Hi Everyone!

I've finally wandered off the main page and made my way to the forum! I'm new here, though I've been able to meet many of the regulars here already ;) I'm a graduate student in NY right now, but I miss my home in S. California. I have perfectionist tendencies and can be fairly compulsive about certain things...I think this is good and bad.

1. My biggest hero is Steven Colbert after he roasted Bush in the White House Correspondents Dinner. Since then, I've believed him to be the man with the biggest balls on the planet-the type you can see from outer space ;)

2. I like many water sports/activities, and did competitive swimming for a long time....I also lifeguarded for a bit and found this to be an incredibly boring job. I enjoy teaching kids how to swim.

3. I like watching NFL football (when I had the time), and "soccer" aka, "football" as well. Watching the World Cup and having cider is great, but no offense to Italians out there...Italy may be a strong team, but I can't stand their dirty tricks...they're completely in a class of their own on this-and the replays make this very clear. I also want to strangle the Refs. at times, and penalty shoot outs raise my blood pressure to very dangerous levels...

4. When I have more free time, I want to polish up on my Spanish. I also have an overactive imagination and envision some bold moment where I will stride up to some hot Spaniard with a determined expression saying something like "Yo quiero tu cuerpo"!! lol! (I don't discriminate...I imagine myself trying this with other hot men of different cultures if I could speak their language!)

5. I don't like dumb and ridiculous people who are fake.

6. In life, I place a high premium on laughter and friendship. I like getting dressed up and going out with the girls...

7. People who are intelligent, think independently, and can talk straight with you have my respect.

8. I worked in Switzerland last summer and consider it to be one my most happiest times

9. I am often told that I have overly idealistic notions of romance.

I hope to meet more of you who are here if after reading this description of me hasn't put you off ;)
Have a nice weekend!

Hi JennyClaire,
Welcome to the forum. Nice intro!

I too like football/soccer still play five a side football on occasion. I used to play for my college and on Sunday. Joined a semi-pro team for a while, but I much preferred playing football to training! Ah well. We have the European Championships this summer looking forward to that.

Competitive swimming? Cool. I can imagine lifeguarding is brain meltingly boring...

Laughter and friendship is cool, among other things.

Switzerland, cool! Must have been nice. Which part?

Ha ha. That would certainly be an ice-breaker if you were to say that to a hot Spanish guy. ha ha

Have a good one.

Oh, well look at that.

Hey Jenny from the block, good to see you back here.

Hello Jenny Claire,
I like your intro, you sound awesome.
I im 27 yrs old, married, live in nyc. i have 3 kool kats, and i also like to travel, photography, art, jazz/classical.
i also like Colbert, bill maher, george carlin, South park, family guy

Hola Jenny, welcome.

Hey Jenny

I also lifeguarded for a bit and found this to be an incredibly boring job.

Funny stuff.....So true. I was a swimmer for a long time was even considered olympic class...Well until I tryed to do a skateboard rail slide down a stairwell and broke my knee cap....Good by Olympics!
Funny you say that about lifeguarding.......It's the only job I've ever had when I've had genuine schadenfreude moments....Hoping someone would go under so my day might get interesting....Otherwise you just sit there and bake in the sun.....Unless you were luck enough to have one of those umbrellas. The other half of the time you are yelling at kids for doing stupid stuff on the side of the pool instead of in the poll and than silently having more schadenfreude moments as you imagine the kid slipping hitting the deck....Not enough to permanently injure him of course just enough to teach him a lesson....I don't say her, because boys were the biggest horseplayers.
Anyway...I know I am sick bastard...That is why I am in this straight jacket...How do I type? Two words....Bic Pen.
Welcome Jenny!!! I'm Richard Schlicting in the front....If you are curious.

Hola Muchachos! lol...how come only men are coming out here to greet me?!

Very nice to hear from all of you!

Francois-I'm in NY, but sadly, my unversity is not located in the city. I attend Cornell, and while it is nice in itself, it is located in some remote area on top of a hill, seriously. You can tell who's been here for awhile by seeing who has stronger calf muscles ;) Back home, I have two cats, Nathan and Bagel. Nathen is kinda getting fat and has puffy paws, Bagel, well...I guess he kinda got that unfortunate name afer he jumped on my lap during lunch when eating a bagel....from there, the rest is history.

You sound like a cool person with who I probably have a lot in common with....minus being married...lol!!! I also enjoy art, architecture, jazz (old big band stuff like Duke Ellinton and the boys to stuff like Sinatra, Bennet, Pink Martini....I actually had a some French guy introduce me to this...have you listened to them before? I like their song "Hang on my little tomato" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC-Yuq4Tfx4 ) I have some other good jazz pieces I could attach for you sometime! Another really good piece is a mix of classical and jazz...and that is Air on a G string done in a jazz rendition.

Also, if you (or anyone else here) like Colbert and stuff related, you may also enjoy these links I had sent Jackson as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27mdvdwOpw&feature=related

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc7q5_nathalie-portman-rap_fun

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=164013


King Biscuit: Thank you for uncovering the enigma in which you name was! I haven't yet picked on favs. for the European Championship...but I expect we will be seeing Germany, Italy and France up there somewhere! I do like Croatian team...

