Seven facts
Instead of passing it along, I offer it up to anyone who would like to participate.
7 FACTS about
Jennifer
1 - WORK: I was a reference
librarian for about ten years, first for a
state legislative agency, then for a
Washington, DC think tank, and finally for
the "world's greatest deliberative body."
Four years of working 40-50 hour weeks in a
basement paging through Congressional
Records, locating report language, and
watching C-SPAN with my colleagues for the
laughs led to disillusionment and burnout.
(Note: There is really much more to the job
than that, but an exhaustive listing of what
we did would bore most readers). I quit to go
to culinary school.
Took a detour to be a stay-at-home mother and
freelance writer.
2 - EDUCATION:
After one false start, I received a bachelors
in philosophy, a masters in library science,
and a certificate from a culinary school. My
first college experience was about drinking;
my second, about thinking, my third, about
getting a job, and my fourth about taking a
chance while I still could.
3 - FRIENDSHIP: When I do make a friend, it
is generally for life (even when I am not
good at keeping in touch). I’m still figuring
out how to make connections as a reserved
person without a traditional working life in
a place I don’t know very well, since we’re
still fairly new to Northern Californa. It
isn’t easy, but I am getting there. I don’t
need a posse, just a few confidants.
4 - RELATIONSHIPS: My second husband and I
have been married five years as of last
Saturday, and have been together for ten.
After a tough 2007, we’re in a good place
now. Happy belated anniversary, honey!
5 - WWW: The Internet was just taking off
when I was in graduate school. I remember
becoming quite engrossed in the usenet
groups. Gopher -- a kind of menu-driven WWW
-- was the hot technology during my first
library job. It’s a totally different world
now. Completely addictive, too, especially
now that I am blogging.
6 - FITNESS: Run 3x a week when I can, other
exercise on the off days, walk almost
everywhere. I’ve been mainly vegetarian (some
fish) for 13 years and don’t see going back
to eating meat.
7 - DREAMS: One basic dream: that I make an
authentic life as a writer. A better way to
put it: I am living an authentic life as a
writer, making the dream a reality. (Thank
you to The Fearless
Blog for cheerleading
the idea that we must think something to
make it so.)