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On the Topic of Being Jennifer
“Jennifer” may mean “the fair one” (from Proto-Celtic “Windo-*sēbro” (cognate with Old Irish síabar “a spectre, phantom, supernatural being [usually in pejorative sense]”). A Cornish form, it is cognate with the Welsh form Gwenhwyfar and with the Old Irish Findabair. Despite the name’s similarity to the Old English words “jenefer,” “genefer,” and “jinifer,” these appear to be derived from the juniper plant used…
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I’m a✨️Mathemagical Girl✨️
What’s your dream job? When I was a child, I had 2 dream jobs and any time I was asked, I would answer with both as it was simply impossible for me to choose. “Either a forensic archeologist or a mathemagician.” I ended up as neither, and that’s OK. Anyhoo, the answer nowadays would be…
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From Aardvarks to Zokors
What is your favorite animal? That’s like asking which one of your children is your favorite. In The Wild On Land(ish) In The Air In The Sea Honorable Mention: The capybara, because it’s probably the actual correct answer but also just feels way too cliché to list right now. Agricultural Bovine Equine Honorable Mention Pets…
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From A/S/L? to WTF?
In what ways do you communicate online? Short answer: Poorly, and with much frustration. Long answer: That, but with more words. Young Jayjay was so excited when she discovered the magical world of multi-line BBSes when she was 12. The potential to make friends without having to actually speak to them was like literal magic.…
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Thoughts and prayers for my poor, beleaguered mother.
Think back on your most memorable road trip. The summer I turned 14, my mother decided we were taking a road trip from Vancouver to Edmonton and back to visit a friend of hers who had remarried and moved. There is quite literally no way that local-history-nerd Jayjay could have been more ecstatic. I got…
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Fill me up, Daddy.
What snack would you eat right now?
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Truth in Advertising
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?
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Smack to the Future
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? I rarely think about the past because a lot of it was shit and I am nothing if not a master of dissociation. But I also rarely think about the future because most of what I want requires resources to which I…
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A Metric Ass-Tonne of Cash (Seriously)
What is the greatest gift someone could give you? Yes, I know it’s such a clichéd answer, but allow me to spell out what I’d do with it. Jayjay’s Ranch Step 1: Acreage, and lots of it. Step 2: hire a kickass ranch manager who will run the place well but also humor the fact…
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College Schmollege
What colleges have you attended? Well. THIS one’s gonna be a shorty because the universe has informed me in myriad ways that the hallowed halls of higher education are not for the likes of me. I dropped out of high school after my grade 10 social studies teacher screamed at me in the middle of…
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