22 and Puking

Hello everyone! Well Adams, birthday Party was on friday evening, and we roasted the HELL out of him. It was so much fun, especially because almost everyone was able to come for at least a little bit. I am currently dog and house sitting in Isanti, and everything is quiet and wonderful. I just took a very long and very hot shower and for the first time since Friday evening feel human again. I will post some of the birthday pictures later this week. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

DNC

The Democratic Party is filled with innovative and unique ideas. It's not like they are just bunch of lesbians who sit around singing "Give Peace A Chance."

The hour is drawing near

I cannot wait to get my turn...

More Senior Violence

"In Crawley, England, in July, police were called to a supermarket to break up a fight between two grandmothers, who were ramming each other in their mobility scooters." - Reporte by the Star Tribune.

Birthday Song

Birthday Song:

Jen: The number one billboard song on the day of my birth, September 11, 1986, was "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin.

Adam: Oh that's perfect, because you're beautiful, I love you, and--- you have asthma.

More, much more

Isn't it interesting how some of the most influential people in our lifetimes, may come in the most interesting packages.

A former student of mine has taught me more than most of the other people who have come through my life. Not only was this little jem the reason which I was brought to dreadful tears on my 21st birthday, but she is also the reason why I am now awake at this early hour and crying tears of joy. That's right folks. Jen is crying. Never in my two years of teaching have I actually cried with joy due to the actions of one of my students. I am not typically a person of whom actually cries with joy, but after the story I am about to unfold here, I am sure you will all understand why.

Earlier tonight I attended a meeting for Holly Day Preschool. This meeting began at the new site that will be the home of our new school. After this meeting, instead of going to a local coffee shop as initially intended, we decided to continue the meeting at the near by home of one of our founding parents. The eldest daughter of this household was a child that was in my preschool class for the 2007-2008 school year and is now entering kindergarten. She was so thrilled to see my self and her other former teacher that she couldn't fall asleep and ended up staying up for the entire meeting. After the completion of the meeting she asked her mother if she could give me the present that she had gotten for me. Her mother said that she could and this little girl retrieved a simple white envelope. She than told me the story behind my gift. And it was as follows. Shortly after this summer began her mother decided that her daughter was old enough to begin performing simple household chores. For every successful chore that was completed on her own, the little girl would receive a quarter. For every four quarters that she earned, she could trade the quarters in for a "buck" and than had the option of either going to the dollar store and buying a little goodie or saving it. The little girl informed me that with one of the "bucks" that she earned she purchased my gift from the dollar store. This little girl was always enthralled with all of the various necklaces that I wore throughout the school year. Here is the truly genuine part-she bought me a beautiful necklace from the store with the very first dollar she ever earned.

My little bunny rabbit (that was her symbol in class, of which I assigned her) is a fantastic little person. She will grow up to change the world, make it a better place. I know this, because she has already made me a much better person, a much better teacher, than I ever could have been on my own.

Thank you little rabbit. The world is not done-it needs more, much more, of what you have to offer.

Forms Forms EVERYWHERE

I am drowing in Holly Day Preschool forms! AHHHHHHHH.

Dylan Moran

Dylan Moran on Rap.

Best weekend ever yet to come!!!

So the first weekend of October will be the best weekend ever. Heres the lineup:

Thursday October 2, 2008: Tub Ring Show
Friday October 3, 2008: Religulous opens in theaters

Saturday October 4, 2008: Fall Con
Sunday October 5, 2008: Fall Con

Oh what a beautiful morning...

I find umbrellas terribly romantic.

The winds of change are upon us...

I have the urge to update this with more than a sprinkling of my likes and dislikes, and actually give those that I don't see on a daily basis a sumation of what I have been up to in the past few days. This will be hard to do since the updates that are most presently lodged in my mind are "top secret" projects that will only be announced if and when they pan out properly. In other news, I have been ill all week and the best of it has hit me within the past 24 hours-not being able to breathe. There are a few things I can handle when it comes to illness, but asthma troubles seem to make everything other than focusing on being able to breathe, irrelevant.

A new site has been found to house Holly Day Preschool. My mother and I are thrilled about this, and have planned to take a tour of it tomorrow afternoon. I truly hope that this possibility proves itself as fruitful as I believe it can be, because to be frank, we deserve it. I am very proud to be part of the founding of this school. After all, there aren't many things that would alter my plans of moving back out to New York, yet this is one of them that I proudly embrace. The only alteration I would make, if I could, would be to make my mother take a few days off and enjoy herself. She works far to hard, and I don't believe anyone really knows all that she does, as mother, teacher, wife, artist and woman. I love her, and truly like her.