Geneva was the coolest. People really learn to relax and enjoy life there! At 5/6...EVERYONE leaves work and does not stay in! You find people eating dinner and sipping wine by the lake at sunset...it is very nice! I use to like running by the lake...

I want to go back!!!


Manolo Hola! I spied that you play acoutic guitar from your profile...I am quite envious! I play the piano...but I have always wanted to also play the cello and guitar...guitar mostly so I could sing with it....I always thought there was something cool to that...Plus, unlike the piano...you could actually move it around with you!


Lokiman the Bastard Thanks for the welcome and compliment...that is very sweet of you ;) "Sir, may I say that flattery will get you everywhere!" hahaha...anyways, nice to hear from you, I'm sure I'll be seeing you more around now that i'm here in the back!


Eduardothefreak Ok, can I honestly tell you that you revealing yourself as "Richard Schlicting" does not surprise me whatsoever? Actually, I had some weird flash of this feeling when I read that "I've had genuine schadenfreude moments"....I know I haven't said much on my main page...but TRUST ME, lol...I do lots of quiet observation regarding the threads and people who write on it! I'm a people watcher...lol, and I have never seen so many manifestations of crazy from some people..hahaha....so yeah, all the insecure who read this and have worries, lol-start feeling self conscious ;P

Anyways, I wouldn't worry about being a sick bastards with those thoughts you have just shared...hehe, because I swear, I couldn't have said it better myself. Um, sickly enough, I've had more than my fair share of those fantasies...maybe more-my overactive imagination tends to run a muck sometimes, and I have a hard time reining it in when I should!!!

ps. I like your sense of humor ;)

AND

Chef I AM the Jenny from the block here now ;0...but trust me, I won't be trying to "keep it real" by grinding up 24 carat gold into dust and buffing my ass with it! lol...celebrities are so ridiculous...

Yup. Spanish is damn sexy. I just started learning it about two weeks ago (on my own, I bought a spanish program for my computer) and I'm picking it up super fast because I speak French and Romanian which are both latin languages so I can really see the similarities.

I'll definitely have to check out that Colbert clip.... He's hilarious.

And I don't have a favorite NFL team. I don't exactly like american football but I love sports and can appreciate it so I was excited to see another girl who is a sports fan! Everyone here knows me as the obsessive NBA fan. I am basketball crazy and have been glued to the tv the past week since the playoffs just started not long ago and there are so many good games on every day. I am a Lakers fan. I live in Los Angeles. :D

Hey...Jenny....Yes....I am a people watcher too....More so in the real world. On Bastardly I like to get into the mix.
As a lifeguard the only thing other than do what I describe below is to be a people watcher......My girlfriend and I, back after highschool used to sit in the Paramus mall and just make fun of everyone or make comments.

I haven't taken my voyeur skills to the next level and bought a telescope, but than again I don't live in a highrise...I live in the country.

Although recently I have gotten sick of being the outsider listening to other people conversation and being too shy to say hello.....I'm married so I guess that gives me a buffer, but I often now interject my thoughts into total strangers conversations....At first they are taken a back.....But on commute I've ended up making a few friends now by doing just that.....I'm tired of being shy and withdrawn....Bastardly has brought that out in me....Plus I know I am funny and quick witted and have far more confidence in who I am....So why be silent..
Sorry to go off there....
Anyway.....Glad you like my humour.....My goal is always to make people laugh....I certainly don't make comments from my own amusement....I like to share the fun.
Welcome Jenny....Glad I'm not alone on the lifeguard thing too.

Im a bit late but...Hey JennyClaire!!!

B !!! Nice to see you popping up again! Hope you had a nice weekend! =)

Hey Jenny, wow cornell, thats awesome.
old big band stuff, that is my specialty! i don't know who i would be if i didn't feed off the recordings of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, Ellington, Sinatra, Bennett, Anita O'day - along with the Cole Porter songs, The Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, Frank Loesser, Harold Arlen...alright now i sound like a complete jazz geek/asshole. but thats what i am.
OVERALL, you sound like a very sound-minded individual, i hope you hang around here and make your presence throughout the forum.

ah glen miller!
wow, you really know your big bands, i'm more than impressed.
Did you see the movie "the glen miller story" staring jimmie stewart? its fantastic, one of my fave musician bio pics

my faveorite glen miller songs are Penn 6500 - (i've been in that hotel many times, they considering demolishing it to make room for another high rise) AND Kalamazoo!

more on the Pennsylvania hotel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Pennsylvania

Another occasional 'people watcher' here. :) And I too like a bit of jazz and some big band 'swing' every now and again. Maybe not as much as you guys though!
Penn 6500 is great francois.
You seen a film called 'hellzapoppin', it has jazz, jive, jitterbug and mad screwball comedy!

hellzapoppin. yup.

:D
Cool! Yup, know what you mean. Saw some modern day 'jazzcotech' dancers a few years ago, similar energy. Excellent.
The 'Lionel Hampton'! Wow.

