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jen p

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm a Canadian living in the UK. I'm having so much fun!

My Interests

the CBC, coffee, kisses, music, aloe juice, movies, books, lurking, languages, CHSR, wine, beer, vegetarianism, traveling/road trips, korean/thai/indian food, esl/education, gaki no tsukai, internet radio, internet tv, peanut butter and chocolate, licorice, those amazing brown eyes, drunken dancing, barrels of love...

I'd like to meet:

Rick Mercer.

Music:

asobi seksu, north of america, ben folds, talking heads, the trick, the postal service, moneen, sonic youth, sylvie, clap your hands say yeah!, youth group, tokyo police club, wolf parade, a/v, the immaculate machine, belle and sebastian, sleater-kinney, bloc party, sigur ros, tv on the radio, buck 65, mates of state, the magnetic fields, the holy shroud, julie doiron, rainer maria, arcade fire, the weakerthans, blonde redhead, the new pornographers, songs:ohia (jason molina in general), ted leo/pharmacists, camera obscura, prince, controller.controller, constantines...

Movies:

the jerk, punchdrunk love, happiness, the hours, old boy, new waterford girl, frida, john waters films, woody allen films...

Television:

my name is earl, saturday night live, trailer park boys, the simpsons, family guy, american dad, grey's anatomy

Books:

chuck palahniuk, flannery o'connor, charles bukowski, douglas coupland, margaret atwood...

Heroes:

the o rly owl

My Blog

A quick note to update you...

Well, so much has happened since I landed in England. I just got an internet connection at home yesterday, so I haven't been online much since I got here. For a while I was using my cell as my primary...
Posted by jen p on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:49:00 PST

Adventure.

My UK adventure begins very soon. I fly out from Moncton tomorrow afternoon. I've been waiting for this for a very long time, and now that it is here and happening, I wonder where the time went. It fe...
Posted by jen p on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:41:00 PST

Happy New Year!

Hope you all have serious fun tonight! And a great 2008. I'm ringing in the new year with some good friends here at our place. It will be a lovely evening. 2007 was ok, but other than my scholastic ac...
Posted by jen p on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:17:00 PST

Happy Holidays!

Hi all,Hasn't winter come on fast and furious? Can't say I mind it (too) much, as it will be nice to have a white Christmas for the first time in a few years, but once that is over I think the snow sh...
Posted by jen p on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:00:00 PST

Passed!

I had my final review today and I've passed my internship!! Now i can apply for my teaching license and officially call myself a teacher! I'm still working at the internship until Friday - that is the...
Posted by jen p on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:27:00 PST

Two weeks left!

Hi all, how are you?I'm very excited! As of right now, I have two weeks left to go in my practicum. I have a final observation next week, and the final review of my performance the week after that. On...
Posted by jen p on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:13:00 PST

Half finshed!

Hi all, This past week marked the mid-way point in my internship. It's hard to believe, really. This coming week, I am set to begin my two weeks of teaching all on my own. I know it is going to go jus...
Posted by jen p on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:03:00 PST

Fall is really here.

It really feels like fall today. It's so clear and pretty outside. I think I'd like to get out in the sunshine today.I have completed 1/3 of my internship already. Five of fifteen weeks down! Tomorrow...
Posted by jen p on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:57:00 PST

Observations.

So I had my first teaching observation today with my supervisor. I am ecstatic to report that it was "an excellent first observation"!!! It went really well and I am so glad! I know what I need to wor...
Posted by jen p on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:25:00 PST

Weekend!

I'll appreciate weekends so much more now! My first week with the students went well - I have some really great kids in my class. I am pretty tired, though. Trying to get used to the long hours. So I'...
Posted by jen p on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:19:00 PST