Reading, Writing, Oil Painting, Biology, Evolution, DNA, Molecular Biology, Punk, Ska, Classical Art, Modern Art, Expressionism, Realism, World Music, Nature Writing, permaculture, relocalization, Environment, The Nature Conservancy, Green Party, Activism, Organic Foods, food not bombs, Anti-Racism, Anime, scientific pantheism, Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, naturalism, sustainable living, voluntary simplicity, biointensive gardening, gardening, homesteading, self-sufficiency, books, bibliophilia, book-life, book collecting, blogging, painting, drawing, art history, classic gaming systems, SNES, the 80's, ibook clamshells (they're cute, what can I say?)
Music
I love everything
Movies
I don't watch movies- no time
Television
Daria, Family Guy, Nova, Powerpuff Girls, How Art Made the World, Art 21, The Simpsons, R.O.D. the T.V., Sailor Moon, Nature, Wild America, South Park (though it's getting less and less funny every year), AquaTeen Hunger Force, BBC Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Blacks Books, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Sailor Moon (yes, I know I'm a dork)
Books
Annie Dillard, Aldo Leopold, David James Duncan, Yann Martel, Jose Saramango, Nick Bantock, Gregory Maguire, Stephen J. Gould, Bill Bryson, Margaret Atwood, J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl Sagan, The Lord of the Rings, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Handmaids Tale, Life of Pi, Walk in the Woods, Neither Here Nor There, The Hobbit, Pale Blue Dot, The Dinosaur Heresies, A People's History of the United States
My name is Jessica and I’m a bibliophile. They say admitting you have a
problem is the first step to recovery but I don’t think it helps when you’re
addicted to books. At least, I’ve conceded to being an addict for most of my
life and I’m still a bibliophile. Despite my addiction, I’m still able to
function in normal society. But then maybe I’m not addicted so much as in love.
There’s a difference between being a bibliophile and a bibliomaniac. Bibliomania
is a brand of obsessive compulsive disorder whereas Bibliophilia is an extreme
hobby. Really it’s like comparing a raging alcoholic to a Saturday drunk. It’s
all a matter of degrees.
I live in the Midwest with my husband, our one year old daughter, collection of
books and 13 assorted chickens. Apart from reading, I like to garden, hike,
paint, crochet and draw. And I write- as you can tell, because I'm writing right
now. Isn't the written word amazing?
I'm particularly interested in the intersection of science, art and popular culture. My background in biology fuels my love for all things "science" and my love of art leads me to do crazy things like sketch Thermocyclers and Erlenmeyers. I told you I was odd :p
Right now I'm painting something a bit different though- a Buddha surrounded by Orchids with one wilted at his feet, to symbolize impermanence. I'll post pics when it's finished.
Who I'd like to meet: Jello Biafra, Albert Einstein, Richard Dawkins, Pre-contact Easter Islanders, Jared Diamond, Jane Yolen, Crazy Horse, Bill Bryson, The Buddha, Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Charles Darwin, Carl Sagan, John Muir, The Dalai Lama, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Katz, Micho Kaku, Douglas Adams, Marty Stouffer, Leonardo da Vinci
jessi, just droppin by to say,though we be miles apart,and life frequently throws th wall of silence between us(read to busy being mommies,and working to call as often as we'd like) i still loves ya with all my heart...we will find a way to viset i swear,i just don't know when.
It's been awhile! I wonder if Dr. Schnabel still has that tank of Vallisneria.... AND whenever I see any cacti, I always think of you! I love your image with you standing in tall (big) bluestem! It made me think of the time we went with Schnabel to see all the bluestem. Ah....some good times. Sometimes, I do miss school.
