to get you started

for starters, let me say - as cheese at it sounds - i feel like, and feel like i HAVE to, begin a new era in my life. i've realized over the course of the previous few months that i have grown far far far away from the jen that i respected so many years ago. perhaps the move to san francisco played a role, but this has just been one of many events in my life that have led to me being incredibly lazy in my decision-making. i'm now realizing that i am still dealing with problems that i stepped into the moment i arrived; i thought i had already endured the initial hardship of a move far away, in a place unlike any other i've lived - in so many ways. but alas, i am just NOW recognizing the bulk of what i am to face here. i am more aware of it now than i have been since my arrival though, which i think is the first step. i feel like i'm about to embark on a difficult few months, years, etc, but as is life. life is supposed to hard, difficult - and i've refused to admit that recently. i just wanted fun fun and more fun and that's about it - for quite some time now.

for now, here are a few photos from our - west texas is the cultural epicenter of the nation - trip:

i actually took this photo. you best beLIEVE i actually took this photo.

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one of my favoritos

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apparently, as a supermodel, i have a good feel for symmetry

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yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees. i miss top-down style so very very much.

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i am wearing shorts. promise.

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we're so hardcore.

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with steven, the couchsurfer who let us stay at his parents house in el paso for a couple of nights. he is completely wonderful.

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i miss each of you a whole heck of a lot. i've been bad at calling, yes yes tis true. but i am making the rounds soon. and am looking forward to getting re-posted on what in the world is going on with you.

loooove you!!!

jen