upon my recommendation.
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings, photography
as America, band, band of thieves, blah, blog, dance, dance experience, google, google image, google images, merry makers, Shane, something, South Africa, university of pretoria
So, this is Shane. 
If you recall, he is in a band with me. We call ourselves the paper janes. We call ourselves this because it is our name. And in this band we play music. We deliberated over different kinds of bands–say, a band of thieves or a band of merry makers, but thought that would require more than just two of us, so we decided against those particular kinds of bands. We also considered starting a dance company instead, but then we remembered that Shane doesn’t have what one would call a ton of dance experience, so we figured it would be safer to stick to something we both know.
Anyway.
Shane is currently in South Africa. Allegedly, he is going to school. This is yet to be proven. Although, if you go to his blog, you will find a picture of one school building. The picture looks suspiciously like any old google image, but I suppose he would say this is proof that he is, in fact, going to school.
I have told him that we have plenty of schools right here in America, but apparently Shane wants to live a life full of adventure and learn about other cultures and make new friends and grow and be brave and live a story that is worth telling and blah blah blah Shane, if you didn’t want to be in a band anymore, you could have just said something instead of running off to South Africa to “go to school.”
Ahem.
But my point is that Shane has started a blog. And you should go read it, if for no other reason than to see some of those google images of the University of Pretoria pictures of his school out there.
Actually, the truth is that I am totally proud of Shane for living life the way he does. And I like all of you who read this here blog, so I wanted to let you in on a new blog that’s pretty rockin’.
a questionnaire.
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as capital, crab apples, drag queen, homemade pizza, hot lava, John, pain, Saturdays, something, teaching, thousand needles
How do you tend to spend your Saturdays?
a). teaching pilates.
b). making homemade pizza from scratch.
c). pretending that your roots aren’t quite as bad as they are and that you don’t need a shower as much as you do.
d). throwing crab apples at people you love.
e). talking with a beautiful friend about the various and respective johns (men who are literally named John!) who both of you don’t want to date, though the feeling is not mutual, sadly enough.
f). participating in a very volatile conversation with someone who seems to hate you, to the point that you are feeling pretty darn weird inside.
g). getting your eyebrows threaded! for the first time! and actually, they’ve never even been waxed before so, ooooh! it’s pretty exciting.
h). swimming in a large pool with friends and family and pretending to be either a shark or a life guard, depending on the exact moment you’re taking down records.
i) all of the above.
And my answer is: all of the above!
At least for this saturday, anyway.
*and about the eyebrow threading: I think this is something that I will get done now. Because they did such a good job. Seriously, I was a little afraid they would make me look like a drag queen or something with brows just too arched or thin, but really, they just look clean and shaped and nice. And also? When I asked the woman who got it done before me to tell me the truth and let me know if it hurts, she said, LIKE HELL! Just like that. She seriously pronounced the capital letters and I was all, OH SHOOT!, except I just thought the capital letters.
So when I closed my eyes, I was ready for something awful to come over me. Something like hot lava or a thousand pricks from a thousand needles, but really, it was hardly anything at all. I mean, not compared to a broken heart. And actually, the pain was kind of interesting–but maybe that is just because I am a dancer and we are used to pain but I had never before experienced threading pain so a part of me was like, Ah. Different. And interesting.
And then it was done and I got to walk around the mall with bright red skin all around my eyebrows and that was different and interesting, too!
good, I think.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Thoughts and Feelings
as anything, dear god, disappointments, fact, faith and fear, fall prey, God, half hours, something, today, way
Today I woke up feeling inexplicably better. I haven’t been lately, you know. Feeling better, I mean. What I have been feeling is just like the littlest victim that could. And what could I do? Fall prey to every sad and dark thought that came my way. Oh, and I was doing it so well, [...]
I will no longer judge the frogs.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Thoughts and Feelings
as boiling pot, dangerous temperatures, fact, frog, love, nick of time, pillow, recording music, Shane, something, sweeter sound
Shane is drumming. Pat is engineering. I am sitting on a pillow. And collectively? We are recording music. Oh man, I’m working hard; I’ll let you know how the pillow sounds with these particular microphones. On to something else now. Like frogs. Particularly, how they get boiled alive sometimes, not even realizing that the water [...]
do what you do.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Thoughts and Feelings
as breezes, counterpoint, Jessica, job, kind, life, little house, safe place, something, sort, what the heck
I’m waiting to get my hair done. And I’m thinking about life and I’m wondering about so many things. It’s strange how there are so many possibilities. It’s a hard sort of dance to perfect; it’s like some sort of counterpoint that, I suppose, keeps things interesting, if nothing else. Because there’s the pulse, the [...]
the point to it all. or at least some of it.
in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings, photography
as California, california reptiles, Darby, different signs, dipping bird, Jane Austin, Jason, life, mountain lions, nearby neighbors, Ollie, point, Rich, right, something, time
I saw this sign today. It’s rather hard not to see something that you are photographing, I think. And it has a point. One that I have been trying to live by for a while now. You know, digging into the moment. Realizing that life is happening whether or not it’s what I’d planned and [...]
getting there.
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as alarm bells, bag, enough space, jenna, leg room, Los Angeles, Nova Scotia, rationing of food, road, something, time, trip, Wright, wright brothers
Oh, flying. I know we’ve come a long way since the Wright brothers hung in the sky for a hot second and wowed the world, as they should, but man, either my legs are too long or budget cuts have resulted in not only five or six pretzels thrown your way during a flight across [...]
ridiculousness.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as air, bandz, Cape Henlopen, conditioning, cool air, double edged sword, freezing, God, jenna, ocean, pestle, s rays, season finale of 24, Shane, something, sort, world
I am ridiculous. I mean rolling-out-dough-at-3:30-in-the-morning ridiculous. And as if that isn’t ridiculous enough, please bear in mind that I was rolling out dough with some sort of tool that, as far as I can guess, is used to crush pills. The word that comes to mind is pestle but I could be making that [...]
I will not live a hungry existence.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Thoughts and Feelings, Uncategorized
as America, day, ferry, Japan, Mount Fuji, nothing, one eyed willie, peg leg, point space, right, something, Willie, working in japan
When I was working in Japan, my friends and I decided to take a day and travel a little loop around Mount Fuji. And I will not get into the magic that made that day so vibrant, but I will tell you that around midday I found myself very very hungry. It was right before [...]
My name is Jessica and this is a nice, quiet space that I like to cram with words.
