jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Nov 25, 2009, 5:49 am
Opens today in theaters near you... Rain's newest American release... I get to play with the baby today so I won't see it on opening day, but I will see it this weekend... Lemme know what you...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Nov 24, 2009, 2:14 pm
Repost from November 05... because it's still relevant in 2009 and because as we think about the first Thanksgiving, we need to remember how much we owe them besides our survival in a foreign land...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Nov 23, 2009, 8:43 am
Part 2 in my series for believers... The gossip swirls around her presence like fog on an early fall morning. Sharp and biting, it's true, and the condemnation grows to a loud roar as the demand ...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Nov 19, 2009, 5:24 am
I wonder if the Dad ever forgets? My son showed a side of him that I've never seen as he coached his wife through a difficult and painful delivery. With each long, painful contraction, he was righ...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Nov 16, 2009, 2:15 pm
I live in a media world where as soon as a show begins, dedicated fan subbers begin the process of subbing it for viewers who don't speak the original language. In some cases, they stay up all nig...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Nov 11, 2009, 7:06 am
Those of you who've read me a long time know my faith is what drives me. I don't always talk about it- but I suspect the next couple of blogs will be for my Christian brothers and sisters who&...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Nov 8, 2009, 8:19 pm
Some time after I was too old for tea parties, we acquired an antique child's china tea set with settings for six, including silverware. The beautiful German set became a family ritual. The tiny t...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Oct 17, 2009, 6:50 am
It's been a rough week here- the manga project is stalled for months- which has serious implications as far as the publishing of it- not that it's my fault. I've pushed it as far as it can...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Oct 16, 2009, 12:44 pm
here... free buffet and good company....  Go..... And while you're there... Read a chapter, Buy the book! The party's hopping... it's the best of the season... so run on by and get ...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Oct 14, 2009, 12:54 pm
When I was five, we still lived in the small town in the middle of Nebraska corn fields and they didn't have kindergarten in town. I rode the afternoon bus to a flat brick building, walked into a ...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Oct 4, 2009, 1:44 pm
When I was little, we lived in a small town in the middle of Nebraska- a very small town. It had a small white church that my Dad preached at, a parsonage next door with tall trees and a fence (to kee...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Oct 3, 2009, 9:31 am
Rainism hits again! Coming November 25th... Who's coming with me? How many seats should I save? If I were in Seoul on the 10th of this month, I'd have the hard choice of seeing him or the rest...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Oct 2, 2009, 7:33 am
I can do poor... been there-done that-didn't want to do it again, but since THE illness, the MOVE, and my not working, we're being very careful with our money this year. I've learned from ...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Sep 27, 2009, 8:39 pm
Writing calls for all kinds of discipline and trying to sell/market something is part of the discipline... which means sometimes you have to do things that hurt- like cut 75+ pages from a work so that...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Sep 26, 2009, 11:07 am
Mike wants me to write about Van Ness. I usually write about him after something of mine hits the main Xanga page- mostly because it's an opportunity to introduce one of my favorite (m...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Sep 25, 2009, 8:39 pm
  I had this one kid that I loved- a Firebug, a troubled kid. By eight, he was running wild on the streets. By nine, he'd spent six months in juvie. By ten, he was known to every police offic...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Sep 22, 2009, 1:49 am
Here's the thing... I have two unpublished YA novels- an earlier one from 5+ years ago that has gathered 10 + rejection slips so far and the new one I want to self-publish. I am a much better writ...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Sep 19, 2009, 4:45 am
That when she goes outside the sun hides and the clouds cry." Every fight I broke up between boys at school involved insults to someone's momma. As the culprits stood before me, facing two day ...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Sep 18, 2009, 3:11 pm
First- I'm not a fan of new experiences. I'm the person who reads the ending of the book so she can enjoy the story without the stress and anxiety of not knowing how it ends. But I think you h...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Sep 15, 2009, 10:25 am
researching: - jump rope rhymes- 1st grade babies, 2nd grade tots, 3rd grade angels, 4th grade snots -Marie Antoinette- she didn't really tell them to eat cake when they didn't have bread......
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Sep 4, 2009, 7:22 am
I Don't Want To Lose You Van Ness Wu's Single- Japanese Release For the first time in the history of my preordering his stuff, they shipped it ON the day it was released... AND... I didn'...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Aug 28, 2009, 6:16 pm
Lyrics: Verse 1 Now Hollywood wants to make you think they know what love is. But Im a tell you what true love is. Love is not what you see in the movies.  Its not the ecstasy, its not what you ...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Aug 20, 2009, 2:51 pm
  "An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break." - An ancient Chinese be...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Aug 20, 2009, 2:51 pm
  "An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break." - An ancient Chinese be...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Aug 19, 2009, 3:26 am
We hang on to the edge of the pool in the late day sun, then submerge briefly before shooting out of the water into the air. Summer is almost over. Summer Art classes in the city have ended for h...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Aug 19, 2009, 3:26 am
We hang on to the edge of the pool in the late day sun, then submerge briefly before shooting out of the water into the air. Summer is almost over. Summer Art classes in the city have ended for h...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Aug 6, 2009, 12:49 pm
I'm SUPPOSED to be at the Newport Aquarium with close friends and their grandchildren, but my body is protesting and I'm stuck home with a kidney stone while I sort through six months of paper...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Aug 6, 2009, 12:49 pm
I'm SUPPOSED to be at the Newport Aquarium with close friends and their grandchildren, but my body is protesting and I'm stuck home with a kidney stone while I sort through six months of paper...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Aug 4, 2009, 8:22 am
 For the last four years, the following song has been my motto- Once In A Lifetime (Not my English translation!) Shinhwa Eric: Everyday I pray...to help me through the day... to make myself str...
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jerjonji posted an article on jerjonji's Xanga Site - Aug 4, 2009, 8:22 am
 For the last four years, the following song has been my motto- Once In A Lifetime (Not my English translation!) Shinhwa Eric: Everyday I pray...to help me through the day... to make myself str...
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