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Static of the Jen

Godzilla, Inc.

About Me

passionate, creative, late-blooming, hostess-with-mostest. let's have a party!

one of the few sixth-generation californians to move to boston and stay there....at least for the time being! i can't lie; the West is calling me home. everything is old here.

as it turns out, i check messages here sporadically; if you need to get in touch with me quickly try this:
jen[at]staticofthegods[dot]com
A.I.M.salish12

My Interests

playing with my band Static of the Gods, discovering new music, writing songs, playing guitar, singing, reading, cooking, frequenting neighborhood watering holes, reading tarot cards, playing with my beautiful beagle!

I'd like to meet:

interested and interesting people; people that notice when the moon is full or when a friend is sad. people with a fresh, un-jaded outlook.

Complainers, Whiners, Whingers need not apply.

Also:

Peluche: the Music Video from Static of the Gods on Vimeo .

Music:

so-called rock music: uh huh her, band of horses, pela, silversun pickups, cooper temple clause, metric, failure, carina round, cocorosie,the d-plan, engine down, dover, julieta vengas, the cure, deftones,sunny day real estate, los aterciopelados, mano chao, ojos de brujo, the notwist, pedro the lion, snow partrol, red hot chili peppers, the smiths, that dog, weezer, mxpx, 27, anna waronker, jimmy eat world, the stills, blonde redhead, calexico, dntel, elliott smith, enon, longwave, nada surf, queens of the stone age, quix*O*tic, the sheila divine, soul coughing, travis, year of the rabbit, anything involving any of the haden sisters

Movies:

monsoon wedding, mulholland drive, lost in translation, rushmore, ghost world, sideways, match point, howl's moving castle, idiocracy

Television:

top gear, the dog whisperer

Books:

i'm a bookworkm and read pretty much anything and everything, but especially stuff by: john steinbeck, david sedaris, bill bryson, margaret atwood, bill mckibben, tc boyle, augusten burroughs, dorothy parker, raymond chandler, jose saramago, paul auster, cormac mccarthy

Heroes:

the person that takes a chance. that's all there is in life.

My Blog

Me & Walmart

Yesterday was an interesting experience; traveling to Young Harris, GA for a wedding. About and hour or so of driving outside of Atlanta, we stopped to get some drinks and such at Walmart. Not a lot...
Posted by Static of the Jen on Fri, 04 May 2007 07:35:00 PST

taggity-tag tag

it's official , i've been tagged - so here are 10 random things about yours truly....i:1. have performed the play 'Annie' over 40 times in my short lifetime (yeah, i know, no comments, mmm-kay?????)...
Posted by Static of the Jen on Thu, 03 May 2007 10:02:00 PST

Why I Love Anthony Bourdain

So many reasons....hope he gets his own blog soon. Meanwhile, we have A Bourdain Throwdown.
Posted by Static of the Jen on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:19:00 PST

To hold someones hand is to offer them affection, protection or comfort.

what's more intimate than even kissing? holding hands....
Posted by Static of the Jen on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:40:00 PST

A Porch and Flowering Meadow, 6 Floors Up

true ingenuity at work....so you live in the city? doesn't mean you can't have that front porch looking out over a beautiful garden. check out this beautiful dream-place....
Posted by Static of the Jen on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:56:00 PST

The symmetry thesis: A given person likes (loves) you as much as you like (love) him or her.

A very interesting idea: The Symmetry Thesisbest quote from this article - "Perhaps we like other people for their intrinsic qualities less than we pretend. Mostly we like people for liking (loving) ...
Posted by Static of the Jen on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:11:00 PST

Do you have Hipsters?

what are the warning signs?find out here.
Posted by Static of the Jen on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:22:00 PST

when ugliness rears it's ugly head

i was just visting a certain music message board, when i came across a thread about today's immigration bill news. let me just say that the ugliness, hatred,racism and fear toward illegal immigrants ...
Posted by Static of the Jen on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:37:00 PST