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Names: enasni, j story, Jess

dob: February 10th, 1981. That'd make me an Aquarian. ::This is the dawning of the age of:: -- erk.

Occupation: full-time student. Heh, life's good.

Institution: Millersville University, PA, USA.

Educational goal: Get a BSE in biology.

Hobbies: Reading, wRiting, and aRithmetic. ^_^

Contact?:
Email: caiusmerlynbritannicus@yahoo.com
AIM: story4247
Homepage: [Jess' Niche]
Guestbook: Read::Sign::Dreambook

Etc.:
I'm neither a pessimist nor a cynic. I am a realist, and there is a world of difference.

And, my dearest Comrade, I do believe that you are, too. (^_~)

looking forward to: a decent night's sleep ^_^;;

one word: Simplicity

reading for enjoyment:
Fanfic. It's an addiction.
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami

some favorites:
Watership Down - Richard Adams
The Xanth series - Piers Anthony
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
The Hunt for Red October - Tom Clancy
Shogun - James Clavell
All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot
The Bunnicula series - James Howe
Les Misèrables - Victor Hugo
The Redwall series - Brian Jacques
Phantom - Susan Kay
The Frog and Toad series - Arnold Lobel
Rob MacGregor's Indiana Jones novels
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchet
The Camulod Chronicles - Jack Whyte
Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn

blogs I secretly frequent:
An Assassin's Life
The Bishounen Diaries
The Cheney Daily
copacetic
deceptively packaged
desensitized
dis.solved
epiphany
Frenetic
Nikutai no Yume Weblogger
the pillow book
SatireWire's BushBlog
Save the Fish!
seraphtrevs
Spent Casings
Spinel
Swallowing Tacks
Trampboy 101
trekpuppy
Viva Hate

environment/science pages:
EPA of New Jersey
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
MU Biology Department Home
MU Chemistry Department Home
National Wildlife Federation
US Environmental Protection Agency

les autres pages:
The 11th Hour
Amuse-toi bien!
Anime Web Turnpike
Cherrycoma Network
Dreamscape Studios
FanFiction.net
Gundam Wing Addiction
Izumi 2001
Japanese <-> English Dictionary Server
MegaTokyo
Niko-Niko.net
radical drag
Sainan no Kekka
The Shinigami Project
Yahoo! Groups

Thank you, Pitas!

Friday, June 22, 2001
12:59 a.m.
I just read the article about Cookie Monster being attacked which was featured at Viva Hate. I honestly can say that I'm not surprised in the least about it - after having worked at Sesame Place for two summers during high school. ^_^;; The first summer I was there, one of the girls in my department (merchandise) was punched in the face while "strolling" with balloons. It was difficult enough having to hold 50+ helium balloons in one hand while changing money with the other (on a windy day, it was all you could do to keep from being blown over in the street). The poor girl didn't stand a chance. Oh, yeah, she was attacked by an angry parent, too. I swear, the children at the park were fine for the most part. It was their parents who could make a day hellish.

I know that I'm not the only former employee of that park to have stories - for instance, my best friend's sister worked there last year in the entertainment department. She quit a few months later after having a nervous breakdown. ^^

Thursday, June 21, 2001
12:17 p.m.
Is today the Solstice? I think it's the Solstice...

(is today Thursday? I think it's Thursday...).

Bedtime! ^__^

Monday, June 18, 2001
11:36 a.m.
It's such a wonderfully gorgeous day today! The sun is out, the humidity has been cut down tremendously, and there's a breeze. ::sigh:: It makes me wish that I could go out to the park and have a picnic. Wouldn't that just be lovely? ^_^ However, it is past my bedtime right now. I have to go to work tonight so some sleep is in order. I'd hate to doze off at work and do something silly, like drop a box on my head. ^_^;

Friday, June 15, 2001
09:50 a.m.
I found this the other day on my hard drive. I believe that I got it in an email once, so I thought I'd share.

