Goals for 2007

so i feel like i've accomplished quite a bit this year in terms of personal development, so i feel like i should set myself some goals for this next year. one major thing i would like to see happen is to get out of debt. i have a plan in action and i definitely see it as a possibility. i would also like to start saving/investing in things aside from my 401k plan. my other misc. goals include: write more (of anything), read more, and become more active.

the other day my friend's boyfriend gave me a g4 mac tower that im going to use as a main network drive for our apartment. it's really nice and i cant believe he gave it to me for free. right now i think there are a total of 6 computers here (including a vintage iMac). apparently, I need to do some spring cleaning. speaking of which, if anyone is interested in nik's classical guitar, we are selling it for really cheap.

sorry this is so scattered. my brain is all over the place. i took a 3 hour nap today and it's made me really drowsy and somewhat incoherent feeling. until the next...

In lieu of an actual post....

here are photos from my work party on December 5th....




karisslut on a date w/nik.





I especially enjoy Karissa's exhausted grin.

Lists - pt. 4

Things I'm Excited for:
- Christmas (so I can give Nik her gifts!)
- Nik's B-day (Dec. 19th)
- my new position to start
- going to visit my family
- going to BR to visit Megs
- paying off my debts

Things That Are Bothering Me:
- I'm beginning to forget Japanese
- I don't have a reading light
- I don't wake up on time
- I get too many headaches
- I am lazy
- I bite my nails too short and then they hurt

Here are some pics from the other day:

Lists - pt. 3

Things I've Done that I Can't Believe Happened:
- Plan B (not the morning-after pill)
- Plan B (the morning-after pill)
- the show at Babeland about 2 and a half hours ago
- too many drugs on New Years of 1999
- graduated from college
- learned some Japanese
- flew across the country to meet my gf
- fell in love
- came out to my family!
- talked to them again afterwards
- MOVED TO SEATTLE
- research on Cushing's Disease at UM
- started supporting myself w/o the help of my parents
- was propositioned by a man in Portland to have sex for $20.
- started DANCING
- felt independant and in love at the same time
- got OVER it (only 1 or 2 of you will have any idea what i'm talking about)
- started eating a more balanced diet (compared to my college diet)
- got excited for Christmas for the first time since I was a child.


** This list could also be referred to as "The things I'm either proud of, shocked by, or ashamed of."

*** I'm sure I forgot quite a few things, but it's late and I'm finally getting sleepy.

Lists - pt. 2

Things I Won't Do (ok, maybe; if you pay me):
buy a pick-up truck
live in Texas
wear a dress (unless it's for halloween)
eat beef
go to church on my own behalf
LSD
meth
call pop "soda"
lose my michigan accent
pretend to enjoy someone's company if i don't
keep in good contact with people (even though i want to)
understand why Hole isn't playing anymore
remember not to dry wool
use less bleach
get out of debt

Lists - pt. 1

Likes:
nik <3 <3
bbq/mustard chicken
courtney love (hole)
apple computers
buying things
watching movies in bed
substance abuse
homecooked meals
canada
candy
playing music
puget sound
DANCING!
seattle
tighty whities
michigan
the great lakes
wearing ties
anything nik cooks for me

Dislikes:
restaurant chicken
substance abuse
being broke
being in debt
walking in the cold/hot
Dell
cooking
not being able to be loud in the apt.
nosey landlords
northwest drivers
the deep south
bigots
religion
meaningful shit
wearing feminine clothing
cleaning
hot weather

Holiday Party

i haven't been posting much lately. most of the things i want to write about would take too much time to sit down and explain. so in short, things have been going really well lately.

last night was my company's holiday party. everyone else took photos so it will be a few days before i get some uploaded on here. anyways, they rented out a restaurant for the evening down in Belltown called Spitfire.

it took about an hour of mingling before everyone was pretty smashed. there was a point in which i was considering (due to the debaucherous influence of my coworkers) getting down to my tighty whities but thankfully was left with some rationality. justin sang kelly clarkston and dedicated it to me of course. by the end of the night all i was thinking about was how thankful i was that they gave us all cab vouchers to get home. nik fell in some bushes by our apartment building and got dirt all over her. but yet, this morning im the one who woke up with a hangover.

Voyeurs, Michigan, etc..

this morning as i was walking to the shower i noticed some apartments across the street. i have always walked naked to the shower with the windows wide open... but this time i noticed windows across the way. i started wondering if they had always been there and why i never noticed them before. then i realized that the leaves had all fallen off of the trees covering my windows, thus leaving my apartment fully exposed to the neighbors across the way. so now i either need to keep my shades down or use a towel... or i guess just keep walking to the shower naked. chances are, my laziness will prevail and i will be providing the neighbors with a new opportunity to try their hand at voyeurism.

nik and i got our plane tickets for the holidays. i'm in a mixture of excitement and nervousness.

Election Refresh

all I have to say is Rumsfeld has resigned and the Democrats have control of the House and quite possible the Senate.

today is a good day.

it gives me a little hope considering we've been stuck with a cowboy war-machine for the last 6 years.

Halloween '06 - A Kurt Cobain Experience

Last year we celebrated Halloween by carving a Nirvana smiley-face pumpkin at Jenny's party. This year we tried to keep some elements the same, but did it Seattle-style. (I will explain later)

On Friday, my cousin JD and his friend Dave flew in from Michigan and we dressed up and went out for a bit, but the night failed miserably as all of us were too tired to be out. On Saturday they decided to drive up to Vancouver for a little extravaganza on their own and Nik, Erica and I decided to try celebrating Halloween once more. We got in our grungiest, early-90's attire (ripped jeans, long underwear, etc.) and drove over to the park next to Kurt Cobain's old house. Recently, we brought our friend Heather there and saw what appeared to be an animal sacrifice laying on the bench. I still have a hard time understanding how chopping a rats head off and smearing the blood on a bench brings you closer to a dead celebrity, but we're talking about Halloween.

