, cold rain, stupid ghetto people, gin, war movies, people with no sense of direction, people with bad senses of humor, being cold, People who post lists of big impressive books they've read on their myspace pages to validate thenselves as an intellectual, christmas trees that have only one section of lights that blink, while the rest are solid, people who do things only for attention, people who wear black pants and brown shoes, people who actually mention Ayn Rand on myspace or in conversation
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My Interests

Travel to pretty much anywhere, Food, anything having to do with NYC, politics, dogs

I'd like to meet:

You know, I had a list of people here, but honestly I'd just like to meet anyone who has something interesting to say, or who can make me laugh so hard I spit my vodka tonic all over the bar.Oh, and these guys:

Music:

Anything but country and polka (especially old school punk)

Movies:

40 year old virgin, Anchorman, When Harry Met Sally, Wet Hot American Summer, Cleopatra (with Elizabeth Taylor), You've Got Mail, Harry Potter, Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Billy Madison, etc

Television:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia might just be the greatest show ever, Top Chef, The Office, America's Next Top Model, No Reservations, Seinfeld reruns I've seen 80,000 times, Harvey Birdman, Project Runway, Anything on the Food Network

Books:

look good on my bookcase

Heroes:

Matthew, Mom and Dad

My Blog

my current state of mind: well, it’s not good

I’ve lost a lot of faith in humanity lately.  I have worked in customer service for a very long time, and the lack of tolerance and patience still amazes me. Today it seems that many of the...
Posted by jzp on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:43:00 PST

Randomness.

Is it weird that I really like watching celebrity rehab while drinking copious amounts of wine? Queens of the Stone Age are playing in Hamilton on May 10th and I can’t go cuz I have no money. Th...
Posted by jzp on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:01:00 PST

Dear Fate.

Fuck You.   Love, Jessica Zak Potenza
Posted by jzp on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:32:00 PST

I am old and fat

So 30 is fast approaching.....45 hours 56 minutes......... and if you would have asked me a few months ago, I would have told you I didn't mind, and it would have been the truth. But over the last few...
Posted by jzp on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:11:00 PST

Nihilism

It's where it's at.
Posted by jzp on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:53:00 PST

rip bikram yoga

So the yoga church burned down tonight. It was one of the coolest things ive ever seen.
Posted by jzp on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:45:00 PST

Next time ’round

I"ve decided that in my next life I want to come back as Kimora Lee Simmons. Jesus Fucking Christ does she have the life.
Posted by jzp on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:09:00 PST

some comfort

Ever since my grandpa died I've been uneasy. It's not like we were particularly close, but I did see him on ever holiday, and he did email me from time to time. In fact, I realized a few days ago that...
Posted by jzp on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:24:00 PST

I hate wakes.

So today was my grandpa's wake. I hate wakes. I get all nervous and sad and I don't know what to say or do. And this is my first grandparent to die, so it made it that much worse. So now I"m home and ...
Posted by jzp on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:23:00 PST

Matt broke his foot!

So my poor Matthew broke his foot. And I can't go there, and he can't come here. So it's very frustrating. He was mountain biking and fell down a hill. I'm sad.
Posted by jzp on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:35:00 PST