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ciao
a tutti , this is jennifer. jen for short, or j to my fans.
this is my first internet web site on the world wide web... heh.
i've made many for other people, but never my own.
a
few of my favorite things
i love food. cheese is my favorite. i love movies and the theater.
i eat movie popcorn with extra butter. if a boy takes me to a museum
on a first date, and knows what he's talking about, i'll fall for
him in a split second. i love good, dirty, sarcastic, cynical humor.
i love to talk about boys and girls and sex and love. i love to
read erotica. i'm obsessed with the food network. i also watch hgtv.
i like to decorate and redecorate. jimmy choo is a godsend. barney's
is my favorite department store. i secretly love martha stewart.
i'm obsessed with mtv's the real world. i love curly hair on boys.
i don't like hairy chests. i like to cycle. i do yoga. i like to
read comic books. i love sex. tantric sex is the best. i like to
cook for friends and family. i love good wine. i want to move to
italy. i want to speak italian fluently. my favorite sound is laughter.
my favorite look is the "oh oh" face. i like to watch
cartoons. i like to eat meat. i love sausage. i believe that sex
is best when you're in love. i think people should exercise their
will power more often. i think the internet is the best invention
ever. i love to read books. i like to sew and knit. i love hip hop
and sisters with soul. i collect vintage cameras and photographs.
i believe in god and the devil. i love people. i love loving my
family and the people i know.
the
short of it
i was born and raised in texas. texas is a lovely state, you must
come and visit. and no, we do not all ride horses and drive trucks.
for a short time my dad packed us up and moved us to california,
near cisco, but i was too young to remember. i have a sister, grace,
who is 1 year younger than me and already married, with a house.
she is my bestest friend in the whole world, and i love her dearly.
i don't know what i'd do without her. her husband, nathan, is a
great friend and goes way back with our family. i'm very happy to
see that such a wonderful man is taking care of my little sis.
i lived
the very untraditional asian american life. i didn't become a doctor,
or a scientist, or an engineer. i always had an interest in the
arts, and excelled in my art classes. so after much deliberation
and convincing of with my dad, i decided to go to art school. after
learning about sex and drugs and getting my heart broken i got my
bachelor's in design and moved to nyc to pursue a career in photography
and landed some assistant roles with some very prestigious artists
whom i look up to and respect deeply for their artistic endeavours.
after about 6 months working as an assistant, during one photo shoot,
one of our models didn't show, so i stepped in and got to experience
the other side of the camera, which i can tell you now, i hated.
well, i got paid for the job, and needless to say, it was a shitload
of money for a half hour's worth of work. i thought to myself, why
am i running around, loading film and carrying heavy equipment 30
hours a week so i can barely buy a reeses peanut butter cup for
dinner? so being in nyc and the ever so fashion conscious girl that
i am, i inadvertently became a model for the next year in order
to pay for my credit card bills at barney's. you will not get to
see those photos, so don't ask... except for this one...
<--check out this jelly
i worked
on small design projects on the side, helping out friends when they
needed design and web work. i met and made a lovely friend (hi kevin),
ate lots of sushi, and went dancing every night. after a year of
self indulgence, dieting for the camera, becoming overly self conscious
and just down in the dumps, i realized being in front of the camera
was not healthy for my self esteem nor my creative aspirations.
so i gave up my rockstar lifestyle, started eating again and contracted
at several design shops doing photography and design.
nyc
is tough. i'm not. nyc apartments are tiny. i have a lot of books
and shoes. you can't see the sky in nyc. i love the sky. so i said
bye to my friends (hi lori, shannon and mark) moved back to texas...
austin, the best place to live if you are going to live in texas.
good beer, live music, tex-mex, barton springs, longhorn football,
hill country, bbq... what more could you ask for? i did some photography,
some contract design work, but started thinking about other things...
culinary school, architecture school, moving abroad, falling in
love. then the market went down, i wasn't making any money and it
was hard to find work. so i said bye to my friends in austin (hi
tobias, may and charles and everyone) and i've moved back to houston
to live with my folks til i decide my next move. i'm looking for
freelance work, taking some small trips, doing some work around
the house. it's going to be nice. my brother in law lives here with
us too (hi mikey), so it's been a lot of fun with the house full
of people and things to do... family dinners, movies, playing board
games, outings to the grocery store. now this is home.
about
this site
this site was built on a dell laptop believe it or not! (my apple
is in storage). i used illustrator, photoshop and dreamweaver to
throw this little site together in a matter of hours. it was easy
peasy. oh, and thanks may for my pic that i used for my self portrait
and to blogger for my blog.
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