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Jen

.. just an analog girl livin' in a digital world...

About Me

"It doesn't matter what you are! punks, skins, rastas, mod rockers, everybody everywhere stop smoking and pay attention to me! cause if you're a wild eyed loner at the gates of oblivion then hitch a ride with us! cause we're riding on the last freedom moped out of nowhere! and we haven't even told our parents what time we're coming home! so put on your dancing trousers and get down!" blah blah blah with an umbrella in my drink...talk of "lifestyle" is really bullshit.. what is a lifestyle? and who decides what constitutes one? all that implies to me is that there is some asshole out there, deciding there's a right and a wrong way to do things and that just pisses me off.. I think any "lifestyle" that is inherently exclusionary is a waste of time. Life is too short to have a poopy diaper.

My Interests

I like... hanging out with my AWESOME friends.. buying tacky crap to fill my apartment, decorating and arranging the tacky crap I've bought and talking about the tacky crap with my friends.. I like Bowling and going to dinner and a movie..I love Pep's, Junior Mints, and things with Caramel.Exotica and escapism (tiki tiki) intoxicate me.. (along with the rum based drinks)I like cars, my first car was a 68 chevelle. Some day I will have a 57 Pontiac (or an earlier Pontiac, I just want a freakin Pontiac) though my Chevelle has made me a lover of MUSSCCCLLEE CARRS!!!Music obviously plays a major role in my "interests" ... ART without artfag attitude etc etc.. am I done yet?

I'd like to meet:

People in exotic places with guest bedrooms, or comfortable couches... People who are just happy being themselves before they slap on a label, who have interests outside of whatever aesthetic they subscribe to. People who would rather have 2 great friends than 200 average ones.. People who aren't afraid to stand up for themselves... People who collect things... People who like to write letters.. People who aren't too cool to do stupid fun stuff like.. like.. going to the planetarium or..... playing nintendo... or... playing charades... or dressing up and going to a swanky hotel to have 'high tea'.. or being an urban archeologist discovering long lost gems like "Trade ur Vac's" tropical themed vacuum store.. (ok, I found that one already.. it's on Kingsway between Clark and Victoria) or.. drinking in the dark in the Waldorf's Twilight Tahitian lounge.. or going to the Mod night and dancing like a freak... or treasure hunting in weird little stores on hastings..or riding bikes around drunk in the dark.. or driving to hunt down old houses you used to live in.. or breaking out into song in public (I do this a lot.. and it always seems to turn out that I'm the only one who knows the second verse to whatever we were singing).. Jazz hands! PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO DANCE!! I dance all the time.. (.. actually I should clarify the dance thing.. raver dance type crap = lame.. jiving, jitterbug, the twist, mashed potato.. = awesome)... optimists! (but not flakes) people who think being a bitch (or asshole if you're a guy) is a waste of energy.. people who are REAL, people who are comfortable enough with their own company.. that they enjoy solitude! people who surround themselves with people who aren't manipulative shits, deep thinkers... I'd like to meet interesting people who have something to say.. nerds.. people with imagination.. fellow nostalgia junkies.. more more more!!

Music:

Rockabilly, psychobilly, ROck n Rollll, 60s french POP!, garage, pre 70's country, bluegrass, lounge, exotica, rocksteady, roots ska, chess blues, mod rock, early r&b, soul, boogaloo, punk, all sorts of crazy, weird tacky shit .. as I've said before, I like music that makes me move: my head, my heart, my feet..

Movies:

Cleo de 5 a 7, Amelie, High and Low, Wild Zero, Bubba Ho-tep, Cannibal the Musical, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Dogville, Stranger than Fiction, The Science of Sleep, Slums of Beverly Hills, Goonies, John Waters flicks, They Live, Evil Dead (all), Dead Alive, Anne of Green Gables, Ghost World, Down with Love, Girl with a pearl earring, Funny Bones, Room with a View, Jane Eyre, Kiss me Deadly, Mildred Pierce, Orlando, Kill Bill 1&2, South Pacific, Flower Drum Song, Napoleon Dynamite, Slither, Little Miss Sunshine, Nacho Libre, Marie Antoinette, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Oh Brother where art Thou, Sin City, On the Bandwagon, King Creole, any Buster Keaton films, teenage tupelo...

Television:

CBC, BCTV, Global, and that other one I pick up with the antennae

Books:

Lessee.. I really like escapism.. so James Michener et al. Mollie Whuppie rulz.. I love Kerouac, Vonnegut, Bukowski I think everyone should read The Alchemist (Coelho)...I also really like Charlotte Bronte (Villette and Jane Eyre in particular) Right now I'm reading Life of Pi (Yann Martel), and a few other things.. Let's just say I read a LOT.

Heroes:

People who are true blue. Who live their lives by the golden rule, and don't fuck over everyone they know. People who have backbone, and don't tolerate bullshit. People with integrity, convictions and who set their sights high. It's a tougher road to travel but the more rewarding, as you will never have to make excuses for the friends that will be there beside you.

My Blog

yay!!

so I broke down and ordered the arc en ciel pour daltioniens album by La Caution (all the way from France, from a website entirely written in french.. haha.. I was like.. uh.. as long as I get somethi...
Posted by Jen on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:45:00 PST

hahaha..

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Posted by Jen on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:52:00 PST

because I have no willpower

1. Something blue within 5 feet of you?The bitchin' blue lights on the front of my computer, and the little one on the corner of my wacom tablet2. The sexiest item of clothing you own?erm... I have a ...
Posted by Jen on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:45:00 PST

tag

Once you have been tagged, write a blog with 10 weird, random things, facts or habits about yourself. At the end, choose five people to be tagged, list their names and why you tagged them. Do not for...
Posted by Jen on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:40:00 PST

GARRR!

On monday I got a letter from ICBC re. a minor car accident I was in .. in NOVEMBER.. the asshole I bumped (after he came to a dead stop in the left hand lane) decided his precious '89 toyota was so v...
Posted by Jen on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:03:00 PST

Saturdays are the only days I wish I had cable..

my tv viewing options as I type are as follows:channel 1: hockeychannel 2: sport fishingchannel 3: "power boat tv" (no shit)channel 4: french wildlife show about foxeschannel 5: world wildlife fund f...
Posted by Jen on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:36:00 PST

monkey cake

 front viewmonkey detail monkey detail 2back of cake..:)...
Posted by Jen on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:18:00 PST

Mario Bros. cake

Kassy and I spent about 7hrs today making and decorating this cake.. it's for a corporate meeting thing tomorrow.. ...
Posted by Jen on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:43:00 PST

*yawn*

tired.why do I stay up so late when I could have easily fallen asleep about 3 hours ago.. currently happy about.... new dining room table and cool chairs ... new turquoise little rug thing for my...
Posted by Jen on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 12:51:00 PST

I think I shrunk

apparently I've been operating under the illusion that I'm 5'10" for the last 10 years.. I measured myself tonight and it appears I am a measly 5'8"! what the hell!!! .... ...   !! ...
Posted by Jen on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:38:00 PST