Where am I? How did I get here? Where am I going? What's going on? Oh yeah...now I remember. I'm Jen. That's me, sitting on a rock in a river in Montana, in the summer of 1996. I have better glasses now.
"Wherever you go, there you are."
I live in
Newton, Massachusetts. I work for The
Princeton Review, managing MCAT and GRE courses in eastern
Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. So far, I have two
publications to my name (one from
my undergraduate program in geology, one
from my time in a graduate program in geology). I have a
talented, sexy husband, three ferrets, and a lovely half-a-house just
a couple of blocks away from the Charles River..
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Meet my friends! |
Meet my family! |
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Playing more flute than I had been for a long while Meaning to get back to my yoga class Reading Gene Wolfe, but not really getting it (if you've read him, you probably know what I mean) Editing the manual for the roleplaying game based on the video game developed by my husband and his colleagues |
Josh and Kelley have put up a page for their adorable babies Stefan has published a novel, and has some short stories available online The rest of my friends don't have webpages -- yet. Bad friends! |
My parents live in Texas: Mom's a chemist by education, a manager by profession, at Southwest Research Institute; Dad's an endocrinologist in private practice. My younger brother graduated from Harvard Law (yeah, I'm kind of proud of him!) and is an associate at Jones Day. |
"I've been ionized, but I'm okay now."
My parents drove me here in 1997. From San Antonio. With a U-Haul. It was... um... an experience driving that U-Haul through the godforsaken nightmare that is Boston traffic; I'd advise others not to try this if it's at all avoidable.
A very
brief, very expurgated personal history
I
was born in Dallas,
Texas
on Labor Day (heh), 1975. I grew up in San
Antonio, Texas. I had a happy home life and a relatively
uneventful education. In 1997, I received my bachelor's degree
in geology
from Southern Methodist
University. Then I moved here.
Details, for those very few who might care
St.
Luke's Catholic School (1-8) || John
Marshall High School (9-12) || Game clerk at Fiesta
Texas (2 summers)
Various minor awards, honors, scholarships,
and "scholastic" trips throughout
Professionally
I'm about to
embark on a career change – from geology to teaching to test
prep to ... (drumroll please) editing! That last step might not
appear as an entirely, um, logical career move, but trust my friends
and family on this one – it's the job I was born for.
Unprofessionally?
My duet
partner and I are planning a recital once we get our stuff where we
want it ... I've been meaning for years to paint a set of sushi
plates at the Clayroom ... If I were ever in good enough shape, I'd
love to hike the Appalachian Trail (even in bits and pieces) ...
well, huh. All of my big future plans right now are
professional, it seems.
Trips I plan to take ... someday
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New Zealand |
the Scottish highlands and the Lake District (again) |
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the Florida Keys |
Ireland |
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the White Mountains, New Hampshire |
the south of France |
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San Francisco/Napa Valley/Big Sur |
North Africa (Tunisia? Morocco? definitely Egypt) |
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London (again) |
Venice |
Last updated: 3/22/05
