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Jennifer

We Are What We Read

About Me

I have learned to embrace the nerd within.
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Name? Nicknames?: Jennifer
Birth date?: May 9, 1973
Do you have any siblings? Do you get along with them?: Yes a sister, and she is my best friend.
What are you wearing right now?: Jeans and a sweatshirt.
Who do you live with?: Michael, my kids, two dogs and one snake.
Do you have any pets?: The afore mentioned two dogs and snake. There would be more if I could talk Michael into it.
What's your favorite food?: I enjoy almost every food. Which is part of the problem.
Hey slacker, what's your G.P.A.?: Like a 3.49 I think, something like that. Maybe a little higher. I don't want to talk about it...still pisses me off.
What's your major?: English/speech secondary ed
Is your room messy or clean right now?: Messy.
What's your favorite alcoholic drink?: Coffee (nonflavored) or diet Mountain Dew
What's your favorite non-alcoholic drink?: I almost never drink. I don't see the point of it, actually.
How do you feel about cigarette smoking?: I need to quit.
If you don't recognize the number on your caller ID, do you answer?: No.
How many speeding tickets have you recieved?: I've been pulled over a lot, but I usually talk my way out it.
What's your favorite clothing store?: Target or Old Navy. Wherever there are good sales.
Do you sleep with a stuffed toy? What is it?: I rarely sleep with him anymore, but his name is David the Bear.
When was the last time you were on a diet?: I have been on a diet for the last three weeks. It feels much longer than that.
Once you're finished with school, what will your profession be?: Language Arts teacher
What is a long term goal of yours? short term?: Long term? Find a job in my field. Short term? Finish my lesson plans early so I can start reading the stack of books on my dresser. I am a nerd.
What is your favorite type of fast food?: Subway.
Have you ever truly been in love?: I am in love now.
Ever cheated on your bf/gf?: No.
What kind of car do you drive?: I drive a Ford Focus. To see all of us, plus the dogs, crammed in there is something very funny to behold.
Where did you go on your funnest vacation?: Washington DC. I wouldn't live there, but it was eye opening. It is altogether shocking to witness blatant poverty among million dollar statues.
What's your favorite holiday?: All of them.
What is your favorite sport to watch? to play?: Do speech and theater count as a sport?
Where did/will you go for your 21st birthday?: I went out with my mother, cousins and the aunts. Good times. Those are some crazy women.
Do you usually get ready for class or just wear sweats?: I get ready.
Would you rather go to a club to dance or a sit-down bar?: It is always more fun to dance.
How many car accidents have you been in? How many were your fault?: 1, not my fault.
Have you ever tried chewing tobacco?: Years ago, but yes.
Who was the last person you spoke on the telephone with?: My mom.
Do you chew on the straw?: I chew on everything. Never lend me your pen.
What are you listening to right now?: Goergeanne by Ellis
What star/celebrity do most people say you resemble?: Drew barrymore
When was the last time you recieved mail other than junk mail and bills?: I got my student teaching placement:)
What brand of tennis shoes do you prefer?: Converse, Vans
What did you dress up as last Halloween?: I dressed up like a boy jock, Michael was a cheerleader.
What brand of shampoo and conditioner do you use?: Pantene...not sure how to spell it, but I like how it works.
Who was the last person you said "I love you" to?: Connor:)
What do you have on your bedroom walls?: A picture of a duck and a picture of a fish. Proof of my love for Michael and my ability to compromise. (I am just glad I don't have the taxidermy goose hanging up there anymore)
What was the last movie you saw in the theater? Was it good?: We just went to see that Will Farrel basketball movie. Couldn't even stay for the end. First movie I have walked out on since Pauly Shore's Jury Duty.
About how many friends from high school do you still talk to?: Not very many.
What are you biggest peeves?: When someone bothers me when I am reading.
Are your parents still together?: Thankfully, no.
What is your favorite color?: Red, most of the time, but it changes. I like bright bold colors.