Nik brought a guitar so we could play some Nirvana hymns and feel really deep. It was really dark in the park and a ton of traffic kept driving by. I felt more like we were trying to be in Blair Witch Project than remembering Kurt. After awhile Nik roamed off and Erica and I equated that with her version of Gus Van Sant's craptacular movie "Last Days." It was quite a touching moment for all of us.

Here are some photos:

Kurt's bench (that he probably never sat on)


Nik remembering Kurt


"...the sun is gone, but I have a light..." - Kurt


"Don't you think these bright blue gloves add to my serious grunge attire?"


It's exhausting being this deep.


Oh, and the dead rat from our visit with Heather. Unfortunately, the camera didn't catch the dangling head on the other side.



Peace, Love & Empathy,
Jen-

BFF Extravaganza v.2

ctrl+alt+delete has a new face. we now have 3 members (nik, james and I). we are full of ideas and soon we will have some new music recorded. I am feeling a little less reserved about playing in front of people. nik and james just rock out without hesitation & I love it.

Friday we had BFF Extravaganza v.2 at Lisa's apartment. She made some rad food and we all shoved our faces and lisa took incriminating photos that she can use against us at work. At least she made a nice slide show, complete with music from her rave days. And she thinks I’m the bad seed of the group. Pshh...

I really like the rain here.

Birthday & Anniversary

This past Friday was my 23rd birthday and also my 1 yr. anniversary with Nik. This was the best birthday I have ever had. Erica, Nik and I went out to lunch at Aoki sushi and walked around Broadway. I bought two new pairs of plugs because I regauged my ears. After we rested for awhile, we all went to Charlie's to have drinks with Liz, Tobin & James. Tobin & James gave us this rad 1950's alarm clock with the greatest tick-tock you will ever hear. They also got me nice and inebriated for my birthday. James taught us how to show our cat who has the power. It involved a demonic hiss and us laughing for quite some time. James gave me his winter hat and we all went to their house to listen to Paula Abdul have one last drink. Liz got me an amazing little care package full of awesomeness. My mom sent me an Ikea gift card and a super warm blanket. My siblings sent me letters and drawings (we have our own little letter writing project). Nik got me the best gift ever, which is incredibly meaningful to me, but also very personal, which is why I am not giving the details of it.

I had such a good time and I'm so thankful that I have such a great group of friends and such an amazing partner.

On Thursday, my work took us on a cruise up to the Ballard Locks and back as a celebration of some of the recent accomplishments the business has made. It was fun and I took plenty of photos to use as blackmail (jk).

Anyways, I'm going to watch a movie.

Heather in Seattle

Here are a few pictures from Heather's visit.

We went to Rudy's and Nik and Heather got their hair cut:


Heather getting her tattoo done:


Nik being a Badass at the Laughing Buddha Tattoos:


and finally Erica was forced into a shot:


Just after my tattoo was finished:

2 Guests and No Kitties

heather just arrived the other day to stay with us for a week. so far nik and i have had to work a lot so her and erica have been hanging out. tomorrow night my weekend starts so we can start doing fun stuff. the kitties are currently getting their balls chopped so they have been at the vets.

plans for the rest of the week:
- get some meds for heather's stomach
- go by kurt cobains old house (it's a fuckin' necessity for any tourist)
- check out Pike Place Market
- space Needle
- ghost tour at the weird museum with the bad oxygen bar
- underground tour
- party it up at the War Room
- party it up at home
- and party it up on the streets

Pictures to come soon.

Tiny Shark

im off for a couple days unless i put in more OT this weekend (which I will). we're going down to portland to see nik's friends with liz and erica. erica just got here last night and is living with us until further notice. nik and i are so excited to have her here finally. im having one of those moments where you make a sound or look at someone and then you snap into reality and wonder how long you were doing that for and get really nervous. i was just staring at my computer keys when it happened. i am not sure how long i was phazed out. i have been working for so long this week and i am so tired. i think a bit sleep-deprived as i wanted to keep having a weekend while working during the days and it didn't exactly work out.

tomorrow is my student orientation and i am registering for classes. fuck, this message is too hard and im too hungry and tired to finish my thought.

i'm a cliche

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and i like cheap champagne.

La Fiesta

and no, not the crappy restaurant in Monroe. tonight tobin and james came over for a mexican dinner. james made amazing salsa and nikkii handled the beans and chicken. tobin and i focused on eating... and lots of it. the food was so effin' good. all of us were silent while we ate because we were too busy shoving our faces. afterwards deborah came over and james and i mopeded over to his house for a second. here are some pictures from tonight:

the deborah (aka lezbrah)


and of course james


the infamous tobin


and another of james


In other news, Theodore (the smallest kitten) has worms and a respiratory infection so I'm really worried about him. Emerson doesn't seem to have worms but he does have the same eye infection. They both have to go into the vet on Friday for bloodwork and other kitten things before we can officially adopt them. I hate that they aren't feeling well. I can't stand to have them stay the night in some place with other sick animals. Nik and I are such moms about these little guys.

Up next: Next weekend's Portland excursion, school orientation, etc.

