Family superhighway
STORYTELLING | This week, the whole WIBA announcement thing got me dicombobulated and off-track, so I completely forgot to post about the storytelling show I participated in at the Charlotte ...
Friends and family
LIVE & IN-PERSON | I can’t believe it’s been nearly four months since my first storytelling show happened at the Charlotte Streets Arts Centre here in Fredericton. But it has! If ...
Beauty’s religion
Let’s go Rome! For those of you who don’t know, I am off to England and Italy tomorrow for three weeks of social and quasi-religious fulfilment. (Read: seeing friends, drinking cider, and buying ...
Backbeat, the word is on the street
Another one of my Weekly Scoop stories hit newsstands this week. It’s about Paris Hilton and how she’s, like, so totally over, you know? The issue is dated Feb. 6, 2006 and features the ...
And my destination, makes it worth the while
Considering my job (and maybe for all writers), it’s extremely bizarre to experience a week in which you are both prolific and totally unproductive at the very same time. I spent the past few ...
Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine
Well, colour me surprised. Whereas most of my blog entries go relatively unnoticed (and certainly un-commented on), yesterday’s ridiculous rant caused an absolute avalanche of commentary. I’ve ...
Things get damaged, things get broken
Get ready for this mo-fo. She’s a big’un. Why I Hate The Internet: Okay, so I don’t hate the Internet. I love the Internet. I love the stupid Internet way too much, which, if you’ve ...
Maybe this year will be better than the last
Well, I’m back from my week in Mexico. Am tanned, though I didn’t mean to be. Am spending the day welcoming in 2006, but last night was low key. I didn’t make any resolutions. Didn’t even ...
Why am I such a misfit? I am not just a nitwit!
Wise words from Hermey the Dentist Elf. Personally, I was a much bigger fan of Bumbles the Abominable Snow Monster, but I always root for the underdog. What can I say? I’ve been sick. ...
All the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile
Have been felled by the most horrible, disgusting cold/flu ever. Seriously. It got bad on Friday afternoon and hasn’t let up since. Stupid germs. Stupid flu. Stupid Jen (too stupid to get a flu ...
Gonna make a lot of money? Gonna quit this crazy scene?
Note to self: if you write a silly and pointless blog, people may read that silly and pointless blog. Silly and pointless blog may subsequently come back to haunt you. The horror! Oh well, when ...
Welcome to the jungle
There’s so much to report! For one thing, I am the new Arts and Culture Editor of ION Magazine. It’s the sweetest little alternative monthly glossy out of Vancouver. (It’s more like an art book ...