August 29, 2005
There and back again
Ugh...so, it's been a long strange trip....
I'll be back on a regular basis from now on....I hope some of you have missed me, if not, whatever...
Still in San Diego....left the world of non-profit...now back in the financial game, doing real-estate financing....great perks, lots of business..
complex world, though...if any of you need to buy, want to re-fi, or just need some advice navigating through the waters or re-building your credit, or understanding it all, drop me a line....i'll be more than happy to walk you through it all...
more later...
nice to be back...
Jess
October 15, 2004
friday night
this is the Enso...the zen symbol supreme....signifying infinity, all, completeness...
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started a new consulting firm....Enso-One....
holistic lifestyle resources.....helping business, families, individuals find simplicity and efficiency....
working a lot, but happy and fulfilled...
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by the way....i'm writing in Angelina Jolie for my ballot....
me
July 01, 2004
Summertime
heya...
summertime.....
the seasons change....people start to move around more, get outside more...picnics, the beach....
more light....longer days....
the sun burns away the vestiges of the dark times....warms the blood, tans the skin....
the garden is in full array, now, with the tomatoes starting to ripen...the sun brings fruit to the vine....the peppers and eggplant blossom, the aroma of sage and lavender and rosemary fill the air....
working outside....the rays beat down....shirt pulled off, sweat dripping, glistening on the skin....
lemonade, fresh from the tree in back of the house.....the cool, tart bite clears the dust from the throat, brings relief to the cells, parched, longing for moisture...
summer's here...
June 17, 2004
Good morning
so, it might not actually be morning where you are, however, it is for me, so there!!!
admittedly, this entry is primarily about making an entry, since i haven't in awhile...
thus, that's it!!
May 08, 2004
I'm Back!!
so....
what a long, strange trip it's been.....
too much to mention it all....and it's mostly boring, anyway...
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updates...
for all who know JENNY and myself....or just JENNY....well, i'm single now, which means jenny is as well.....in other words, we are no longer a couple...
however, we ARE still hanging together....we ARE still roommates....and it's working well....
i know, i know, everyone in the world has forewarned disaster for the situation....like we're suddently both the two dumbest people in the world, over night.....
we're not...
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more later..
January 23, 2004
Musings...
hey guys...
so, the christian type holidays are over, and things are moving along...
on the homefront, jenny and i are moving to a new place next weekend...bigger, better...lot's of room, garage, yards front and back..so, we have room for visitors...(yes, michelle, i will always vacumm the couch!)
now we can rescue jenny's cat from her mom's...the cat which now is about the size of a mini-goodyear blimp, and resembles a fuzzy rugby ball...with legs...
also, we can have more room for our new boy, Kana...he's a three year-old husky-wolf mix...i brought him home from our shelter,....here's a brief preview...
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on another note.....
awhile back i posted a little blurb on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy....that posting brought about a storm of comments, only some of which i've inserted here, in italics...
read them, and then i'll continue
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Man if any of guys watchin that crap then ur a fag wtf is it anyways faggets should b burned . Fuckin think of it that way why da fuck did god create a woman ? So like i said fuck that show and all those faggets on that shit
Posted by YescaF0h20 at January 8, 2004 02:51 AM
God created women so they could have sex with each other. Duh.
Posted by dianna at January 8, 2004 11:02 AM
Ya, and I don't mean to be a stickler, but Kai has told us, in his first post, that he's ".. not into hate or judgement" and "no bigotry"
http://grayguitar.cementhorizon.com/archives/001499.html
I'm guessing you didn't read the rules. wtf. u should b burned.
Posted by gene at January 9, 2004 12:46 AM
Lol you guys r dumb
"God created women so they could have sex with each other. Duh.
Posted by: dianna at January 8, 2004 11:02 AM"
"...way why da fuck did god create a woman ? So like i said fuck that show and all those faggets on that shit
Posted by: YescaF0h20 at January 8, 2004 02:51 AM"
that was the whole point of that post why r ther faggets if god created women???
Posted by Yessum at January 22, 2004 03:34 PM
i think what "Yessum" is trying to say is that since women were created to have sex with each other, there's really no point to having men around at all, be they faggot or breeder. am i right, my friend? lol these guys r dumb, indeed!