Names

on friday i'm going to the courthouse to get an appointment to legally change my name. my entire name. i've decided to build it on 3 elements that are most important to me. myself, my relationship and my family. for the first time in my life i feel free to be who i am and to obtain that however i need to. it sounds ridiculous but i feel completely liberated. for the first time in my life i am able to completely support myself as an adult without the help of my parents. i'm living an openly queer life regardless of how accepting my family is. and im in a relationship that is undoubtedly one of the healthiest connections i have ever had with another human being. this isn't all necessarily related to a name change, but it is the freedom i feel at this point in my life to do as i need/want to. my name has never defined me, at least not in the way i think it should. so RIP jen.

Oceanfish & Salmon

I just woke up and gave our boys some oceanfish & salmon. theodore is too small to climb on the bed yet and he hasnt quite figured out the pillow ladder i made him. he snores and it is so cute, although i know it is just because of his sinuses right now. the boys are on a strictly soft food diet because dry food often makes cats dehydrated and they wont drink enough water. the food is more smelly than dry food but they have healthy bellies. plus with theo being bottle fed, he is more prone to sickness. they both have been cuddling up all morning and i'm LOVING it. ok so enough about the cats. i'm becoming a weird cat owner.

tonight we're having dinner at nik's friend's apartment. im excited because i havent been able to eat a whole lot of my favorite foods lately because of my tooth. my oral surgeon said everything looks good and he will see me in 3 months for the implant. i want all of my teeth to be implants. if i had a million dollars i would have my entire mouth made of implants so i never had to worry about toothaches or cavities again. maybe after ive graduated and paid my student loans... ok so maybe after i've DIED. jk.

we're still working on getting this track laid down for the vocals. the tooth and the kitties has put a small delay. once we sit down for about 30 minutes it should go over smoothly. i will keep you posted. we're using the organ for the old track and for some beats. im really digging the lo-fi sound lately.

in other news, nik and i are celebrating our one year anniversary in about a month. instead of getting each other gifts, we are thinking about taking a small vacation. maybe vancouver, maybe back home, maybe L.A. We decided we would go somewhere or get some nice furniture because that's the queers in us. i cant believe we've been together for almost a year. it hasn't felt that long at all. i still get just excited to see her everyday. we never fight about anything and we still have interesting conversation. more importantly, the sex is still just as amazing. this is my dream gf... seriously. considering we had all odds against us when we got together, when we moved in together so soon, when i told my parents, and then moving, it's amazing that we are even together, let alone completely fucking smitten for one another. right now, i am the happiest and most content i've ever been in my life.

p.s. the kitties are playing now (i had to say one more thing about them)

The Boys

Theodore came home today for the first time and is doing well with the exception of a small cold he has been fighting. He brought his friend Alfie (which we call Emerson) to help him get used to us. We just had a small photoshoot.

this is theodore in his napping pose:


and one of theo and his friend (we are having a slumber party tonight):

i am not a stranger

ctrl+alt+delete has a new song that will probably be released in the next couple of days. we worked all night tonight recording it. a few things need to be fixed since i'm on too many pain medications to keep the timing right. we are also going to finish re-recording 'the other side' later this week. tomorrow im going to call about my tooth and hopefully get this fucker out of my mouth asap. in other news, we are picking up theodore bean this week sometime and are INSANELY excited about that.

in other news, we went to a party at nik's manager Jeannie's house yesterday with deborah and tobin. right as we arrived my mom called me and she put me on the phone with my dad. it's been over 2 months since he has spoken to me and i think my mom finally figured it out and forced him to talk to me. it was strange and detached, but a conversation nonetheless. i dont know why but i was happy even though the tension was so loud in his voice. i would rather have a disappointed father than one completely detached. at least at this point in my life i do. anyways, who knows when i will hear from him again, he didn't sound like he was comfortable enough to call me yet. we will see.

so keep an eye out for the new track 'i am not a stranger' and pictures of theodore bean. love, jen-

Grilled Cheese

i love grilled cheese sandwiches! lots of grilled cheese sandwiches. all the time. with fake bacon bits and american cheese (the gross Kraft kind). even my sore tooth loves them. and my hot little barista makes them whenever i want them. i'm so spoiled!!

swooooooooon!
SWOOOOOOON!

RIP Molar

so the root canal i had before moving went awry and i have to have the tooth extracted (aka yanked the fuck out). my entire jaw is in so much pain. thank god it's just a molar and no one can see it while i wait to get the implant. im way too vain to have a gap in my face. regardless, it blows that i just spent 500$ on a pointless root canal. anyways, my dentist from monroe called me in more antibiotics and some vicodin... neither are doing too much yet. so today im vegetating in bed and tonight nik and i are going to a bbq party thing.

good news: i got my first paycheck yesterday which was sooooooo nice. even with taxes and shit out, i still am making such good money now. i fucking love my job.

and i love my little barista even more:

We're having a BABY!

..a baby kitten that is. we just received word that THEODORE BEAN will be ours in a little over a week. nik and i were so excited we ran out and bought toys, healthy food, organic wheat grass (for tobin and james' kitten too), litter and treats! here is a picture of our firstborn:



we are swooning so hard over him!

Post-Ray Birthday

Nikkii's coworker Ray's birthday was yesterday so she made dinner and invited him and some other coworkers over. The food was rad and after we all went out to Matahari's (that isn't the real name, but I don't remember it soooo...) Anyways, I really like her coworkers more everytime we hang out. Everytime we hang out I have to force myself to go home to get some sleep so I can get up for work.