Hi Caitie! Nice to meet you too :)

Welcome Jenny.

Hey Dirtybastard....how are you doing?!!

Hey my cousin went to Ithaca and I have a cabin in the Thousand Islands just North of Watertown.....
Oddly my cousin's roomate was the guy who wrote the screenplay for Bull Durham....So this was a while ago.
I forgot, but I though DB was Japanese for some reason....or was TLA...I don't remember....I know there is some relation to vietnam, because she wrote me something related to Khmer Rouge and how it affected her family.
What Nationality/Nationalities are you?

Lived in Ithaca or school there? I don't know why good unversities are often times located in random places? Yale...New Haven, USC...another bad neighborhood....??!! Where is Thousand Islands in relation to Ithaca? I am a geographical idiot of this region...

When we are on break, collegetown is a ghost town...except for us grads. who are still researching at times!!!

I'm Chinese/Taiwanese

Yourself?

USC is in the worst neighborhood. It's like in the ghetto near downtown. The streets are dirty, the buildings around are run down, and it's a poor area.

For such an expensive school they could've found a nicer location. But i'm guessing that the surrounding area was nicer when USC first opened up.

yeah, the neighborhood around USC is ghetto....it's shit town from what I've heard

Yeah...There is temper issue in my family. Fortunately I missed that chromosome and have a lot of patience. My uncle for instance once went over the counter after a guy at McDonalds over an arguement over the size of a soda....Most of my fathers side is like that....I can also drink like fish and not get drunk....But I really don't need to drink anymore unless I'm partying or something.

:) Also my beard when it gets long gets red....My mothers side I don't know...She was adopted and the hospital she was born in burned down with all the records....So I may never know what else I am. Either way...Glad I don't have temper issues, but it would also be nice to have a couple beers and get a buzz....I drink like 12 and I'm more sober than when I began.

Yeah....If I have any hope of getting trashed I have to do shots too.

I love beer, but it is so fattening. I've learned, when I am drinking anything, that Stohli vodka and cranberry juice is really good.....I could drink Stohli vodka straight though....It doesn't have that taste that most vodkas give you at the end....You know the one that kind of send shivers down your spine.

Grey Goose is my #2....I just have a thing for Stohli.....But yeah...I'd love my beer and champagne is nice if not to sweet. Also love a good Chardonnay.

Oh yeah....Ports are great....So many great flavors. Especially if you have some good cheese.
Rieslings are nice.....A bit smoother to me....
I've never like Cabernet's though.....Kind of refined port, but refined to the point that it lacks character at times.

Hi Caitie,

I don't have anything serious again the Irish ;)

Unfortunately, I have to say that the guy was from S. Ireland...and has done a disservice to you....

ps. I'm all for sexy guys!

Hahaha......I humbly accept!

I'm american, born and raised, and consider myself american but my parents are both Romanian immigrants. I speak Romanian fluently but I CAN'T read/write it. I can kind of read it, but it takes me a long time to make out the words. The reason I can't read or write it is because I was never taught the language, I just grew up hearing my parents and grandmother speak it so I picked it up.

Hey, I didn't see that earlier....I guess that's the thing with writing threads at times...I can speak and understand Chinese, but i CAN'T read/write it either :( sadly, my chinese is degenerating as well. I pretty much had the same experience like you when it came to picking up the language. I am born and raised american, but my parents are both Chinese immigrants as well.

Now here's a politically incorrect question for you..."what gymnastic exercise do you excel at most?!" j/k of course ;) ....don't go get offended now!! Anyways, I play the piano!!!! lol!

Oh yeah....Ports are great....So many great flavors. Especially if you have some good cheese.
Rieslings are nice.....A bit smoother to me....
I've never like Cabernet's though.....Kind of refined port, but refined to the point that it lacks character at times

Ports ARE great!!! You should try an Australian one some time...they are very distinct in taste...and very good! I love cheese, and kinda a snob about it. Some of my favorites are Chesire, Stilton with Cranberries, and my all time favorite is Cave Aged Gruyere Cheese!!!

Cabernets are definitely refined....but Merlots are very much full bodied and rich tasting...

Jenny...Yes...Merlots are nice...Kind of a middle ground between Ports and Cabernet, but they still have some character. In fact sometimes they are better because ports can be a bit rough and subdue the great flavors within.
A great port is hard to beat though....Hard to pay for too. :O)

I play guitar and most stringed instruments. I play piano a bit, but not as well as I would like....Hopefully I'll get to the level I want to soon....But it is a bit frustrating starting from scratch when you already play one instrument...It's like, Oh this again.

Oh Jenny can you help me with my math homework? J/king.....Think along the line of your gymnastics joke.
:O)
Cultural stereo types can be funny in the proper context.....
This isn't the way you want to venture into other cultures:

Diclaimer:
I really hope no one is offended by that Especially KB and Loki.....Growing up as white kid in an all black neighborhood, I just know the reality....That that guy wouldn't have made it 2 feet.