50 Facts about Jen Garrett

1. No one calls me Jenny unless they are a blood relation.
2. I name my cars. Currently, I'm cruising with Athena, whom I still occasionally call Venus.
3. I hate coconut, peppers, and mushrooms. Mushrooms are fungus, people! Don't be fooled.
4. I've never left the continental US, but I dream about vacations in Spain.
5. My favorite states are Massachusetts, Ohio, and Washington. California is falling into the ocean, so it's not even an honorable mention.
6. I can be a little tiny itty-bitty bit anal about grammar and punctuation. Just a little bit.
7. I steal all my best lines from movies.
8. My favorite doll when I was 5 years old was an official "My Friend Jenny" doll.
9. According to my former boss, I'm "slightly abrasive."
10. I love old movies. My Man Godfrey and It Happened One Night are the best. Okay, and Notorious, too.
11. I was born in Toledo, Ohio. So was Katie Holmes.
12. I've been interviewing people as a pastime and profession for over 10 years, and I still get nervous before interviews.
13. My favorite fruit is the green apple.
14. I lust after red leather -- red leather shoes, purses, pants -- you name it, I want it.
15. I've worn glasses since I was 12. I refuse to wear contacts.
16. My first job was at O'Connor True Value Hardware. It was a love/hate relationship.
17. I live with two kids and two dogs. And one J.R.
18. Fall is my favorite season.
19. I'm a Sagittarius on the Capricorn cusp.
20. ee cummings and Theodore Roethke are my favorite poets.
21. I don't like breakfast in the morning.
22. I majored in English and Spanish in college.
23. I was the sports editor for my college newspaper.
24. The Tennessee Lady Vols is my team.
25. I have three sisters -- two older, one younger.
26. My watches have only Roman numerals or just lines on the face -- never actual numbers.
27. My first bike was pink and had the Fonz on it.
28. I hate putting information about myself on the web but feel compelled to anyway.
29. The Dixon Ticonderoga soft #2 is my favorite pencil.
30. Before I started drinking the Dew, root beer was my favorite soda.
31. I like to make lists.
32. I want to write a novel.
33. I love to bowl.
34. I can't sing.
35. I've always lived with a dog (except for dorm-living in college).
36. My favorite M&M is the light brown one. They don't make it anymore.
37. My dream wardrobe consists of Levi's, tees, and Nikes or Doc Martens.
38. I lived in Maine for one year. I hated it.
39. I know more Barbra Streisand lyrics than any self-respecting woman my age should.
40. I don't like to drink out of plastic cups.
41. I love Barbies.
42. My Melissa Etheridge collection sits next to all my Eminem CDs.
43. I love Macs. I'm currently using a 15-inch MacBookPro.
44. I love to play Scrabble, but I never win.
45. Jodie Foster is my favorite actress. And I've got a thing for Sandy Bullock.
46. I prefer photographs to paintings.
47. I have a small mouth but a lot of opinions.
48. My eyebrows are my favorite feature.
49. I keep a copy of everything I write so I can look back in shame.
50. I wrote my first poem in the third grade. No, I will not put it on the web.

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(aka Jen's bookmarks)

google
weather.com
Netflix
Hotmail
amazon
Angelfire
Columbia House
Film Affinity
All words
Wellesley
Alumnae Association
Element K
IMDB
Ancestry.com
WNBA