Today I got a check in the mail from Tully's for my training. Ha! I assumed since I quit that they wouldn't pay me. It was a nice surprise! Anyways, we have enough for September rent already and I haven't even got my first paycheck from my new job. It is so nice to not feel like we are going to have to starve for the next month.

Here are a couple photos of the view from my work:

Sunday Work

So my job is from Sunday thru Thursday. My boss said since I work Sundays, I can come in whenever I feel like it. I think she assumed I would come in later. I took this as an opportunity to get there earlier and leave earlier. About an hour before I left, my coworker Ian came in. I like working Sundays, it's quiet and I feel less pressure... not that I'm under any pressure. It does get a little lonely though. Nik came and visited me for a couple minutes when she got off and I gave her a tour. She considers my work a tourist attraction for all of the visitors that are going to come visit us.

We might be getting a kitten soon. It is still too small and being bottle-fed because it was abandoned. Maybe in a couple weeks?

I bought us some Cat Power tickets for a solo show at the end up August. We are pretty fuckin' pumped about that. Neither of us have ever seen her live and we both have wanted to for quite some time. Good shows always get me motivated to write more music and I have been lacking motivation for awhile.

Today I had good sweet and sour chicken. Most chicken freaks me out unless Nik cooks it... but this place in Seattle has some rad sweet and sour chicken. I can't believe I'm writing about all of this pointless shit. I can't believe you're still reading.

No Milk and Alcohol

last night nikkii's coworker amanda came over to cut her hair and we all ate some food. afterwards we ventured to someone's apartment to meet up with kammee and her gf maria. i made the mistake of having a bowl of cereal before we left, which didn't sit too well with kamikazes. we ended up going to this place, the war room--which was pretty rad. i didn't get sick, but i felt sick. i left and went to qfc and got some chips and came back inside. after about 15 minutes of being back inside i had to go home and sleep it off. nikkii was toast at that point--still, at 8:30am both of us woke up. i want to go back to the War Room but i'm not sure if it will be for the girl's night. i don't think nikkii and i are girls. we just don't get into the same things. it's weird. i loved the bar but felt insanely out of place--like i went to the wrong night. it's not a matter of feminity or anything... i think i would have felt more comfortable in a room full of drag queens that perpetuate every element of feminity. i guess it seemed like the queer girls are so..... normal. i dont mean normal in a bad way. i mean, im not sure i would ever have a clue they were queer if i saw them outside of the bars. i think that's good, that they defy the stereotypical dyke look. i just dont know if i fit into it. i dont consider myself a lesbian or whatever, nor does nik. i think that is one reason we both are so good for one another. i feel like we are our own weird gender. then again, none of this matters too much. i just wanted to say i felt out of place.

FISH!

So tomorrow brings a close to my first week of work. I love my job. All of my co-workers are really rad, including my boss. My desk area is becoming more and more personalized as time goes on. Today I went to lunch at this thai place with my coworkers and had a free lunch on some financial company. Then when I got home from work, Nik had this elaborate meal prepared and ready when I entered. It was so good!! She even lit a candle (eiii)! Her coworker Cammy gave us an old futon/couch thing that folds out, which will be great for visitors and when Erica moves out here. We are also having a birthday celebration at our house and at the bar for Ray, another one of Nik's coworkers. Nikkii's going to make some Mexican food for us and we are all going to get drunk and eat tacos.

PBR

i hate to break it to you.... but pabst blue ribbon is disgusting. for some bizarre reason it is like the elixir for hipsters. i dont understand.

Babeland

I just got some rockin' free porn in the mail from Toys in Babeland. They were getting rid of their VHS's and sent them out for free. They even sent some coupons too. Now we just need a VCR and a TV for that matter.

Nik's been working a lot this week, which is good for the $$ but it's tiring for her. This weekend is Blood Drive IV and Nik is being sponsored by Arianna to join the Mosquito Fleet. She is super-excited about it and she is learning a lot about her moped. I'm not sure if I already mentioned that I transferred my membership from the Guns to the Mosquitos. I met a guy in the group who has completely modified his Kinetic, so apparently it isn't too hard to do.

I should be productive and get offline. I think I'm going to get an Oreo shake at Tully's and take lunch with my barista hotness!

Interviews, insomnia and antibiotics.

i just finished my interview with printing/graphics/binding place, which went really well. i also have a final interview with the video game company tomorrow morning. both sound very promising and fun. both have great pay and benefits. if im lucky i will get to make the choice of where i work. cross your fingers.

last night i couldnt sleep at all. i kept waking up and rolling around. i had nightmares about my grandparents. nightmares about the handlebars burning off of my moped. i dont know why i was so wound up last night but now im barely awake. my dentist from monroe called me in a strong antibiotic for my tooth until i can get it looked at. the swelling has subsided and my jaw doesnt ache anymore. the pennicilin didn't help much at all.

this is probably the most uninformative blog ever and i apologize. i will write more when i wake up.

Mysterious Skin

if you havent already watched this movie, i highly recommend it. it is quite disturbing at points and you will probably cry. but it's worth the puffy eyes and post-cry headache. netflix is such a great service.

in other news, heather got her plane ticket to come visit in september so we are pretty excited about that. nik is still rockin' hardcore at her job, the employees think so too. lately nik and i have been addicted to this online game called 1000 A.D., i swear to god, once you get started kiss your freetime good-bye. its worse than bingo for me, and that's bad.

yea i like bingo--shut the fuck up.

