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Jody

I've grown tired of love You are the trouble with me I watch you walk right by. - Anne Sexton

About Me

I like football. Not American football, the real footy.Thierry Henry:

My Interests

If I'm not in Austin, I love long walks. I am crazy about reading literature and I like to write it as well. Ever since I travelled for 6 months I have been very interested in bottled water. Have I mentioned I love detecting?

Music:

I haven't really heard anything new that has made me crazy. I have been listening to a lot of old Richard Buckner and have also been listening to various mixed cd's friends made me. Sentimental overload. Add to that list the Zombies, Whiskeytown, Iron and Wine, Arab Strap and the new Shearwater. I am obsessed with Yo La Tengo, Lou Barlow and Superchunk.

Movies:

I just watched Grey Gardens and really enjoyed it. Have been watching Truffaut again... and Renoir. I can't keep away from the French New Wave. Have been watching a lot of older movies. The mystery men from BBC are an obsession. I wish I were one of them. Or with one of them.

Television:

Monk.Veronica Mars. PBS, specifically Mystery!

Books:

I have recently reread Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. I also recently read Graham Greene's End of the Affair and loved it as well. I love Hemingway's Garden of Eden and am currently reading Fair and Tender Ladies. I have now finished The People of Paper, and I think it is one of the best books I have read in a while. Please read it.

Heroes:

Anyone who can make me laugh. My boss at the library. Sleep. Sergeant Gavin Troy.

My Blog

In Idaho

A list: 1- I learned I love Austin 2- I miss the past 3- I reunited with a close friend who is very different from me 4- I rode an electronic bull 5- I need help moving ( the big stuff requires two pe...
Posted by Jody on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:23:00 PST

Idaho

Snow. Crazy father.   There's more to it than that, of course. Hope everyone had a nice holiday! If you need some exercise, I will be moving out of my current apartment into a new home on Decemb...
Posted by Jody on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:11:00 PST

Apartment Conflict

Well, I lost my apartment with only less than two weeks to find a place. Luckily, I found a new apartment today. It is so nice. My own little garage house, exposed wooden ceiling beams, concrete floor...
Posted by Jody on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:09:00 PST

Hands

Hand holding is so nice. Touching hands is nice. It can be anything from a friendly gesture, a reassuring squeeze, a shy hold, or .....I am going to stop now. I think I am being tired.So far today I h...
Posted by Jody on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:33:00 PST

Smash

Yes, my car was smashed in Bookpeople's parking lot the other day. Luckliy, it wasn't my fault and the guy who ran into me was so nice. Right now my cute, little (and yes dirty) car is in the shop a...
Posted by Jody on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:20:00 PST

Good News

My laptop turned on!!!!I am using it right now and I have never felt this close to anything.Love = Jody + laptop(Math for Summer)Oh, this next blog is a writing exercise I did for my writer's workshop...
Posted by Jody on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:26:00 PST

Oh, the world of transistor radios

Turning over, touching nothing. In profile, his facial hair glows like pictures children draw of the sun's rays. When he faces me sometimes I don't hear what he says. I like to run my hands down my th...
Posted by Jody on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:23:00 PST

I'm so happy

to have my laptop I can't stop playing.My Critiquing the Arts class is ending, so I may not be writing blogs on Austin 360 as often. I plan on doing it once in a while, but with so many things going o...
Posted by Jody on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:49:00 PST

Well, my friends

I have decided to enter into childcare. I am going to have a child in two years and in the meantime become a nanny. But not really. I am so so so busy. I finished my first journalism portfolio, which ...
Posted by Jody on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:02:00 PST

My finger

It is gnawed, it is worked to the bone. I love it, until hell falls on my forehead and I am left with, well, I guess myself. This week: My laptop may or may not recover (right at the onset of finals)....
Posted by Jody on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:50:00 PST