Next Friday is Adams 22nd birthday. We are going to have our most cherished friends and family over for a roast of Adam Sward. This WILL be hilarious. I cannot wait!

My birthday is also coming up fairly soon. September 11, 2008 I will be 22 years old. I am still unsure of what my plans for this occasion will be, but I am already nearly peeing myself over one of my birthday presents. Thats right folks, after 11 years of waiting, I will be given a ticket to see---HANSON. That's right. Issac, Taylor and my man, Zack (he was the hottest, no contest, period.) I am currently accepting ideas, if anyone has them, for what I should do on my celebration of my birth- drop me a line!

Over and out-

Why hello there...

I pretty much think Anderson Cooper is the most attractive man, ever.
And if anyone is thinking about what to get me for my birthday- I would be happy with him, but will settle for this.

Brideshead Revisited

An absolute-get up and see the next showing of this-great fucking film.

Seriously,

Leave now, and see it.

See atheism triumph over useless folklore (Catholicism)!

Man With Net

I think we could be great friends.

Slaughter

"You can't have SLAUGHTER without LAUGHTER"

Homesteader

A Tuesday August 19, 2008, the Homesteader was finally torn down. The place where I met the love of my life, the place where on a cold winters night he proposed to me, is gone. 

I am very sad about this loss. 

The only consolation is that I MET the love of my life, and HE proposed to me, and we are slowly and gracefully and beautifully spending the rest of our lives together. 

And thankful for the Homesteader, but more rightly, Adam Sward, I am.

Dot the i

By chance one night while Adam and I were out renting movies for a nice night in I stumbled across this film called "Dot the i" it didn't look particularly interesting but one the the tag lines on the cover was "this years Momento" and from that exclusively we decided to rent it. It turned out to be a great find and we watched is numerous times. It is now one of my favorite films!!! I have found the trailer for it, and even though you may not be intrigued by the trailer, just know that this film will have you thinking its about simply a love story, but how wrong you are, how very wrong you are. It has some great twists, and a wonderful ending! Rent it or buy it today!!!

Plural?

I just noticed something a little off with this whole blog deal. I noticed that even if there is only 1 comment on one of my blogs it shows up as "1 comments". Even if there are no comments it shows up as "0 comments." I am not the type of person to freak out over just any grammar mistake, but this is one that will probably drive me a little insane. Why? Why? Why? Who can I contact to fix this?

True Story...

Adam and I are at home late at night. I am sick and he is giving me a hand message. We are laying in bed watching "Next" on MTV.

Adam:

I think you would make a girl rhyming girl, you know like the narrator on NEXT.

MORAL: Gosh, he must really think I'm talented!

Ode to the amish

I am absolutely fascinated by amish culture. I have no interest in becoming amish (as is nearly impossible to do) but I am so interested in how they run their lives, families, religion, and careers. They are very hardworking people, who thrive on being the same. They believe that everyone is the same. They believe that one needs to be an adult and have the opportunity to experience other lifestyles before one can be baptized into the amish lifestyle. The period of time after one has finished school (8th grade) and before one gets married or between the ages of 16-20 (approx.) is called the "Rumspringa" and at this time it is believed that one is an adult, and is able to make their own decisions about how to conduct their lives, and since they are not baptized yet they may venture into experiencing different lifestyles. 

I think that though they may seem very strict and reclusive they are one of the most honest religions. Understanding that baptism should be an adults choice and not a baby photo op. is very mature, and leaps and bounds beyond other faiths.

Sick Days...

I am sick today. I tried to write something really interesting and funny for today about being sick but realized that it was pretty lame and decided to start over...

My mom has been my savior today, as she has sent over some soup and amish friendship bread for me!!! The only thing that I love more than yummy carbs are the amish. 

You'll be saying WOW everytime you use it!!!

Why do I want one of these SOOOOO badly? I think its the guys right eye that really sells me. I am a softy for a squint. Watch the amazingness that is- the ShamWOW.

I miss the Petes'

Never forget. NEVER forget.

My heart belongs to Microsoft

Guaranteed to always make me laugh

Hiccups.

I have a problem. A very cute problem. A very frustrating problem that is made even more so by its being cute.