Lance Bass and a Sniper

is anyone not THRILLED about Lance Bass coming out?! the lgbtq community is getting more rockin' everyday. we need better role models than melissa etheridge, i mean come on. and lance's boyfriend is quite the hottie himself so kudos to the two of them.

today i needed to go to walgreens but just as i was leaving nikkii texted me and told me not to go downtown. come to find out a sniper was picking people off in a Jewish center downtown because he was angry at Israel. seattle has been having it's moments these past few months with shooting rampages. tonight and tomorrow are the capitol hill block party. nik and i are going to meet her friend tomorrow night for partying fun. hopefully all of the extremists are on vacation then.

68

the heat is gone and ive mellowed out. it's 68 and sunny. i love this weather. today i had an interview with a videogame company and i think i got the job. it has great pay, benefits, free gym membership, free internet at home, company pays cell bill, weekly bbq's, big comfy chairs and personal desks, free snacks and pop and i can wear jeans and a t-shirt to work. i also have friday and saturdays off of work. does this not sound like a dream job? everyone was really awesome. the owner played a prank on an employee which involved wrapping his entire desk and everything on it in tinfoil (stapler included). the office has an amazing 360 view of seattle and they keep the lights off in the office! im so excited about this job. it's like getting paid to have fun all day. it's also located 2 blocks away from my university. i really hope i get this job.

in other news, i also have a prospective job opportunity at a printing place near our apartment. this company does everything from screen printing, to small copying jobs, to large scale publications and binding. the employees seem really rad and i would love to know how to do different types of printing. so tully's isnt my thing. nik started working yesterday and really digs it. she has a really awesome location in the heart of capitol hill with great coworkers. it seems like things are finally coming together around here. in the next two months we will have a couple visitors and that is exciting. love, jen-

I'm a cynic

i dont like many people. i will probably talk trash about you at some point. anything you tell me, i will at least tell to nik. i dont like gifts unless they include your bank's logo and a signature. i don't care too much about tragedy, unless it's my own. if i find out you even have the slightest of a crush on me, i will probably like you a lot less (unless you're nikkii, in which case i swoon--hardcore). i like to spend minimal effort entertaining others. i like this disinterest reciprocated in most cases. i hate high maintenance guests, if you fit in this bracket, please don't visit me--you will be disappointed. i dont like girls, i dont like guys. i dont like people who think any of the following are hip or trendy:

(a) mullets: (they aren't funny or ironic, they're disgusting--get a fucking haircut).
(b) being poor: (you didn't grow up on welfare and couch surfing until you call home for a place to crash isn't poor. you're insulting the people who actually have to struggle to pay rent on an apt. the size of a closet with more cockroaches than squarefeet). and honestly, since when did it become so trendy to be poor? if you will notice, the people who actually ARE poor aren't talking it up or writing about it on Myspace, why? because they can't afford a computer or the time off of work to go use one elsewhere. quit your bitching.
(c) bad spelling: (use spell check, it isn't hard and it saves my teeth from being ground down into my gums).

im not trying to be mean, i am being honest. if this pissed you off in anyway, you probably shouldnt be friends with an asshole. i'm out for now, thanks.

Dr. Laura needs to get laid

i thought by coming to the west coast i would escape the radical conservatives. i thought that until i found myself staring at dr. laura's creepy face on the back of a bus. i flipped on her channel to see if what i remembered from my parents listening was really as bad as i recalled. i caught one of her caller's trying to figure out what to do about her personal insecurities and dr. laura told her to go to a mirror and repeat this (seriously) "mirror mirror on the wall, i'm NOT the fairest of them all. but dusty loves me and that makes me a beautiful". dr. laura's thought was that any woman who has a man love her is beautiful. so she tells this girl she's ugly but it doesnt matter since she's got a MAN. oh and dr. laura has cankles. ahahahaha.

honestly, do people actually believe this woman? or is it just for humors sake?

::shudder::

Heat.

it's 96 in seattle right now. what the fuck? i heard it wasn't supposed to get much hotter than 80! i want a refund from my landlord for saying that. especially because the building doesnt have A/C. i was so spoiled by the gas-guzzling, anti-environment midwest that i'm DYING in this heat. anyways, it's not so bad. im laying on the floor with nik in front of a big fan with water and frozen grapes. until the next...

Bird Flu & Hazmat

maybe sometimes ignorance is best. i am delighted to have enlightened myself on what exactly the bird flu is and just how much of a disaster it will cause (expect apprx. 20% of the world's population dead). for an idea of how much that is.... AIDS killed 25 million people in 25 YEARS, the spanish flu (an avian flu) killed 25 million people in the first 25 WEEKS. so now ive worked nik and i into an OCD frenzy and we are currently researching Hazmat suits and gas masks online for the best protection. considering a true pandemic lasts approximately 2+ years we have determined how we will eat/drink (with gas-mask on), shower and use the bathroom. i'm sharing this with you for your benefit. i laugh because this is humorous, but we are quite serious about it.

Organ

last night nik and i picked up an organ off the side of the road. it is so rockin'! the thing was heavy as fuck.... at least a couple hundred pounds. we couldnt fit it in the trunk, or in the backseat so...... we put it on the roof of the car and the roof didn't even cave in. but then we didn't know how to get home without taking the expressway so yes, we got on the highway with an organ strapped to the top of my car.



when we finally got home my car couldn't fit in underground parking and we had to unload it on the street. after a huge struggle with a dolly we found down in storage and not fitting on the elevator... we have it home and it works!

you can expect a totally refurbished copy of "the other side" in the near future.

