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Name or Pseudonym:: Jennifer

About Me:: I'm Jennifer from Raleigh, NC, a 44 year-old blogger of several years, prone to spilling my life's minutiae all over the internet on a near-daily basis. Anything you could possibly want to know about me can be found there. For the record, I was a near-miss NaBloPoMo'er last year. Couldn't quite drag the blog across the finish line. Am expecting much better things from myself for 2007's event.

Blog:: chapternext.typepad.com

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North Caroilna Bloggers: (15 members)
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Writing Prompts: (150 members)
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Creative Bloggers: (131 members)
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Commenting Challenge: (41 members)
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The Circle of Jens: (136 members)
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Hair we are.

A note: this post is the direct result of an uncanny confluence of events. First, I am working on two family projects that require massive hours of photo viewing/sorting/scanning. Second, I need a haircut in the worst way. Third, I...

Friday Night Light

A man's best friends welcome him home after 14 months in Iraq. h/t Balloon Juice.

In kindergarten, one of my brothers told a friend on the playground that our father had discovered America. At about the same age, I dreamed that he was God.

1. Today's first line title plucked from Under a Wing by Reeve Lindbergh. It should come as no surprise to those of you who've read here for any length of time that my own father lived in similarly grandiose style...

Life Imitating Art

I was loading the dishwasher when the phone rang. J: Hello? Mom: Jen? Hey! I need your input. J: On? Mom: Well...I was at the funeral home today making some arrangements. J: (drops pot in sink) Wha?? Mom: You know...

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November 30: It ain't bragging if you can do it

Added a post Nov 30 2007

First, I'm posting an "ode to NoBlo" on my blog, and then I'm going to STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD. For a little while, anyway. Congrats, all! Read More »

My Page layout

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You'd think you could just drag them up and down, but they seem pretty insistent on staying where they are! Read More »

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Alianora La Canta Nov 5 2007.

Does anybody know how to swap things around in the sidebar area? I'd like to move the photos box down the page and bump my rss feed up closer to the top, for example. But I can't seem to find a way... Read More »

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Jennifer - Open Book added the blog post 'An Ode' Nov 30 2007

Jennifer - Open Book replied to the discussion November 30: It ain't bragging if you can do it Nov 30 2007

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An Ode

Thirty posts hath November,

which comes to one per day,

with nary a word written worthy to remember:

it's the grand old NaBloPoMo way.

November is ending, and so, too, the event,

and not one single moment too soon.

Had this day not come, you couldn't prevent

me from poking my eyes out with a spoon.

But even though it was a challenge, and I often stumbled

just wondering where to begin;

and though harsh daily complain…

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Posted by Jennifer - Open Book on November 30th, 2007 at 8:13am — No Comments (Add)

Is this thing on?

I'm trying to decide if I have the mental capacity to maintain a page here and my blog, too. Especially with the posting every single day bit. But when I click over here and see a virtually blank page with no virtual friends, it makes me, I don't know, what's the non-ethnic word for verklempt? Anyone?

Posted by Jennifer - Open Book on November 3rd, 2007 at 10:45am — No Comments (Add)

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At 4:38pm on November 11th, 2007, Aimee Greeblemonkey said…: Love the NC license plate!

At 1:49pm on November 8th, 2007, Jennifer - Open Book said…: Yeah, I made the tag myself at imagechef.com. It is pretty cool. :-)

I'm glad ya'll joined in!

At 7:30am on November 8th, 2007, Lilymane said…: Hey Open Book Jennifer :D
I'll echo Toni and say thanks for starting the NC Group. And just so you know - your page looks pretty rockin' to me. Peace.

At 2:37am on November 7th, 2007, Toni Jarvis said…: Hey, thanks for starting the NC faction! I just checked out your blog because let's face it, I have no life outside of blogging, reading blogs, thinking about blogging... So my question is WHERE did you get your NC NaBloPoMo tag??? Did you make yourself? what talent! very cool, indeed!
toni
http://3amdesigns.blogspot.com/
PS It's really 5:30 am here in NC

At 2:02am on November 4th, 2007, Sandra Hanks Bentoiton said…: In Indian Ocean Creole, it would be "pope jab", but that's ethnic, too, and really obscure, so no help at all.

I was drawn to your page because I have a daughter named Jennifer who lives in North Carolina. I'm on the other side of the planet, so any chance to feel close is nice. Thanks for that.

At 5:03pm on November 3rd, 2007, Jamie said…: Hi Jennifer,

Welcome to Creative Bloggers. I'm glad that 1 minute passed and you said, "I'm in!"

What I decided to to re the blog here blog there issue is to post on my blog here the topic I blogged about there. Lol, does that make any sense?

At 4:02pm on November 3rd, 2007, NM said…: feeling alone on here? amid all of our equally introspective, near-reclusive, extrovert compatriots? say it isn't so! [grin]