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About Me

I was born and raised in Michigan, and will always be a Midwestern girl at heart. I have also lived in Florida and Washington and currently reside in New Mexico (for the second time), but have yet to settle anywhere long enough to call it home. I just finished a Bachelors degree at Washington State University in Political Science and am preparing to begin a Master's degree in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico. I love to travel and am determined to explore every corner of the world one trip at a time. I have already seen much of the U.S. and have also been to Europe, Asia and South America as well as Canada and Mexico (although I am not sure that those two really count). Politics and human rights are my two main passions in life and I hope to one day work in the human rights field which would allow me to unite those two passions with my love of traveling. Luckily I have a wonderful husband who is willing to follow wherever my dreams and ambitions take me. Overall, I love life and I can't wait to see where it takes me.
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My Interests

World Politics, History, Traveling, Languages & Culture, Human Rights, Fitness & Health, Reading anything that I can get my hands on, Camping & Hiking, Knitting, Photography, and in general exploring all that the world has to offer. Which Flower are You?
You are an Iris:You are logical, analytical, dignified, and wise. You are studious by nature and may prefer books to people. You tend to be a serious person but are capable of making others laugh with your dry sense of humor. Friends always benefit from your advice.Symbolism: Over the centuries the iris has come to symbolize faith, wisdom, hope, and promise in love.
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Music:

First and foremost I love Jazz, the older the better. I also love blues, big band, swing and bluegrass. Besides jazz and its related genres, I have fairly diverse musical tastes; I like country, classical, classic rock, hip-hop, new age and whatever else I happen to be in the mood for.

Movies:

The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Butterfly Effect, The Constant Gardener, Hotel Rwanda, The Notebook, Voces Inocentes, City of God, Maria Full of Grace, Donnie Darko, Napoleon Dynamite, Thank You For Smoking, Children of Men, V for Vendetta..

Television:

Sex and the City (the HBO version, not the crappy, chopped up TBS version), The Sopranos, just about anything on TLC,The History Channel, or The Discovery channel, Dr. Phil, Scrubs, Family Guy, The Simpsons, American Dad, The Daily Show.

Books:

My favorite author is Toni Morrison, I also like Ann Rice, J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Crichton, Isaac Asimov, Dean Koontz, George Orwell, Thomas L. Friedman, Jared Diamond, and many others. I don't stick with one genre in particular, I will read pretty much any type of book as long as it is well written and interesting.

Heroes:

Strong, Intelligent, Independent women around the world.

My Blog

Feeling Like a Klutz Today

So far today I have managed to get a flat tire on my bike, spill tea on myself, trip and fall while crossing campus (sending everything that was in my hands flying in all directions and skinnin...
Posted by Jennie on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:49:00 PST

September 11th

Today it has officially been six years since the deadliest attack on American soil in the history of our country and the consequences continue to resonate in our daily lives, particularly those...
Posted by Jennie on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:35:00 PST

Not Sure What To Do

I haven't really had a chance to blog since school started (mainly because 99.9 percent of my time is spend either reading or in class) so I figured it was about time to post a little update.&n...
Posted by Jennie on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:26:00 PST

Unexpected Good News

After being told that all of the assistantships for my graduate program had already been awarded and I had basically no hope of receiving one I got a very unexpected phone call from the program...
Posted by Jennie on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:39:00 PST

A Perfect Weekend

This past weekend has definitely been my best weekend yet here in Albuquerque. On Friday night I stayed in to do some cooking while Rod and Dan went out to play pool, Michelle came over t...
Posted by Jennie on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:30:00 PST

Update

I know that I haven't been blogging much lately, so I figured it was about time. I have been really busy for the last month and blogging, unfortunately, was not particularly high on my li...
Posted by Jennie on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:16:00 PST

Yay!

We finally have internet at the house!
Posted by Jennie on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:26:00 PST

Settling In

Much of the unpacking, cleaning, ect. has been done, although there is still work waiting at our new condo. The girl that was living in our place left it quite dirty, so on top of unpacki...
Posted by Jennie on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:47:00 PST

We Have Finally Arrived

We just finished carrying the last box up the stairs and into our new condo. We closed on it yesterday, but were not able to get the keys until about 5:30pm today. We almost didn't ...
Posted by Jennie on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:22:00 PST

Packing

The packing never ends...I can't wait until this move is over and we are all settled.
Posted by Jennie on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:10:00 PST