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One year anniversary tomorrow

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Tomorrow, April 20th, is exactly one year ago that I left America,

So much has happend, I have changed so much, and whoo-hoo, can say that It didn’t work out the way I had planned but you just have to go with the flow, all the time. Plans change situations become unnerving or unhealthy, far away destinations beckon. And I must say that the best thing I ever did in my life was quit my job after saving almost 2 and 1/2 years and buy a one way ticket out of America, I may be sound harsh on the old home land these days, but the view from the outside is quite different from being in, there is alot out here in this big world, and too often friends or relatives say that they wish they could do what I am doing, but dont have the time, money. ect. It is a commitment, but wholly possible for anyone to travel, and I encourage anyone thinking of doing it, to just buy the ticket and sort the rest out later.

Love hugs and wander lust

miss jess

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Miss Jess re-enters western civilization and forgets that she has a blog.

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Well I didn’t forget, but seem to think that not much has been going on, in fact that isn’t the case much has been going on.

Solemn fact one. I have purchased a ticket back to America for July 17th, please spread the word that I do demand a party and fan fair at my return to Chicago Ohare. Afraid to say it had to be done, my folks are missing me, and I have a niece to play with.

SO with all that solemnness aside, I have lots to look forward to and have been getting down to much scrumptousness and planning for Nowhere here in London. The sanwiching gig is going as well as it could be and with the pound now doubling the dollar I can look forward to padding my travel fund for late this year for yet another adventure out side of America, (you see how I am? not even back and already planning and plotting an escape)

Last weekend I attended a wonderful cabert show in Brighton to fundraise for the Burrows at Nowhere, there was stapiling 5, and 10 pound notes to bodies, nails being hammererd into noses, granny striptreasing, fancy fan dancing, ukelele playing by the fantastic Brother Goat, exotic women doing perilious costume changes in cardboard boxes whist avoiding being stabbed by sharpened stakes, and of course the flight of the bumblebee interpertations. Oh no that wasn’t all, but I guess you just had to be there. Followed by a night in the park with skanky drum and bass on a portable PA. And when the Brighton police arrived they said

“Keep it Tidy” and left like a whisper in the night.

Oh goodness just another reason the UK is superior to America.

In America we would have all been hauled off or had guns shoved in our faces, not that this has happened to me before in America, but I just imagine that is how it would go down.

Another project that I am currently working on is getting a Old army fire truck out fitted with a PA system and propane throwers on either side, I will be helping to get this baby down to Spain for Nowhere, I must get it from my pops when it comes to liking big trucks.

So besides that it has been relatively calm.. HA! just kidding, I forgot to mention the Hoe-down in Brockely a few weeks back where we had a warming fire with corn bread and baked beans on toast, I taught clogging to a few speical ones and felt for a moment like I was in the hills in North Carolina not in a park in central London.

so kids the good times keep on coming, there is talk of a cycle down to Brighton (50 miles one way eek!) in a few weeks time and of course more good times in the city, so I am sigining off. with love hugs and smiles from a fantastic spring time in London

big hugs

miss jess

ps if anyone knows of some potters in london who would graciously give me studio space for a pennance let me know, I am desperate.

xxoo

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