You see dear friends, if I wake from a deep slumber and am at all annoyed I seem to get the hiccups. The type of hiccups that last all day and hurt when they erupt. 

I have them now. 

A day in the country...

Mission for weekend: To get a new top radiator hose

MISSON COMPLETE

So I went back to my roots today in rural Minnesota. I met up with my fantastic best friend, who completed my mission for me. The initial plan was for him to teach me how to do it, but ended up being that he changed it and I sat in his driveway and made fun of him.

Just to make a point-

TiresPlus estimated this fix to cost: $120

Actual cost to fix it: $15 and a beer (beer yet to be paid)

After this we went over to Boondocks and got a drink and shot some pool. Adam and I than parted ways with Jay and headed over to my sisters house for some impromptu playing with kittens and horse back riding. 

Congrats to Adam!!! It was his first time riding a horse!!!!

Last night at Drink

Last night Adam and I got all dolled up and went out to drink and be social (something we haven't done that wasn't work related for quite some time.) We ventured out with Adams friend Joe of whom I was just really meeting. He is a nice guy who deserves nice nice girl. Although our amazon waitress totally dug him, the prospect really went nowhere. Last night, I missed Mary a lot. Why did she have to move to Mormon-ville. Anyways, It was good. Real good.

I can thank running everyday for this...

Adam and Joe drinking their girly drinks.

We walked passed this sign at about 1:30 am. Adam was pissed.

I need 100 People...

Tubring

 So once, long ago in a place called Mankato Minnesota, Adam and I were casually chatting with Kevin (lead singer of Tub Ring). While we were chatting we brought up something that we had wanted to know from the band. We asked if we could get 100 people to go to their next show in Minnesota if they would agree to play our favorite song. Kevin said that they would, and now that the date of their next show is set- the game is on!

 So here's the deal. 

 If you haven't heard of Tub Ring before go here or here.

 Now that you have followed my directions and listened to them- you now love them. If you for some reason could not hear them at either of those sites you may contact me and I will get you a mix CD of their work. (Yes, I got permission from the band to do so.) 

  Next step: COME TO THEIR SHOW!!!!!!!

Tubring

7th Street Entry/First Avenue

701 First Avenue 

Minneapolis, MN

Thursday October 2, 2008

8:00 pm

 

 Not only do they play great music, and put on a phenomenal show, but they also are now traveling with a mini tiki-bar, so before and after the show will be grilling/drinking/partying with the fans (aka us).

PLEASSSSSSSE Come and bring people- and let me know if you are coming. 

Drop me an email for any comments/suggestions/RSVP or whatever: 

Jenniferlamere@gmail.com

Weekend Project...

 I need a new one of these. The part itself (Top Radiator Hose for a Pontiac Sunfire) will cost between $10-$20 depending on where I decide to buy it. TiresPlus would charge me $120 to get it changed. How ridiculous is that? Anyways, luckily my best friend is a mechanic and is willing to show me how to fix it for a beer. I think I will probably tip him 5 more...

Thank you dear!!! 

Travesty

Look closely. This is my mini-fridge. It includes all of the essentials for daily consumption. Fruit, vegetables, pasta, lemonade, and vodka. Vodka is meant to be cold. Therefore, cold Vodka is good Vodka. Vodka in a freezer so cold that it is literally frozen IN the freezer, is a travesty.

And thus my first goal for this weekend- free the Sky Blue.

The Whitest Kids U Know

Proud to be an atheist!

  Ah. I miss this. I wish that the American Atheist Convention was today. This photo (which to my surprise included a quickly walking Richard Dawkins, of whom I later met and had sign many many books) was taken in Minneapolis Minnesota at the 34th annual American Atheist Convention in early 2008.

 That's right friends. I am a proud atheist. Here now are some marvelous quotes about atheism: 

"We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes."-Gene Roddenberry

"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me." -Emo Philips

"There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages."- Richard Lederer

"Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer."- Unknown

"You keep believing, I'll keep evolving."- Unknown

"An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An Atheist believes that deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An Atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished."- Justin Brown

The Newsies were right.

I don't want to hear about Barack Obama anymore. Please stop telling me about him. Please stop telling me about why I "should" or "have to" vote for him.

I won't.

I won't vote for McCain Either.

If we don't begin throwing our votes away to the independent party now, when will there ever be a viable third option. 

Build the power. Strength in numbers.

I knew someone had to have invented it...

