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Name: Jenn
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
Gender: Female
Interests: Music, Broadway, Knitting, NASCAR (#99 and #24), Blogging, Gardening, Amateur Photography, Reading...
Occupation: Education/training
Message: message me
Member Since:
9/16/2005
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|  1. Above all else, I pledge to be a loyal fan to my chosen driver. I will rejoice and celebrate when my driver wins. I will lay blame on every other driver in the field if my driver spins out on the first lap. My driver can do no wrong. He is perfect in every sense of the word. I will tell this to everyone I know and I will actually believe it. I will stand up for my driver if another driver's fan says something off-color about him. If necessary (especially if beer is involved), I will come to blows for my driver. Even if my favorite driver is no longer racing, I will make it clear to everyone who will listen that he is my favorite driver of all-time. I will know everyone on his team...from the crew chief to the PR rep. I will talk about him so much people will tell me to shut up. Also, I will never lose faith in my driver's abilities. If he has finished 30th or worse in all the races in the past two years, I will have faith that my driver will win next week. My loyalty is strong and never shall I change my favorite driver. He is the best.
2. I will bitch heartily about the sport, but will also be the first person to defend it. I will complain about the sanctioning body, the rules, the race tracks, et cetera, until I am blue in the face, but DO NOT let me hear another person bash my sport of choice. I will tell them that NASCAR is the best sport ever and give them at least 25 reasons why.
 3. I will own at least one item bearing my favorite drivers name and sponsor. If I am truly loyal, I will go and spend my hard earned money on many pieces of memorabilia. I will go out and spend $250 on a diecast, even if it means I have to eat peanut butter sandwiches all week long. I will search the world over for cardboard stand-ups of my favorite driver. I will own shirts, hats, socks, bed clothes, glasses, coffee tins, collector's cards, signs, flags, et cetera. I will put myself in debt for these items and never bat an eyelash (reserving the right to complain about the price....it is my money, you know?).
4. I will love Bristol like it was my home, even if I haven't been there. Every year I will try to get tickets to the Bristol night race. I will call the offices everyday until they tell me to stop or they will get a restraining order. I will make it my mission in life to go to this race at least once in my lifetime. If worse comes to worse, I will sell something of great value on ebay to raise the money to buy tickets off a scalper. I will do this just so I can rub it in to other fan's faces that I have been to the Bristol night race.
 5. I will hate at least one driver in the field (or really dislike them). This driver will usually be someone who has done an injustice to MY driver. This may change from week to week, or lap to lap. On a really bad day, I will hate all of the other drivers except for MY driver.
6. I will know everything about racing. I may not know who the current president is, or what day it is, but I will be able to expound at great length on subjects such as; tight, loose, camber, toe-in, toe-out, stickers, scuffs, racing grooves, restrictor plates, wedge, air pressure, aerodynamics, etcetera.
 7. I will do everything I can to meet my favorite driver, but as a true fan, I will never be an autograph hound, or one of the "bag people". If the opportunity arises I will take full advantage of it, but I will NOT chase my favorite driver through the garage area, screaming his name and making a fool out of myself in front of 100,000 other fans.
8. I will gladly put myself through hell to go to a NASCAR race. I will spend my life's savings on tickets and pit passes. I will drive 12 hours straight to get to the track. I will either spend outrageous amounts of money on a hotel room or I will sleep in the mud, using a rock as a pillow. I will wake up at 4am to be sure I'm at the track as early as possible. I will sit in traffic for 8 hours trying to get to the track. I will park 3 hours away and walk to the track in the hot sun. I will fight the crowds with pleasure. I will spend $18 on a hotdog and $20 on a soda. I will sit in crappy seats that only allow a partial view of the backstretch. I will spend $80 to rent a scanner to listen in on my favorite driver's conversations. I will stay until the end of the race, then fight the crowds and the traffic again. I will drive back home without sleeping and tell everyone who will listen that it was the best weekend of my life.
9. I will do everything humanly possible to get a job with NASCAR. If I am a true fan, I will go to college and take mass communications to be a PR rep or a motorsports journalist. I'll take engineering or advanced auto mechanics to be part of the team. I will send my resume to NASCAR at least once a month. If worse comes to worse, I will try to become the next Miss Winston (or Miss Nextel as the case may be).
10. I will frequent message boards dedicated to my favorite driver. I will make life long friends on these websites. It will become a major part of my daily routine. Every spare minute I have will be spent on these boards talking...even sometimes arguing. I will be on the computer so much my family will call me things like, "obsessed" and "addicted". I will get a lot of useful information from these sites and I will bookmark them on my favorite's list. If I'm true, I will make one my homepage.
This is my pledge as a NASCAR fan.
May I never waiver in my loyalty!!!
Thanks Heather for sending me this! | | |
| I decided to try my hand at making jewelry. Everytime I went into the A.C.Moore for yarn, I found myself slowing down past the "bead" aisle and staring like a deer in headlights. This craft can be quite intimidating if you don't know what you're doing... So, I finally decided to swallow my fear and head down the aisle the other day.
I came across some beautiful beads and crystals so I picked them up (on sale no less!) and then tried to figure out what I would need to make a pair of earrings and a nice bracelet. So, I peeked through one of those "I can't believe I'm making jewelry" books and grabbed what I needed using it as a guide. I went to my library and took out a "how-to" book and hunkered down... here are the results:
This bracelet is made out of glass beads (the ones that look black are actually a cobalt blue) and in the middle are three swarovski crystal bead things (yes...I said things...I'm new at this stuff). It took me two tries to get this little stinker to work out until I realized, I had the wrong wire. Oh well, not bad for a first time effort right? 