I Have a Job

today i went in to fill out my new-hire paperwork at Tully's. i finally have a job! i have to go do training at their headquarters for 3 days and then i do my in-store training. the store is pretty busy, which makes me a little nervous since I don't have much experience with coffee or cash registers. but i only work on weekdays during business hours with full benefits so that makes up for my nerves. anyways, the internet gets hooked up tomorrow so we can start posting pictures again. until the next, jen-

This is for me, not you.

I just need to write down the events of yesterday because I still find them odd.

Totals:
2 police calls
1 domestic violence assault
1 hit and run
1 weirdo
1 bomb squad
1 drunk man screaming

so first, we wanted some stain for our shelves so we could finally put them up. Sherwin Williams was closed so I thought if I just hopped on the 5-N I would run into a Home Depot or Lowe's somewhere. I got off the expressway around where I thought I had remembered seeing a Target and figured big business must be everywhere near that area. After driving around I spotted a hardware store but it was closed. nik saw a wireless cafe next door and suggested we pull in the lot and figure out where we were (our computers were on us). So I backed into the hardware store lot and put my car in park. BAM! All of a sudden I'm hit and I have no idea where it came from. So I look and some old fruit in a pick-up had backed into my car. I knew I wasn't moving and his window was blocked so it was obvious to me whose fault it was. We both got out of the car and my car had no damage and his was old and crappy looking as is. Considering it was his fault nik was like, "our car looks fine, does yours have any damage?" and the guy is like "PROBABLY! What the hell are you doing here? This is private property!!" he is in my face and then nik's face screaming at the top of his lungs. I was fed up and called the police because he was writing down my plates and saying he was reporting it. So I called it in and as I was on the phone he drove off really fast. I knew he worked or owned the hardware store and had his plate number. The dispatcher said it was a hit-and-run and she would send someone out. Remember, we were fine with letting him go, we didn't have any damage. So we are standing around waiting.

nik is anxious about the guy being up in her face, we really thought we were going to scrap with this motherfucker. So she asks this kid nearby for a cigarette. No cigarettes. But he was too excited to have someone to talk to he decided to come keep us company at the car. This kid, who probably hadn't showered in a week and had nasty patches of hair all over his face begins explaining how he "punched some bitch out after she slammed into the bumper of his Lincoln Navigator that his dad bought brand new for him". I assumed he was full of shit and got back in the car and shut the door. I wasn't feeling talkative, I was pissed about the crazy old man that hit us. nik felt bad for the kid and stayed outside and talked to him. About 45 minutes pass, still no cops. Kid is still there. She asks him where a convenience store nearby is and he offers to walk her. About 2 blocks away they notice the streets are blocked up because of a bomb situation and the dumb kid walks up to the bomb squad guy who is crouched over a package with a camera and is bugging him about what is going on. nikkii takes off and tries to ditch the dumb fuck but he catches up. Now it's going on about an hour and fifteen minutes. No cops, gross blackhead kid still lingering. nikkii gets in the car and he comes up to the window and just STANDS there. She opens the window and he asks to count our change. He counts it. I want to kill him. Then he spots our camera and wont shut up about how much it cost, where we got it. He takes nikkii's phone and is playing with it. He is touching everything. Finally after 2 hours of waiting the cops arrive and in 2 minutes they write up the report and we go to leave and the kid is eyeing up the semi-automatic assault rifle in the cop car. He has his head in the car and I'm trying to make sure this cop knows we don't know who the fuck this moron is. Finally we get in the car and say bye and the kid is like "don't I get to make a report?" (remember, he didn't see ANYTHING). nik was like, I don't think you need to and he looked sad as we drove off, like he wanted us to wait forever so he could annoy the fuck out of us. We leave and go home.

after dinner we go to the cafe for internet. When we get home nik realizes she left her phone there and they close in 15 minutes. We jumped in the car and drove up there as quick as possible. Some fucker calls me a bitch because he was standing (not walking) in the crosswalk and I was stopped waiting for him. After getting the phone, nikkii wants to kick the kids ass because we are tired and cranky. Instead at a stop light we hear a loud SMACK. We look over and this older guy has hit this woman and is yanking her by the collar of her jacket. nikkii yelled "leave her alone I'm calling the police!". She calls 911 and reports it, and the two start walking down the road. The guy turns around and looks at us, grabs his balls and says "suck it bitch". We are both furious now. We stayed on his trail and then three cops pulled up. After a huge ordeal involving them calling us until 1am, they arrested him. We were both exhausted and stressed and took Xanax so we could sleep. As we start to fall asleep we both hear "FUCK YOU BITCH! FUCK YOU! YOU FUCKING WHORE!" I am in domestic violence mode and think someone is getting hit. nik looks out the window and some guy is screaming. I asked her if he hit someone. So after about 15 minutes of him screaming we go out on the patio, because we are Midwesterners and it wasn't like we could sleep anyways. Someone in a window yells for him to shut up and he responds with his original "fuck you bitch". He starts kicking signs and throws a newsstand over. Then he gets really mad and SWINGS around a tree and holds on a pole and starts swinging it back and forth. nik and I are crouched down on our balcony laughing so hard we could hardly keep quiet. So we do what every person from Michigan does, put our clothes on and went outside to watch. At 2am we are barefoot in downtown Seattle following a drunk guy down the road who is stomping around in his flipflops. Finally we went home and called it a night. Slept well until the 7am trash pick-up came for a good 30 minutes.

oh, today was good.

