Somebody or Something is using my domain name for SPAM….
I feel so violated. As if I would do something like that. I’m researching how to make it stop, but until then, if you don’t know me, I’m not spamming you–some weird internet pornbot is.
Bits and Bytes
My Non-Writing Life
I’ve been surfing a bit around gmail and Google docs trying to figure out how they can benefit getting my new rental online. I’ve been busy most of this summer remodeling approximately 1/3 my space and hopefully, I’ll be ready to go in September. It doesn’t make for interesting blog fodder so I’ve not been …
Less frustration and more fun
Today, I can tell you a story about frustration and fun. During the summer, I was busy with my remodel and busy with work, and–well–just busy in general. I didn’t feel like I’d had a summer at all. I just wanted to have at least one day that felt like summer. I decided to plan …
Afternoon at Rosso & Bianco Winery ~ Alexander Valley
Today, I spent most of the day catching up on administration an emails. At 4h00, Cindy said she was going to go back to Rosso & Bianco (where she’s doing her internship) to show her friends from her school around the winery and the lab where she works. I said I should probably go with …
Hike at Sea Ranch
I haven’t been writing too much on my blog lately. I’ve been trying to get out. Today, we went for a hike out at Sea Ranch. It ended up being more of a drive. I took Skagg Springs road out to Sea Ranch. It took us over two hours. Ugh. Winding roads to a windy …
Cindy’s Blog
I discovered the other day that my housemate Cindy (who is here for an internship) is keeping a photo blog of her time here! If you want to see a few pics of her stay, head on over to cindycalifornie.skyrock.com. Last Friday evening, she had her colleagues from her winery over for dinner. She made …
Supporting Rachel Ferguson
I’ve been scoping out a few new songs on the internet lately, and I thought I would head on over to my friend Rach’s page to see what she’s been up to. Looks like she’s been working on her sites all summer. Found this banner. Had to post it. You can now buy her songs …
Laundry List of Sundries…
I’m suffering from not updating my blog. It’s painful. I now have a huge list of things to write about and to experiment with. First, I have a new housemate. Her name is Cindy. She’s from France and is working an internship at the Francis Ford Coppola winery in Northern Sonoma County. I’ll post a …
Lee Parker and Monopoly Tournaments
I had the strangest dream last night. I dreamed of a former high school classmate: Lee Parker. After not even thinking about him in many, many (too many to count) years, how random that I should dream of him. I mean really. However, it’s even more random that I dreamed that we were going to …
Am officially on sabbatical from my blog
Am terribly sorry readers. I haven’t updated my blog in over a month. I’ve got too many things on the go I guess and I can’t find the time to write in between them. How many other excuses do you want to hear? None I’m guessing. So, I’m giving myself permission to take a sabbatical …
First camping trip of the year–42 years later!
Here is a picture of my parents on the first camping trip of the year in 2007. Ever since they have been married, they have gone camping. And now in 2007, it’s 42 years later!!!! My parents have been married for 42 years. They are still camping. Most importantly, they are still laughing!!!! I love …
A giraffe with a skin condition
One day last month, my team had an off-site meeting at this wildlife Safari park in Sonoma County: Safari West. It was definitely an interesting day. We started around 10 am. At 12h00, we had lunch, then we were lucky enough to get a walking tour of the immediate property (which means that we didn’t …
My sister sent me this riddle
You are driving in a car at a constant speed. On your left side is a ‘drop off’, (The ground is 18-20 inches below the level you are traveling on), and on your right side is a fire engine traveling at the same speed as you. In front of you is a galloping horse, which …
Rach’s song JOSHUA is picked up by 11 radio stations across Canada!
WAY TO GO RACH! I’ve never been more proud of anybody in my life. So, if you’ve been reading my blog at all, you know a little bit about my friend Rachel Ferguson. She is a 17 year old singer songwriter from Alymer, Quebec (the greater Ottawa-Gatineau region). And, she’s kicking ass! I love it. …
Cyndi Targosz Questionnaire about Relationships
A questionaire from Cyndi Targosz (of Starglow Productions) arrived in my email this morning. She’s asking me (and all of my eligible friends) to fill out a questionnaire about being in a relationship where the woman is older than the man. I’m going to do it. Not that I have any interesting stories about dating …
Dogs on Treadmills
How’s this for a random event: A new colleague of mine told me in the hallway the other day that she had a treadmill for her dogs. I thought that was odd enough–until she told me that she’d sold the treadmill to a lady who wanted it for her sheep. This really is California. I …
Hockey Night Ringtone!!!
On the cbc.ca homepage the other day, I saw this advertisment: MAN!! A few years ago I went to Alberta to visit family and my cousin NIK had a version of hockey night on her phone. When I got back to California, I told a few of my fellow Canadian geek friends about it. Joe …
Starring Jennifer C. Burke, As Herself
These last two months I’ve been watching the entire six seasons of Sex and the City episodes from my NetFlix queue. I’m fascinated that a writer can write one column a week, live in her own apartment in New York City, and afford all those designer shoes, clothes, friends, restaurants, and night-clubs. (Yes, I know …
McCrae Family Reunion (and more!)
Well, this was going to be a blog entry about the spontaneous McCrae reunioun we had over the Christmas Holidays, but I can’t find my pictures. I’m annoyed. I usually don’t lose my pictures. When I went back to the Yukon this Christmas, I phoned my friend Yvonne. We arranged to have lunch at the …
Mahjong at McCrae
When I lived in Whitehorse (in the 1980s), I worked as a waitress at McCrae’s Chinese Restaurant. Whenever I go back, I make sure to call my friend Yvonne and we usually have lunch or breakfast or just get together to have some fun. This year, in addition to having a bit of a McCrae …
RACH WON!!
Rachel’s song Joshua is the new beat in Hot 89.9 FM’s Battle of the Beats. I sent an email to people I know (and some I don’t) to vote for Rach’s song on the radio station. I didn’t know you have to vote AS THEY ARE PLAYING THE SONG. At 6h00 pm tonight, I streamed …
E-Quest for Rach!
At the beginning of January, I wrote about my very talented teenage friend Rachel Ferguson. Today, her Dad sent me this email: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Jen, Due to popular demand JOSHUA will be taking on Nelly Furtado’s new single, tonight at 9pm on the Battle of the Beats with Cash Conner, HOT 89.9 We printed up …
Soap by any other name ~ is soap!
I was talking with a friend the other day. She was horrified when I told her I use shampoo for my body cleanser: “Shampoo is for your hair!” I told her: “It’s all just soap. You’re clean afterwards. The rest is marketing.” It’s really ridiculous actually. This soap is for your head hair. This soap …
The Don’t-Buy-It Diet
I’ve been depressed lately–ever since the middle of February actually. It started with eating too much chocolate the week of Valentine’s Day. Then, my friend Quebec-Martin bought me a completely decadent, no-flour, triple chocolate birthday cake the following week. So, I worked on that for a bit too. AND–I didn’t stop there. I also went …