I'm quite happy with how my first pair of earrings turned out! Also made with swarovski crystals, the big stone in the middle is a dia-something... LOL! Oh I should really stick to yarn and music. Well, whatever the heck it's called, I think it turned out beautiful! Mom wore these all day long. I chose the pink hue because I bought a new shirt I that will match them perfectly...perhaps I'll wear them tomorrow...
This is a gift I've been working on for a while and at last, it is done! Huzzah! Juliette was born the day before my birthday and I was given a digital photo of her so I was able to put it in the frame along with the cross-stitch, completed! The frame I bought was stark white and clashed against the creme color in the matte so I picked up some "princess pink" acrylic paint and went to town on it last night. Now I can give it as a mother's day gift! I couldn't have asked for more perfect timing! | | |
| I added another candle on my cake today. The day started out rainy and cold but by the afternoon, it cleared up enough for the sun to come out for a few fleeting moments...
My friend, Bethany, wrote and performed her own skit during church service about her upcoming missions trip this summer, it was really good! And to finish it off, she sang a fitting solo by her favorite group, Point of Grace. Bravo lady! She also gave me really nice gifts that I just opened...two Tigger mugs and a funky little singing box called a cubee. When you press a button, Tigger's mouth opens and closes to the music...and if you have more than one, which thank-you Bethany I will be getting, they sing harmony together  I think I'll get Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore's cubee and see how it goes. Quite entertaining! LOL!!
I opened Cathy's presents and got such a nice surprise of kind little gifts. A bookmark with a place for a picture of Timmy (Aww! Totally putting that to use tonight!) and cute framed magnets, cards, and homemade jewelry. Timmy really enjoyed the package of potpourri hidden down in the box...he actually tried to get into it...he did get 3/4 of the way in there! Not bad for a big kookamunga kitty!
I spent the day relaxing with Mom and watched the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. And then when I came online, I found that I had an email waiting for me from my favorite author! Wahoo! I had a photo of Timmy reading her book and sent it to her but never thought I'd get a response! Turns out, she thought it was cute enough to put on her website  Pretty cool!
 My sister gave me "eclectic" gifts...and man, they really are! LOL! I really liked the little recipe book of cat treats. You know I'm totally going to cook up some for the little guy...in fact, that's what I'm going to be doing tonight while I watch Desperate Housewives!
Well, I'm off to celebrate the rest of my birthday! | | |
| Accent – New York-ish
Booze of choice – umm...booze to me is diet wild cherry pepsi
Chore I hate – laundry
Dog or Cat – love dogs, love my cat.
Essential electronics – iPod
Favorite perfume(s)/cologne(s) – Miracle by Lancome
Gold or Silver? – White Gold
Hometown – somewhere in Northern Jersey ;)
Insomnia? – yes but I've drugs to help that problem...mmm druuuugs.
Job Title – Adjunct Professor, Choir Director
Kids? – I used to call my students my kids
Living Arrangement – @ home w/Mom and Timmy (and grandma next door)
Most admired trait – good sense of humor
Number of Sexual Partners – none
Overnight Hospital Stays – None, had 2 ER visits last summer
Phobia – heights and touching garbage/dirty things with my hands
Quote – Blessed are the flexible, for they shall never be bent out of shape
Religion – Christian
Siblings – 1 older sister
Time I wake up – too late!
Unusual talent/skill – I can usually correctly identify cars by their headlights at night
Vegetable I refuse to eat – aspara"gross" and turnips
Worst habit - last minute kind of girl
X-rays – chest and back
Yummy foods I make – orange flavored pork chops, Comfort Chicken, really good spaghetti sauce, dessert enchilatas, milkshakes
Zodiac sign – Taurus | | |
| I've already stated that I'm addicted to these kind of emails. You know, the one that takes you two hours to fill out but five seconds to send to a gazillion friends? So here are MY a,b,c's...
A - Available?:
yes
B - BEST FRIENDS:
Beeni, Krissy and Julie
C - CRUSH:
Carl Edwards ;)
D- DADS NAME:
Eugene
E - EASIEST PERSON TO TALK TO:
Krissy
F - FAVORITE BAND?
yea, I can't even pick a genre let alone a band!
G - GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS:
Worms. Gummy worms.
H - HOMETOWN:
Westwood, NJ
I - INSTRUMENT you like: voice
K - KIDS:
I see all of my former BCS students as my kids...
L - LONGEST CAR RIDE:
8 hours in the backseat of a car filled with 5 people...and the song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" was number one on the radio...in every friggin county.
M - MILK FLAVOR?
White...used as a chaser for a brownie or cookie
N - NUMBER OF SIBLINGS:
1 sister
O - ONE WISH:
That Timothy knew how to clean his own litterbox and did it...every day
P - PHOBIAS:
heights and germs
Q - FAVORITE QUOTE?
He who sings, prays twice
R - REASON TO SMILE:
I know where I'm going when I die
S - SONG YOU LAST HEARD:
Unlike Me by Kate Havnevik
T - TIME YOU WOKE UP:
9:45 am
U - UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME:
I've always had bangs
V - VEGETABLE YOU HATE:
asparagus!
W- WORST HABIT:
leaving things until the last minute
X - X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD:
my back (had to have it done standing up so I wore a vest), chest (this summer)
Y - YUMMY FOOD:
Pizza
Z - ZODIAC SIGN:
Taurus | | |
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