Posted by erica at January 22, 2004 10:43 PM
SO, HERE'S THE SPIN....i've refrained from commenting on the comments, due to my desire to speak clearly, not emotionally...
to YescaFOh20.....i applaud both your right to speak on a subject you have strong feelings about, and your willingness to take a stand...
i do NOT applaud your willingness to use degrading language against those you don't agree with....in fact, due to the nature of your comments, i'm pretty certain that well thought out, rational, intuitive and evolved responses to you would be fairly useless....you see, the very fact that i would have to talk to you about sensitivity and propriety virtually guarantees that you're not someone who would understand or respond well to such communication...
HOWEVER, in the event you're open to it, and able to hear, i offer the following....
there is a great difference in having an opinion, or a feeling, and having the right to bludgeon another with it...it's okay, in other words, to propound your view, even try to convince another of the error of their ways....but it is NOT okay to arrogantly assume that, if they don't agree with you, they're wrong...
by your reference to "God", i'm going to assume that you are perhaps Christian in faith....therefore, i'll try to put some things in terms that suit your arena of belief...
there is a tremendous difference in the word 'conviction' and the word 'commandment'..you see, what your God convicts you of, well, that becomes a commandment for YOU.....and only you.....thus, if God tells YOU something that is right for YOU, and you disobey, well, you face the wrath....
but YOUR convictions are NOT others' commandments....if God tells you to go to Rwanda, and you refuse, you, like Jonah, run from his command...but only Jonah was told to go to Ninevah, NOT every member of God's family, yes? check it....
so, have YOUR convictions, but don't judge...in fact, by your very attack, you just commited one 'sin' while condemning another....i'll grant you, that, according to YOUR Bible, both homosexuality and judging are sins....so, the dire words of judgement you sent toward the gay community come back to you for being a judgemental Pharisee....and the harshest words Jesus had for ANYONE were NOT for unbelievers who were in sin...it was for the Pharisees, the members of the religious right who cast aspersions on the sinners, while sinning themselves....think about that for a moment....by your words, you moved yourself into the category of sinners Jesus most despised....
oh, more points to ponder....
being 'gay' is NOT listed as a sin in the Ten Commandments......
being 'gay' is NOT listed as one of the Seven Deadly Sins....
being 'gay' was NEVER mentioned by Jesus, the Messiah, HOWEVER, judging others WAS mentioned by him directly
if God did intend only one, specific purpose for sexual intimacy, why didn't he just create man and woman with gender specific genitalia? in other words, couldn't an omnimpotent Creator come up with a plan so that homosexual relations would not be possible? and, being omniscient, didn't he know in advance that people would do this, and could have planned for it?
can we perhaps infer that being 'gay', then, really didn't rank that high on the old Sin-O-Meter?
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i could go on....and, by the way, i appreciate those many of you who sounded off on the matter.....an open forum is a good thing...
CLOSING COMMENTS
a confession.....although i loathe bigotry and prejudice, i must confess that i, too, am a bigot...
i'm prejudiced against small-minded, arrogant, judgemental folks who assume they have the inside track on the secrets of the universe....BUT, i admit i have the problem, which is the first step to recovery....
oh, and YescaFOh20? in the event that you did NOT read everything i wrote, or, if you did, you didn't even really reflect on it? let me speak in terms more suited to your style and sensitivity level....
.....fuck off
December 30, 2003
Returning
happy holidays to all....back from various vacation things.....hope all is well with everyone...
Michelle, thanks for the postcard....it lifted Jenny's spirits.....things didn't go well with grandma over the holidays, and she left early the morning after christmas....
more soon...
treasure those you love....
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Returning
out with the old, in with the new...
what is really new, though?
the world spins, people live, die, walk in the rain....
return home again....
dark and light, old and new,
something old, something blue....
i walk a long dark road, searching for the end...
returning home again...
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December 17, 2003
Fly Away
psychologists say that every person dreams, and that one of the most common dreams is flying...
is this some deep-seated human need to rise above? to escape? maybe to do that one thing it seems we can't do....
how do you fly? some people do the superman thing....i had a friend who always flew by just hovering in an upright position, kind of like a ghost....some people flap their arms....
i had a long period in my life when i flew like the great american hero...you know, i'd do the little running takeoff, but i'd only get about 6 feet off the ground, bumping into things, etc...therapists said it was because i felt 'stifled and limited' as a person....
hmmmm...
interesting...
