About Me
- About Me: I'm not new, I'm back after an extended hiatus. I used to blog at justjase.xanga.com and the_memory_bog.xanga.com. Been here since January 2004.
Books
- Favorite Books: Tales of a Female Nomad, Motel Nirvana, The Backbone of the World: A Portrait of a Vanishing Way of Life Along the Continental Divide, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History, Celia: My Life: An Autobiography , Chasing Che: A Motorcycle Journey in Search of the Guevara Legend, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl , Desert Solitaire, Into the Wild, Car Camping: The Book of Desert Adventures, My Lives, My Life as a Woman
- Favorite Authors: Howard Bloom, Tony Hillerman, Roseanne, Rita Golden-Gelman
- Favorite Genres: Native American/Southwest mystery, biography, travel essay, fiction
- Favorite Quotes: "We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde "Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process." - Anne Wilson Schaef "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." - Edgar Allan Poe "I really would like to stop working forever–never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I’m doing now–and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure to spend the day outdoors and go to museums and see friends. And I’d like to keep living with someone — maybe even a man — and explore relationships that way. And cultivate my perceptions, cultivate the visionary thing in me. Just a literary and quiet city-hermit existence." - Allen Ginsberg
- Recent Reads: The Dark Wind, Talking God
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Tex-Mex, Italian, Indian
- Favorite Dishes: Samosas, Indian Tacos, falafel
- Favorite Desserts: Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Movies
- Favorite Movies: All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Amelie, The Royal Tenenbaums, Bad Education, Y Tu Mama Tambien, 8 Women, Belle de Jour, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Volver, Proof, About Schmidt, Dreamland, Bandits (German), Run Lola Run, The House of Yes, 9 to 5, Big Business, Beautiful Thing
- Favorite Actors: Laura Linney, Catherine Denueve, Ben Foster
- Favorite Directors: Pedro Almodovar
- Favorite Genre: foreign, independent
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Oh please, if everyone around here is going to start telling the truth, I'm going to bed."
- Movies I can watch over and over: All of the above, anything with Bette Midler, The Birdcage, pretty much anything from the 1980s
Music
- Favorite Artists: Stevie Nicks, Concrete Blonde, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, Tom Petty, Gossip, Dragonette, Rilo Kiley, Fleet Foxes, Malcolm Middleton, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Blondie, Joan Jett, Cocorosie, Antony & the Johnsons, Culture Club, Dustin Cavazos, Elemint B. Fresh, Bat for Lashes, Ladyhawke, Beach House, Beth Ditto, Fiona Apple, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Chromatics, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, Don Henley, Foals, Florence & The Machine, Goldfrapp, Heart, Pat Benatar, Jefferson Starship, Justin Townes Earle, Julieta Venegas, Karen Elson, The Knife, Lady Gaga, Laleh, Melissa Etheridge, Pet Shop Boys, PJ Harvey, Royksopp, Sacha Sacket, Sade, Steely Dan, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash
- Favorite Genre: Most anything that has artistic merit
- Favorite Songs: Outside the Rain by Stevie Nicks
- Songs I hate: A good chunk of mainstream plop that comes out today
Style
- Where I shop: stores that sell clothes and other sundries
- Brands I love: the ones that are cheap and keep my body covered
- I like to wear: clothes
- Can't live without: food, water, air, shelter
Television
- Favorite Shows: Reno 911, The Golden Girls, Ice Road Truckers, NOVA, Seinfeld, anything to do with history/aliens, True Life
- Favorite Channels: PBS, IFC, National Geographic, Sundance, History
- Most Addictive Show: Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, Reno 911
- Show I Secretly Watch: RuPaul's Drag Race, Jersey Shore
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: ALF
Travel
- Places I love: Albuquerque, Tulsa, Austin, Dallas, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Los Angeles
- Places I've been: Albuquerque, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Eagle Pass TX, Piedras Negras MX, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Oklahoma City, Carlsbad NM, Wichita KS
- Places to see before I die: Ireland, Scotland, New York, Alaska, Mexico City, Spain
More About Me
- Nationality: American, of English, Scottish, and Choctaw lineage
- Religion: None (Secularist)
- Heroes: Maya Angelou, Johnette Napolitano, Stevie Nicks, Edgar Allan Poe, Gustav Klimt, Sylvia Plath, Nina Simone, Allen Ginsberg, Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett, Debbie Harry
- Interests: blogging, travel, photography, painting, reading and writing poetry, cooking
- Expertise: A primed and ready wit that has served me well over the years
- Occupation: Something very cliched, like "Artiste" / Student of Life™, but Corporate Cog M-F.
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- Name: jase
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
- Birthday: 10/22/1978
- Gender: Male
- Member Since: 7/5/2011
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