To Whom It May Concern

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 6-year-old again

I want to go to McDonald’s and think that it’s a four star restaurant. I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples with rocks. I want to think M&M’s are better than money, because you can eat them. I want to play kickball during recess and paint with watercolors in art. I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summers day. I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were colors, addition tables and simple nursery rhymes, but that didn’t bother you, because you didn’t know what you didn’t know and you didn’t care. When all you knew was to be happy because you didn’t know all the things that should make you worried and upset.

I want to think that life is fair. That everyone in it is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible.

Somewhere in my youth…I matured and I learned too much. I learned of nuclear weapons, war, prejudice, starvation and abused children. I learned of lies, unhappy marriages, suffering, illness, pain and death. I learned of a world where men left their families to go and fight for our country, and returned only to end up living on the streets…begging for their next meal. I learned of a world where children learned how to kill…and did. What happened to the time when we thought that everyone would live forever, because we didn’t grasp the concept of death? When we though the worst thing in the world was if someone took the jump rope from you or picked you last for kickball?

I want to be oblivious to the complexity of life and be overly excited by little things once again. I want to return to the days when reading was fun and music was clean. When television was used to report the news or for family entertainment and not to promote sex, violence and deceit. I remember being naïve and thinking that everyone was happy because I was. I would walk on the beach and think of the sand between my toes and the prettiest seashell I could find. I would spend afternoons climbing trees and riding my bike. I didn’t worry about time, bills or where I was going to find the money to fix my car. I used to wonder what I was going to do or be when I grew up not worry about what I’ll do if this doesn’t work out.

I want to live simple again. I don’t want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind and making angels in the snow.

I want to be 6 again.

While many of those things mentioned above may be out of our reach, there really isn't any reason why we can't do some other things. For instance, just because we are no longer ignorant about the workings of the world, that doesn't mean that we can't go outside and play kick ball if we really want to or simply sit under a tree and enjoy the outdoors. I think that many people have given up on those things which made their childhoods happy, dismissing them as being "things which kids do" instead of things which anyone can do.

So, yeah, life can be stressful at times, but we can still take a moment or two look at the little things and relax. ::hits teacher-mode:: Your homework assignment for the weekend is to go out and have some simple fun!

Thursday, June 14, 2001
08:18 a.m.
In my next life, I want to come back as a bird.

Tuesday, June 12, 2001
03:35 a.m.
U2 played no more than twenty miles from my house this evening... and guess where I am? ::sob:: They'll be playing Tuesday evening, too. ::sigh:: I hope they find Philadelphia hospitable. ^_^

Saturday, June 9, 2001
11:00 p.m.
I was just thinking about being a member of the Adult Conspiracy. ::laughs:: Remember the Xanth books, anyone? ::wanders off to re-read Isle of View::

Tuesday, June 5, 2001
12:42 a.m.
Good golly, it's been a while once again, eh? ^_^

Let's see... Work's been rigorous yet generally uneventful, thankfully. I still come home with a new bruise or two each night, but that's the nature of the beastie, I suppose.

I had a lovely chat the other day (week? oh wow) with Rachael. It's always nice talking to people late at night when no one is around to do things with. I rather like the feeling that we're not alone in the world even if we're alone in the house. ^_^;

Last night I also had off, and a friend and I rented Princess Mononoke and the first two episodes of Cowboy Bebop. While I really did enjoy the story of Mononoke, I felt that the character development could have been better (ah, I'm usually not so picky about movies, you realize, it's just that I haven't had much else to do lately besides physical labor ^^). I loved the animation especially, as well as the little tree spirits (my friend and I kept refering to them as "the clicky-head things" ::grin::) and the red elk. I'm guessing that the red elk was why I dreamed about being a centaur while I slept today. (^_^;;) Anyhow, I did like the story and the whole don't-destroy-the-forest theme. I would have liked to have seen it in the theater.

I really enjoyed the two episodes of Cowboy Bebop that I saw - the music was great and both of the episodes were contained, that is, they had a definite ending. I liked that a lot, especially since we only rented the one tape. Had it been a cliff-hanger, I would have been all anxious to see the next one, and I don't need to be anxious right now. (^_~)

Hmm, not much else is new. I ought to begin cleaning up my room tonight before some of my family comes to visit either this weekend or the next. Maybe something (good) exciting will happen in the meantime. (^__^)