Hillary Clinton for President of the Blogosphere!

Hillary Clinton dropped two bombs this weekend. 1) She's running for president. 2) She's allowing people to guest blog post on her website, Hillaryclinton.com.
Here's where you go to do it.

I'm directing you there so you can get it out of your system. Because I want you to know that never, under any circumstances, will I allow you to guest post on my blog.

Jessie

P.S. Sidenote, I'm officially claiming this the homepage of the Clinton/Winfrey '08 campaign. Seriously you guys. Oprah.

Women Cannibals?

So in case you haven't heard, the numbers are in, and:

51% of American women today are living without a spouse, up from 35% in 1950. (New York Times).

I feel so much better!

Except, I'm wondering...what happened to the spouses? Did they get eaten?

Jessie

Philosophy of Friendship

I have a riddle for you. What kind of ship never sinks?
A friendship!

It's true, and Aristotle agrees. He said: "Friendship... is a kind of virtue, or implies virtue, and it is also most necessary for living." Aristotle also realized that there are 3 kinds of friendship:

1) Friendship based on utility. Utility is an impermanent things: it changes according to circumstances. So with the disappearance of the ground for friendship, the friendship also breaks up, because that was what kept it alive.

2) Friendship based on pleasure. Friendship between the young is thought to be grounded on pleasure, because the lives of the young are regulated by their feelings, and their chief interest is in their own pleasure and the opportunity of the moment.

3) Perfect friendship is based on goodness. Only the friendship of those who are good, and similar in their goodness, is perfect.

What kind of friendship do we have?

Jessie

Um, hey guys...

Um, hey, guys? I don't want to be a bitch or anything... I feel stupid even saying this... but I guess if I'm feeling sort of upset, it means I should bring it up.

Today is my half birthday, and no one has said ANYTHING to me about it. I'm just feeling kind of down about it, that's all.

Joanna

New Years' Jazzolutions: Grad School?

Hey Peeps--
So, we've been gone for a little while...shepherding lost children and fighting the fight for justice all over the world. But don't even think we didn't get jazzed about stuff along the way! In fact, I thought about you a lot, especially on New Years' Eve when I made lots of Jazzolutions for 2007. I also thought very seriously about the possibility of Grad School. All the thinking about Grad School started stressing me out. Stressed, I wished there was some way I could relieve this stress through addiction.

A lot of people make the resolution to stop smoking. I have resolved to start. In college I always wished I smoked, especially during Finals Week, when I would see those cool grad students standing outside chain smoking, stressed (so stressed!) about how to balance not being in office hours with finding something to be interested in. And since I have recently fallen enchanted under the spell of the idea of Grad School, because the idea of Grad School is almost more enchanting than the practice, I plan on adopting every element of the grad student lifestyle. As I see it the glamor of the lifestyle lies in an intersection of the following three foci:

1) Sleep more

2) Smoke more

3) Feel good about where I'm at

So after giving it a lot of thought over the holidays, I've decided that Grad School is not in my cards for 2007. But I think I can reap virtually the same benefits that Grad School offers by maintaining focus on the Jazzolutions above.

I feel a sense of purpose coming on already!

Jessie

P.S.: Thanks to my friend Emily for making me a shirt similar to the one above, which, incidentally I wore to perform standup at the Comedy Store this weekend. And I felt good about where I was at!

I was not aware of that

Hey, guess what: learning is good for you! A recent study suggests that learning burns nearly twice as many calories as sleeping.

Guess what: you just learned something! Now go eat a taco.

Seriouslyjazzed about learning and studies about learning!

Frankincense Monster

Turns out,

You CAN burn frankincense like regular incense. You can burn myrrh, too! They are both forms of dried tree sap, common to Somalia (the country). In the time of the wise men, and today, these resins were mixed with seeds, spices, roots and burned in a "censer" (can be purchased at Bath and Body Works).

Now all you need is a blacklight poster of the nativity!

Happy Holidays.
Jessie