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Fly Away
Dreamin' about flying
way up in the sky...
the world below is turning
while I float way up high
Dreamin' about flying
at times I can't get off the ground...
I try but I keep sinking,
and the impact makes no sound.
...Oh...one day...
gonna fly away
Dreamin' about leaving
flying through the air...
way out in the atmosphere
where I won't have a care
....someday....
I'm gonna fly away....
I dream sometimes of dying
the darkness closing 'round....
my spirit off and flying
my body in the ground
I dream of dark blue raindrops
cascading on my skin....
I leap off the precipice
I'm flying once again...
...oh, one day, someday....
'gonna fly away....
Dreamin' about flying
way up in the sky....
the world below is turning
while I float way up high
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December 13, 2003
THE ALL JENNY ISSUE!!!
Okay, okay.....
everyone has been clamoring for more info on Jenny....this is it....
everything in this issue is about Jenny....also, on the update horizon...
Supposedly, Jenny will soon publish her very own Blog!!! BUT, this will have to suffice for now...
NEWS items....
1. Teaching eighth grade....can you believe it!! They actually PAY Jenny a real salary to mold the future generation.....English, of course!
2. Jenny lives in Leucadia with her boyfriend, Jesse, right on the beach...they have been together now for over a year...(he's the Gray Guitar blog-guy, here on CH....remember....bald, pierced, tattooed, really old?? check the second picture, below.....yeah, that's the one!)
3. Jenny's grandmother is still in bad shape, living back and forth from the hospital to the nursing home..things don't look very good..
4. Jenny's needs to find a home for her cat, Foofie....she's really sweet, really fat, and, if a home isn't found, she's going to be surrendered to a shelter...so...HELP, ANYONE...Jenny is willing to drive the cat to you!!..it's a long story.
5. Within the next several months, along with her full teaching credential (she's on an intern cred right now) Jenny will complete her Master's in English....yes, a graduate degree!!!
6. Jenny stays incredibly stressed and busy trying to manage her new career, new home, soccer, sleep, and still trying to find time to read all the time, watch television all the time, and eat at Onami's whenever possible!! How do people actually manage real, grown-up life??!??!?
7. And....
drum roll please......
JENNY HAS TIVO!! TIVO! TIVO! TIVO!
JENNY HAS TIVO, SO, BE JEALOUS AND COVET JENNY'S TIVO, COVET HER ULTIMATE DOMINANCE OVER TELEVISION LAND! PICTURE HER WATCHING BUFFY AND ANGEL AND QUEER EYE 24 HOURS A DAY, HOLDING COURT ON THE COUCH, IGNORING ALL THE WORLD IN FAVOR OF T.V. FRIENDS SO DEAR!!
NOTHING COMPARES TO TIVO!! (an amazing early christmas gift from the thoughtful boyfriend, by the way....) IT'S THE BEST THING EVER, EVER, EVER INVENTED!!! (Michelle, are you sooooo jealous???)
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PICTURES:
1. Jenny with the English Department staff at her school
2. Jenny with the boyfriend at a holiday party, looking ever so hot!!
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Okay, so that's it for now....the new blog will be up soon, as soon as a suitable name is found....
later....
More Entries
There and back again - August 29, 2005testing - October 15, 2004
friday night - October 15, 2004
Summertime - July 01, 2004
Good morning - June 17, 2004
I'm Back!! - May 08, 2004
Musings... - January 23, 2004
Returning - December 30, 2003
Fly Away - December 17, 2003
THE ALL JENNY ISSUE!!! - December 13, 2003
San Diego...Jenny...and Thanksgiving day fun!! - December 02, 2003
I'm Baaack!! - November 25, 2003
SPINNING - September 06, 2003
Pointless? - August 15, 2003
COMMUNITY - August 09, 2003
What is a 'Metrosexual?' - July 30, 2003
'QUEER EYE' RULES AS BEST SHOW EVER!!! - July 26, 2003
- July 15, 2003
Gray Guitar - July 07, 2003
this is me!!! - June 28, 2003
Hey - June 28, 2003