What sports did you play in high school?: I was not that kind of high school student.
Are you a lover or a fighter?: Lover.
Do you read the Bible?: Yes, but not for religious purposes.
Do you like to go camping?: Not unless there is a cabin or motorhome involved. Something with running water and plug ins for my lap top and reading lamp. As a society, we have already conquered nature. There is no reason to go pretend to be pioneers now. Besides, I don't expect or want to see woodland creatures in my house, they surely don't need me tromping through their's.
I know you don't like books, so what is your favorite magazine?: I love books. But I do like to read Glamour when I am tired of thinking.
Do you keep a journal?: Since I was 16.
What's your favorite animal?: All of them, I guess.
When is the last time you puked?: Couple months ago. Flu.
Have you ever broken any bones?: No.
Can you drive a stick-shift car?: Yes I prefer it.
Who is your favorite actor/actress?: Not anyone in particular.
Do you wear a lot of jewelry?: Earrings, sometimes a necklace when I dress up.
What kind of underwear are you wearing right now?: I don't even know.
What cologne/perfume do you wear?: Whatever I am in the mood for.
Wal-Mart or Target?: Target.
Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend or major crush? Who is it!?: Boyfriend.
What size bed do you have in your room?: Queen.
What food can you absolutely not stand to eat?: Milk, pork...they make me feel sick.
Are you more like your mom or your dad?: Both, it depends.
Do you floss your teeth?: Sometimes.
Who is your BFF (best friend forever)?: Deb and my sister.
How long was your longest relationship?: The one I am now.
Why did it end?: Still here, still happy.
Do you snore (don't lie!)? Steal the covers? Roll around in your sleep?: According to Michael? Yes, yes, and yes.
Are you outgoing, or do you keep to yourself most of the time?: Both, depends on my mood.
Do you smile with your teeth when getting your picture taken?: I show a lot of teeth.
What is your main ring tone on your phone?: "I Got Ma Nuts from a Hippie" by The Fratellies
When is the last time you worked out?: I go to school, I work, I have kids. I have dogs. I don'thave f**cking time to work out. I do walk the dogs though.
Who is your favorite professional athlete?: Babe Ruth.
When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?: I changed my mind every day. I think my first career goal was to be Wonder Woman.
Do you know how to sew?: No. Home Ec was a class that I failed so good, and so completely, that I could never had dug myself out of that deep failure pit. And I didn't care either.
About how many pairs of jeans do you own?: Several.
Do you like short or long hair on someone of the opposite sex?: Either.
Have you ever been to the stripclub?: Yes.
What was the last shot you took? When was this?: It was a long, long, long time ago. Deep down I am just a book reading, Harry Potter and (original trilogy) Star Wars watching nerd.
What are your bad habits?: Smoking and biting my nails.
Have you ever been fired from a job?: Once, when I was a kid.
What was the last live sporting event you attended?: Cody's football game. He kicked ass.
Do you consider yourself to be religious?: No, spiritual.
Have you ever ridden in an ambulence?: Yes.
Did you ever wear braces?: Yes.
Are you artistic/creative?: Yes.
What kind of mood are you in right now?: Mellow.
What time is it?: 10:33 a.m.
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I work full time, go to school full time, (I'll be an English teacher soon) and I have three kids. I have had a crush on Alan Alda since I was a kid. I am a feminist and liberal, waiting impatiently for the end of this administration. I read whenever I have a spare second or two and I think cherry Tootsie Pops are the most perfect food ever invented. And Caramel Twix Bars...they're good too.***The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers) Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) High
Level 2 (Lustful) High
Level 3 (Gluttonous) Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics) Very High
Level 7 (Violent) High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) Moderate
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous) Low
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I'd like to meet:

Alberto manguel, Sarah Vowell, Sherman Alexi, A.S. Byatt and about one hundred other authors. Give or take a few. What horrible Edward Gorey Death will you die?
You will be sucked dry by a leech. I'd stay away from swimming holes, and stick to good old cement. Even if it does hurt like hell when your toe scrapes the bottom.
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Music:

Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Indigo Girls, Van Morrison, Violent Femmes, Alanis Morrisette, Flogging Molly, Joan Jett, Bright Eyes, Anti-flag, Pat Benetar, Blondie, Barenaked Ladies, Goldfinger, Dean Martin, Jill Sobule, No Doubt, Pink, depends on my mood. Or the kids. Lately I have been listening to a lot of Lazy Town and Curious Goerge.

Movies:

Top all time greatest: The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, The Big Lebowski--Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail--Dogma--Empire Records--So I Married an Axe Murderer--A Christmas Story--the ORIGINAL Star Wars trilogy--Harold and Maud--Juno


You're Siddhartha!
by Hermann Hesse
You simply don't know what to believe, but you're willing to try anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you've spent some time in every camp. But you still don't have any idea what camp you belong in. This makes you an individualist of the highest order, but also really lonely. It's time to chill out under a tree. And realize that at least you believe in ferries.
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You're A Prayer for Owen Meany!
by John Irving
Despite humble and perhaps literally small beginnings, you inspire faith in almost everyone you know. You are an agent of higher powers, and you manifest this fact in mysterious and loud ways. A sense of destiny pervades your every waking moment, and you prepare with great detail for destiny fulfilled. When you speak, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS!
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Television:

I don't watch much TV, but when I do, it's usually Law and Order, in any of it's formats. My most recent addictions (because that is what TV is if you are not careful) are Saving Grace and The Closer.

Books:

So many books, so little time. The Secret Life of Bees-- Dave Eggers (besides his books, he edits The Best Nonrequired Reading Series)-- Sarah Vowell-- Garrison Keillor-- The Dante Club-- Fran and Zooey-- Dante's Inferno & Purgatory (Paradisio sucks, reads like church)-- Sandow and Birk's adaptation of Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradisio. (Dante would have approved and it's the only way to read Paradisio.)-- Leaves of Grass -- Lolita -- The Illiad -- The Handmaiden's Tale-- anything by Sherman Alexie (Indian Killer especially)-- The KiteRunner -- anything by Tom Robbins (Still Life with a Woodpecker is my favorite)-- The World According to Garp & Widow For One Year (didn't like the rest of Irving's novels as well)-- ALL Harry Potter-- The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede-- Love Medicine-- Mists of Avalon-- Alice in Wonderland & Alice Through the Looking Glass-- Emily Dickenson-- Where the Wild Things Are--David Sedaris-- Jennifer Cruise--Bless Me Ultima--A History of Reading-- David Copperfield--Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew--Reading Lolita in Tehran--Angry Housewives Eating Bon-Bons--Douglas Coupland--Alice Hoffman--The Light People--Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs--The Canterbury Tales (particularly The Wife's Prologue and Tale)--Pink Think--and by the same author College Girls (amazing feminist Non fiction, informative and entertaining)-- Native Son--Little Women--Little Men--Jo's Boys--Mark Twain (especially Letters from Earth and Mysterious Stranger)--The Oddessy--Beowulf--David Rakoff--David Foster Wallace--Cynthia Ozick--Sara Paretsky--Riding in Cars with Boys--And many, many More.

Heroes:

V.I. Warshawski, Pippi Longstocking, Ramona Quimby, Jo March and Hermione Granger.
You scored as Green. The Green Party believes in an America where decisions are made by the people and not by a few giant corporations. Their environmental goal is a sustainable world where nature and human society co-exist in harmony.

Green


90%

Old School Democrat


85%

New Democrat


60%

Libertarian


40%

Foreign Policy Hawk


15%

Pro Business Republican


5%

Socially Conservative Republican


0%
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My Blog

In which the family has a house fire and many lessons are learned.

So.  We had a mobile home fire.  A real life, call the fire department, get out of the house kind of a fire.  The humans, the dogs and the reptile all survived.  No books were harm...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:51:00 PST

To Michael

You were a somethingunexpected and I was copesetic, kickingit with the kidssecure in my singlenesslike getting back to pre-baby weight sometimes feeling a twinge of a wishbut mostly I wouldrather eat ...
Posted by Jennifer on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:01:00 PST

My Angry Place...something I have been playing with for too long

Who's Your Mama?illegitimate is to bastardas colored is to nigglingaway at my family values our family valueswho are you to point a finger at my familyI gave my blood my tits my tight little ass  ...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:38:00 PST

Ambers Poem

She asked for one.Little Riot Grrlbursting forth life after lifeafter life aftera hundred years ago you were Little Riot Grrlchin out    outrage sittingon your bottom lip telling Me&nbs...
Posted by Jennifer on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:27:00 PST

Another Poem

why Homer smells like fall    I am trying to read on the warmfront steps & the Manchild on his skateboard         calls "Mom watch!" & I slip ...
Posted by Jennifer on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:52:00 PST

Penis Poem

The penis doesn't age like the vagina.In the nursing home I washed old fleshcarefully--so it wouldn't tear."Don't worry." Don would sigh.  I could hear the whistling whinein his lungs.  "It ...
Posted by Jennifer on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:00:00 PST