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Jessie

Let's conservate!

About Me

I'm saving the midwest from Gypsy Moth!

My Interests

I like outdoorsy things, camping, hiking, canoeing etc. I like cooking and I love reading cookbooks (probably an unhealthy obsession, but whatever). I am fascinated by invasion ecology, in particular exotic invaders in forest ecosystems. I am currently indifferent about the state of Virginia

I'd like to meet:

the guy who made pbr so palatable

Music:

Yes, please.

Books:

To Kill A Mockingbird, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, The Valley of Light, Reading Lolita in Tehran, anything by David Sedaris, most things by Tom Robbins, Cookbooks. Books about trees and natural history.

My Blog

if interested

so, i thought i might attempt a real blog.  not because i think anyone cares. but sometimes i get tired of telling the same stories to different people.  but mostly because my sister likes t...
Posted by Jessie on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:55:00 PST

come to my kitchen...

...everything is served with a side of deliciousness.  For those who may not know, I'm kind of a good cook.
Posted by Jessie on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:22:00 PST

Dear South Carolina,

Please consider increasing your driver liscensing standards.  I always feel like I'm going to die in your state at the hands of one of your liscensed drivers.  Also, if your drivers flash th...
Posted by Jessie on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:34:00 PST

...i felt...

i have recently tried my hand at felting...the results are a bag and a hat, not too bad for the first time here is the bag pre-felting and post felting up close it's a PINK bag!!! sorry i don't have...
Posted by Jessie on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:15:00 PST

a little more serious

I don't know how many people read the NY Times but if you don't, you missed this graphic today. This is satelite imagery of a Beirut neighborhood taken only 19 days apart.  How sobering.  ...
Posted by Jessie on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:54:00 PST

i've been tagged

TAG RULES: The rules are, once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with "6 weird things/habits about yourself". At the end, you need to choose the 6 people to be tagged and list their names. ...
Posted by Jessie on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:17:00 PST

mmmm, peaches

I was up 'til 2 am making peach-rum jam and peach curd out of these gorgeous tree ripe peaches.  they are about the size of softballs and quite delicious. My New Year's resolution was to become...
Posted by Jessie on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:51:00 PST

ticks are gross

So, when I used to work in the Ozarks and do real field work (unlike what I do in pine plantations) I used to keep duct tape wrapped around my nalgene bottle for a very specific reason.  Tick rem...
Posted by Jessie on Thu, 18 May 2006 09:03:00 PST

stupid university paperwork

i just spent 45 minutes doing something i don't care about and that probably isn't going to ever matter just because its something i should do. that's the kind of dedication i have
Posted by Jessie on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:53:00 PST

well, i had no fork

i just ate a piece of chocolate cake with lots of icing in a manner i have not employed since i mastered the art of fine motor skills.  though my living-in-an-amish-paradise brother ma...
Posted by Jessie on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:39:00 PST