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