Life Goals

when i was in 6th grade i proudly exclaimed to my mom that i was going to drop out of school and move to seattle to become a junkie like kurt cobain and courtney love and find their house. well today i accomplished one of my goals. im not a junkie. but nik and i did drive our mopeds by kurt and courtney love's old house, something we always wanted to do. the house was like it looked on tv except the neighborhood was much more upper class than i expected. tomorrow we are going back for pictures and not on mopeds as the hills in that area proved to be more than our little 2-strokes could handle and we had to push them up a couple. anyways... today i have accomplished two of my four 6th grade goals.

move to seattle (x)
drop out of school (-)
become a junkie (-)
find the cobain house (x)

i'm on a fuckin' roll. then again my goal right before the seattle-themed goals was something about running away with the circus so maybe i should consider myself accomplished and find some new goals now.

Hives Pt.2

I went to a clinic today and the nurse said it's just an allergic reaction, nothing weird. Nik was worried that I was allergic to her since she's the only other thing that's been in my pants other than me. Rest assured, it is not her. Anyways, the nurse prescribed me an oral steroid and a topical steroid. So I guess I can't participate in the HIV-vaccine study now... hrmph. If you have taken steroids within a certain time frame you are not eligible because the steroids block your immune response and the HIV vaccine boosts your immune system.

In other news, I have a second interview at Tully's on Monday so hopefully it all works out. In the meantime I think I'm going to donate some eggs. My body is a factory for these things and I don't have to wake up early or dress up. CHA-CHING!! Medical risks, meh... this is capitalism muthafuckas: donate and DESTROY!!

Hives

I have hives. They're everywhere. And I don't even know if they are hives.

Pshhh... I'm tired. Seriously though, I am itching everywhere, but mainly my legs and butt. I think I have to go to the doctor tomorrow to see what on earth is causing it. I already changed my detergents back and used hypoallergenic everything. I'm at a loss as to what is causing this. I have washed every piece of clothing Nik and I own but I just keep itching. Maybe stress hives? Maybe the solution used to clean my carpets? But I don't have it on my hands, feet, arms or torso really... mainly my legs and ass. And no, I didn't buy new pants or chonies. This may be more information than you wanted, but you're stalking me so ::scratch scratch:: fuck off.

Food, Mopeds, Weather, etc...

It just crossed my mind that I am hungry. This isn't pointless chit chat, it's a huge step. I used to never get physically hungry, I would have to be reminded to eat by other means. Sometimes I would know to eat when other people ate, other times I just did it because I knew I had to or started to feel ill. Today, however, I feel hunger. Right now I could eat a plate of yakisoba and an entire roll of cucumber sushi. And guess what, that's exactly what I'm going to do. There is this great little sushi place in Ballard that Megan, Nik and I ventured to when we went furniture hunting. We didn't find furniture but we did find awesome food. So tonight we are going back there... possibly on our mopeds (now that they are running much better). But back to the hunger thing. I have to attribute it to the amazing chef I have. She makes me the best fucking food I've ever had. The mexican she makes KILLS me, I suppose it's the Fuentes in her. She has also gotten me to eat chicken and now I eat it like the carnivorous beast that I am. She cuts out all of the weird stuff and cooks it to the exact liking I prefer. I don't ask these things, she just does them, and does them WELL! Due to her fantastic skills I have developed an appetite for the first time since my senior year of highschool. I have an appetite, good food and a lady killa cooking it for me. I think I have reached zen.

In other news, the bitches who harassed me about moving to Seattle because of the rain will be happy to know it has been 78-82 and sunny every fucking day. I have not felt a drop of rain (not that it would bother me) and there hasnt been a cloud in the sky. All I have to say is: haha. From what I've heard, Michigan has been getting quite the storms so an additional 'haha' for that.

I hope you've enjoyed my gloating as much as I have. Rock on, jen-

Job Hunting

the combination of job hunting and brokeness is making me consider the upside of stripping, being in porn or even walking dogs. yes, i posted an ad to walk people's dogs. i haven't started walking dogs, stripping or doing porn yet thanks to an interview i have at a coffee house on monday. i just applied for 3 different jobs at the hospital that are perfect for me. i could actually pay rent and bills. and nik probably has this other tech job that could give us some extra cash for furniture! all we need is a couch and table at the moment. im thoroughly enjoying our bed so far. im sure our neighbors are too.

Seattle Pride 2006

Here's a couple photos I took from the Pride parade. Everyone was out in support including: Seattle Public Schools, Seattle Public Library, numerous companies, politicians and even CHURCHES!!

here's a woman from one of the church groups:



african american gay pride group:



..and the latino pride group:



..and finally another of latino pride:

About the last post....

... it was pride, give me a break. seattle is effin' amazing. im so so so happy nik and i are out here. i have tons of pride photos from the parade i can't wait to post. comcast isn't setting up my connection for 2 weeks so i can't post anything major until then.

i looooove my jesus

seattle rocks! seattle pride rocks harder! and im smashed

amen

From MI to WA Pt. 3

We're now in Portland and staying with Abi and Mara. Portland reminds me of a bigger version of Ann Arbor. A few times I had to remind myself of where I was. The weather, smells, people, food and places all seem so familiar. I'm not sure what I think about that but we are having a great time. I think car lag(??) hit me last night. I was really out of it and exhausted. I'm fairly certain everyone we have encountered in Portland probably thinks I'm from another planet.

Here are a couple more pictures for now...