  "This is the Forever Flashlight from Excalibur Electronics. It uses a "wobble" generator (basically a bar magnet moving back and forth in a wire coil) to convert the energy generated by physically shaking the flashlight into electricity to generate light. This is not a new idea; wind-up dynamo-driven hand-held appliances such as the Freeplay Radio have been widely marketed since the Y2K scare. The cool thing about the Forever Flashlight, and others like it is that it uses one of the new super-bright LEDs as a light source, which means that, not only does it never require batteries, it never requires replacement bulbs. No part of the unit is openable; the case is injection-molded around the components. It is thus entirely water- and corrosion-proof. You could bury it in a swamp (or a bomb shelter) for 20 years, and still count on it to light up after a vigorous shaking. Because LEDs convert electricity to light so efficiently, 30 seconds of shaking can provide 5 minutes of continuous light. I keep mine in the windowsill; if there's ever a power-out, what light there is will be coming through the windows, making them, and thus the flashlight, relatively easy to find in the dark."

You can find it and other wonderful inventions here.

I want it...

Bottle or Tap...

I want to save the earth, but I cannot drink the foul "water" that leaks from my kitchen sink. Brita filter, Pur filter, pur filter x3 doesn't make it any better. 

My secret is thus:

I buy bottled water, a lot of bottled water- and I like it.

Scare Tactics

 A while back, when Adam was in the San Diego and my family was in the Rockford (Illinois) I was perched comfortably on my parents sofa in the Rockford (Minnesota). I had been given an unexpected vacation from everyone and everything (After all, I was in Rockford, MN). While on this lovely little vacation I made a very important decision after viewing a lovely documentary on animal planet. On chimps. On how intelligent chimps are and are continuing to evolve. The decision I made was that under absolutely no circumstances would I bring a child to this world until I was at least thirty years old. (Adam later confirmed his support in this decision.)

 

 Last night though, my dreams sought to prove to me that never, under any circumstance should I have a child. This is how it was done: Here I am in my dreams living on a comfortable picturesque island in the caribbean. A small island (Rhode?) but placed in a tropical abyss. Though Adam and I are living in this lovely haven, we are still poor and do not own our own means of transportation to leave the island whenever desired. In the middle of this very calming portrait, I realize that there is something or someone shrieking my name. I turn to look and see- a child, my child. I couldn't tell you the gender of the child in my dream, or even their name. In my mind that was unimportant information. All that can be stated for sure is that this child was between infant and toddler ages. I attempted to be a good mother in my dream, hold your child, comfort your child, be amused by your child, and occasionally feed your child. Try as I may though, this wonderful dream was quickly becoming a nightmare when I realized that this child's needs far surpassed the importance of my own- or so I must react to them as. I was now seeing my life as being stuck on an island, and stuck with a child. At one point in time, while Adam and I were returning from a perfectly mediocre party (one acceptable for the attendance of children) we realized that we had completely forgotten our child- at the party. Not intentionally mind you, but none the less forgotten. It was at this point in time, when I was attempting to convince myself that this was completely normal, all parents forgot about their children sometimes, I awoke and realized that I do not, under any circumstances, want children. 

 I realize that there are those who would believe this seemingly obvious dream to mean something much more symbolic, and that you need to read the signs of the dream in order to come up with its obscure and often irrelevant true meaning, but I am a blunt person (or attempt to be) and I believe my dreams are with me in that.

 Dreams caused me to realize that with a child, I couldn't properly live my own (dreams) out!

Respect your elders...

...by choice or by force. I strive to be this bad ass.

 

He asked if I would be a jeans and t-shirt girl forever

 Adam asked me if I would be a jeans and t-shirt girl forever. Only if I get to wear this t-shirt. 

Perhaps...

 There are many things that I find irritating. I find small trendy cars to be irritating. This becomes unbearable when you see two of them next to each other, ganging up and mocking you. bah. 

Not doing what should be done

Well, Here I am. I have started my very own blog after being divinely inspired by the blog of miss Lauren Farmer. I spent hours looking at her blog yesterday and laughing my face off while reading it. She has altered my opinion of blogs an entire one hundred and eighty degrees from complete horror and disgust to wanting my very own. I am hoping that creating my own will not only continue to improve my feelings toward blogs and bloggers but will also---, um, what exactly do blogs do anyways? Well, anyways. Here i am and I hope that everyone will enjoy what I will be saying, doing and exploiting over the next few hours/days/months/years or more appropriately stated "until my attention span has run out and I am tired of doing such frivolous things as blogging." 

-Until then...