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Jessi

cute but psycho. things even out.

About Me

"The road to enlightenment is long and difficult and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines." -Anne LamottI'm 24. I'm a midwest city girl with a little farm life thrown in, now in the hills of West Virginia following the calling of God. Some days, I know exactly where I am and what I'm supposed to do. Most of them, I look around and ask "how the hell did I get here?"

My Interests

theatre, music, spirituality, power tools.

Music:

just about anything. lots of broadway (Wicked being the current obsession), a little country, and a lot of Christian rock. My life is one big sing-a-long.

Movies:

I am slowly working my way through a netflix cue of 500. I have so little time for movies. I love them, but I rarely get to watch them.

Television:

CSI, Mythbusters, Gray's Anatomy, Buffy (tyvm, Bob & Crystal...), Coupling (the British one), the Red Green Show, Are You Being Served, My Name is Earl, and just about anything food network-related.

Books:

At work, the shelves are filled with youth ministry resources- books on games and skits and bible studies and "how to get a room full of disinterested ninth graders to talk." At home, the shelves are a bit more eclectic- Harry Potter is side-by-side with the Left Behind series, shelves full of scripts and theatre textbooks are sandwiched by Richard Bach and Anne Lamott.

Heroes:

there are so many people I look up to, and who have the uncanny ability to rush in and save the day. Some listen to me when I'm down. Some pray with me. Some do silly dances when I'm stressed. Some teach me their skills. And some simply take away my paintbrush when I've been in the theatre for entirely too long.

My Blog

I'm sure you're dying to know....

1. If you could build a house anywhere, where would it be?on the beach, in Cali.  Only I wouldn't build.  I'd fulfill the dream Jeremy and I once had- take the Des Moines Art Center, keep th...
Posted by Jessi on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:46:00 PST

the way we were

The darkness envelops me as I wait for a glimmer of familiarity from you.  I sit, trying to breathe deeply, trying to convince myself of the thinly-veiled fabrications I weave.  It would be ...
Posted by Jessi on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:33:00 PST

I don't always understand my muse, but I listen.

He is always with me.I am stained by his love. He is always with me.Forever hauntingForever pleasing He is always with me.Ours is a relationship no one understandsThey mock, faking concernmaskin...
Posted by Jessi on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:15:00 PST

when in doubt, choose the lesser of the self-destructive evils.

Having a bad day?  Feel like nothing's going right?  Never fear, SuperFriends to the rescue!  now with funDrunk friends!  (for some reason, I think their theme song should be set t...
Posted by Jessi on Wed, 31 May 2006 07:35:00 PST

"I have a new dark place. I like it. I'm picking out curtains!"

Or, things I blame Bob & Crystal for.   *My roommates Buffy collection is dwindling, and the pile increases in my room.   *I have a hankerin for white cheese and mt dew at odd hours. &nb...
Posted by Jessi on Sat, 27 May 2006 11:28:00 PST

i'm having a day

If I have to hear one more word about marriage, babies, or any other thing I "should be doing" in my life, I will lose it.  To those im my life who have made it a mission to remind me that I can'...
Posted by Jessi on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:52:00 PST

sabbath rest, my ass

76 hours.  Two jobs.  Two missing cats.  One massive migraine.  I miss simply spending time with my friends.  The few hours I spent at the 'eer with my favorite directing gro...
Posted by Jessi on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:17:00 PST