As we entered Yellowstone Park, we were reminded to not grope the animals:


Which is good because this hottie was right next to our car:


On a side note, the bubbling mud was pretty rad.


More to come soon....
<3,
jen-

From MI to WA Pt. 2

here are the photos i promised, enjoy!

the car all loaded up


a kayaker at Pictured Rocks


and another...


nik climbing up on some of the rocks (we weren't supposed to be doing this)


me climbing up on the rocks

From MI to WA Pt. 1

We finally got out of Michigan around 4 on Tuesday and didn't get in to Pictured Rocks until about 2am. We were both very tired when we arrived. The next morning we had breakfast at this weird local place with a lot of wood inside and then went over to the lakeshore and saw the rocks. For some reason this hotel won't allow me to upload our photos. After driving across the UP, we drove through northern Wisconsin and Minnesota and made our second stop in Fargo, North Dakota. We drove 12 hours yesterday so we only drove about 7 hours today. Now we are stopped in Miles City, Montana. We've been searching for the perfect abandoned building to break into. We keep passing old broken down cars in the rocky hills like you see in the movies.

We bought magnets at a rest stop of every US state we have been together, so far there are quite a few:

California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Washington
Indiana
Illinois
New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
*Ontario, Canada

(Coming soon: Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon)


I will try to post our photos as soon as I find a network that will allow me to upload images.
love, jen-

Last Night

Tonight is our last night in Monroe. I'm staying the night at my parents and then getting up to get things ready for the trip. We are officially moved out of the apartment (so don't mail things there). I will post pictures of our trip as soon as we hit a hotel with wireless internet. More to come soon.... jen-

<3

goddamn, i really love her.



she's the best corn shucker around.

Church = KFC?

I forgot to post this awhile back and found it on my phone last night.

Thank you Father Sanders for your lovely Easter message. Only in Monroe do the fast food restaurants have to remind people what Easter is all about.

Graduation

Also, my sister just graduated from Notre Dame Academy (the highschool) yesterday so congrats to her. Tomorrow I have a graduation party during the day and then a small bbq courtesy of Nik's boss at night. Hopefully I won't post anymore blogs about wanting to do condiments. That shit just weirds me out.

Moving Update

Ever since Electric Beach ruined my sex life given the horribly situated sunburn, I've been forced to do other things like the dishes. I even packed a few boxes and planned our road trip to Seattle. We officially leave on June 13th and arrive in Seattle on the 20th. We are making a few stops to visit friends and tourist traps. We have our address now but I'm not posting it on here for obvious reasons. You can contact us if you want it. And if you don't know how to contact us, chances are we prefer it that way.

Burning Beds

I give up. I've went tanning twice and after the first visit, I broke out in hives from photosensitivity mixed with that craptacular weed lotion. This last time, they must have gotten new bulbs or something because I look like a fucking tomato. I never burn in regular sunlight. So much for the 'Italians don't burn' stereotype. Apparently this Italian does. Thank you Electric Beach for forcing me to be abstinent for the next few days. Yes, I'm burnt EVERYWHERE.

Sexualized Food

I just got done explaining how I want Molly McButter and Mrs. Butterworth on my face. Nik is mortified at what I have done to these condiments.


I also made up a new word:

horridously. this is somewhere in between horrendously and horrid.




don't worry, we'll be sober in the morning.

To the Monroe Kids

We are taking off in the next couple of weeks so if you want to meet up, lets do it now.

Monster Bed

I finally gave up with tanning outdoors. I'm impatient and like to see fast results. I got a two-week membership at Electric Beach tanning. I went there alone and really knew nothing about the whole process. The woman explained that I needed the Monster bed package and a 30$ lotion. When I got back, Nik and Erica said that I didn't need all of that. Anyways, my skin is already turning a little golden.

As for now I'm left with this:

Silk Elements

Nik and I just got done cutting one another's hair. Thats not all. We also bought some Silk Elements from Sally's and chemically relaxed our hair. After scorching our poor scalp, our hair is so straight and so cut. I love Silk Elements. Tonight we're going out as this is one of our last weekends in Michigan. This is the reason we have spent all day being queens and fussing with our appearance. Yea, we're that vain--fuck off. See you at Denny's at about 5am for sobriety.

Incase you were wondering:

movement against IE

those of you who were using internet explorer might be wondering why I put a block on this site to prevent you from viewing it with that browser. there are a few reasons:

1. i hate microsoft
2. i hate internet explorer
3. firefox is effin' amazing
4. firefox makes me swoon
5. i enjoy promoting a different browser to damage the microsoft monopoly.
6. google gives me money if you download it from my site.
7. if you're going to stalk me, the least you can do is download the effin' browser and give me a dollar.

i love doing all of this microsoft bashing. truly though, thanks for downloading Firefox.

reasons i love my mac book pro

1. it isn't a dell
2. it isn't a pc
3. it doesn't run off of windows
4. my keyboard lights up!
5. it has a camera built into it!
6. the remote control gimmick actually rocks
7. the physical body isn't built of lightweight craptacular plastic
8. the paint doesn't bubble off the bottom because the memory gets too hot
9. you dont have to replace the harddrive every week because it just stops spinning
10. it has a sensor to protect the harddrive if you drop it
11. no internet explorer... at all
12. firewire
13. stickies, widgets and the magnifying glass
14. i don't need ten thousand different antivirus, spyware protection and registry editing programs
15. did i mention it isn't a dell?


the second coming of christ

reasons we need to move asap:

because now we are entertained by things like this: