Umm... uh. Uh... This will be a long list... On which Josh Groban happens to be near the top of... This song got me through SO many hard times... when life just overwhelms you, whether it be school, church, college, friends, family, fear, depression, addictions, grades, teachers, disappointment in love, people, God, yourself, or even a crazy combination of all of the above, I've found, this song, really takes away a lot of the pain and brings new hope.

The Bible... Genesis, Psalms, Proverbs, James, Luke, Song of Songs... Anything by or about Miss Jane Austen. Classical novels in general are my favorites... Jane Eyre is definitely my weakness. And Pride and Prejudice...

My two great loves in the movie and literary world are first and foremost anything related to the 1912 maritime tragedy and major motion picture "Titanic," and secondly, but very importantly, all the works and adaptations of Miss Jane Austen. Movies that touch the heart, connect with you on some level deep inside, or make you think more about life, love, family, decisions, history, the past... these are the types of films and stories that I'm attracted to. I, being innately female in nature, also enjoy romantic comedies —Sandra Bullock and Meg Ryan are my favorites in these categories, and I truly do appreciate a well made drama. Art films aren’t usually my thing, but there are a couple which totally blew me away… “Joyoux Noel” and “Whale Rider” being the foremost two. And, of course, as my best friend Leslie can confirm, I absolutely adore really dorky, usually-kids-films-with-humor-nobody-ever-seems-to -get, movies, that fall into a category I like to call “Crazy Movies We Don’t Know Why We Like.” I'll watch the OCCASIONAL action-thriller, horror film, or box-office-Hollywoodized hit. But overall, I love romances, period films, dramas, and fantasy.

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Hi... I'm Jennifer. But in case you were expecting a little more than that, here goes: I am… A child of God. A daughter. A granddaughter. A sister. A friend. A girlfriend. A writer. A dreamer. A far-futured wife and mommy... In word, I'm also... Romantic. Obsessive. Silly. Random. Clever. Strange. Beautiful. Me. I am a firm believer in God, gravity, and laughter. To me, almost everything is amusing in some way, shape, or form. There is a little bit (or sometimes more) of the ridiculous in all of us, so why not laugh about it? People just don’t realize how dreary a day is without laughter. Laugh at something silly. Laugh at something stupid. Laugh in celebration. Laugh in your tears. Laugh at yourself. Laugh at ME! Laugh at the way life turns out. Laugh at your mistakes. But don't let life deaden your heart or your spirit to everything that's still beautiful and good and true in the world. So readers can understand and perhaps take me a little more seriously… I'll share a bit more personally about myself. I had a childhood interrupted by many personal, family tragedies. Most everyone in my family either died or moved away and lost touch with me a long time ago. A few years ago, I dealt with a heavy depression in my life. That year, I began self-injuring (cutting) myself to deal with my pain. It was my only release from the bottled up anger, hatred, sadness, and frustration I had inside me. People today, however, are extremely wary of and judgmental of this fairly new, rising and addictive coping mechanism teenagers have found. It wasn’t until I starting attending Venture (Foothills Christian High) that I even allowed myself to begin dealing with and eventually stopping this destructive behavior. It was through the people I met there, however, including my teachers and friends, that I found new hope, new strength, and new happiness. I rediscovered my joy for my life. And I made a vow to myself to never let go of it again. I believe everything happens for a reason, and God has sheltered from so much pain already. And I refuse to close my eyes to all the beauty and all the life around me... Every day, every moment… I know, that just being alive, is a fantastic thing… a blessing that should never be taken for granted.

Jesus Christ, the Lord of my life, my Savior, my shelter, and the One who always catches me if I fall... Guys who act like gentlemen, (BLONDES-cough!Or maybejustoneofthem-cough!) classic literature, music -classical, opera, dance, pop, rock, pop-rock, and some country, romance, crazy people, laughter, period, historical, and British films, the color burgundy, vintage clothing and jewelery, plays, musicals, operas, museums, ships, people who make me laugh, people who refuse to give up... and flowers.

The uncaring attitudes, those too wrapped up in their own lives to recognize the pain and suffering of others, deceit, arrogance, manipulation, liars, racism, any jokes made about the Holocaust, feminism, rude, annoying, and disgusting "guests" at my under-appreciated and under-paid job at the theater...

Let's see... writing -everything. I write poems, short stories, essays, reports, letters, even a song or two... Writing is very therapeutic for me. I've been doing it since I was a little girl. It's one of my greatest passions in life. I plan on becoming an author. One day you will see my name in print... I also love drawing, dancing, reading, and singing. My strongest interest has to be history -WWII, the Victorian era, the Titanic, England in general, the royal famlies, steamships, classical composers, poets, and authors. My day-to-day life involves working my butt off at a movie theater with insane, fellow-employees, going out with friends and my bf Kyle Perkins, attending Common Ground and church weekly, and planning amazing excursions to places I hardly ever actually end up going to (Queen Mary, Old Town, the beach, art museums, Disneyland, rollar-skating rinks) ((When are we going somewhere besides church, school, a local restaurant, our houses, or the movies, Kyle, HUH??!?))