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10 life lessons I have learned thus far

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1. Trust your instincts That little voice inside you is one smart cookie, give it a little credit. 2. Read Take a night off, power down your computer and open a book. Not your Kindle or iPad, literally pick up paged novel and drown yourself in a story. Books will teach you more about life than the internet ever will. 3. Pretend you know what you’re doing Unless it comes to chess, I suppose. 4. Never trust a guy who wears a baseball cap to a bar Just…trust me. 5. Treat all people with kindness “Hey, how are you?” That’s all you need to say to everyone at work or school. Being polite will take you MUCH further than you think. Everyone wants to feel included and by saying “hello” you immediately make the other person feel recognized. Everyone loves a little attention in their day, am I right? 6. Tequila tastes even worse coming up We’ve all been there. 7. It’s ok to take your time I’m a late bloomer in every sense of the …

Putting the pieces together

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My mom (and everyone who’s come over to my house this past week) has worked on this 1000 piece Marilyn Monroe puzzle. We’ve FINALLY finished it (well, technically “they finished it” I put like, 5 pieces together). You better believe I put Marilyn Monroe by Nicki Minaj on repeat…oh and the soundtrack from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat…don’t ask. XO Jessica

A fabulous excuse for procrastination

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“Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. It is the universe’s way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast.” – Ellen DeGeneres I’m currently sitting at my dining room table, studying the history of modernization in Asia. When I say “studying” I mean I’m writing on my blog…procrastinating…because studying one child policies certainly does not capture my span of attention for more than 10 minutes. Want to hear a joke? What do you get from a pampered cow? Spoiled milk. Ha. Ok, back to the books. XO Jessica  

Ricky boy

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If you and I are going to get to know each other, you should probably know that I’m in love with Rick Genest. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have him at all attractive. I’d also be lying if I said I didn’t have a poster of him in my room. XO Jessica

Summer list: 2012

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I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DAY MORE THAN MY BIRTHDAY! The day I present to you my summer list of things to do!! My summer doesn’t begin for another 11 days, but I’m craving some McDonalds $1 iced coffee, wearing cute dresses 24/7, and getting my tanning sesh on with the besties. Last year I completed about 90% of the list, which is a disappointment since I usually complete the list FULLY by September! This year I’m redeeming myself. HERE I GO! EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST WILL BE COMPLETED! BRING ON SUMMER 2012! XO Jessica JESSICA’S OFFICIAL SUMMER LIST OF THINGS TO DO! 1. Spend $50 on Summer apparel. 2. Buy fabrics and design a summer collection. Have a Lookbook made and sell clothes to make minimum $100 from the collection at the end of the summer. 3. Attend a live-taping of the The Marilyn Denis Show. 4. Make a summer playlist. Will post playlist when made. 5. Go to Keswick and canoe/fish on the lake with my boyfriend. 🙂 6. Go to Wonderland and …

Hi…again

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I know what a bunch of you would say, “Jessica, you’ve had approximately 600 blogs in the past few years, why do you keep changing?” I wish my answer was simple, but before you shake your head in shame I PROMISE, this will be the last time I do a blog switch-a-roo.  I have kissed many toads and have finally found my prince charming…in the sense of finding the right blog site…if you will. Moving along, the past couple years I’ve been working with WordPress, whether it be for Toronto Observer or CHAOS Magazine, and I found I’ve grown a liking to the site. A great liking. Thus, I will now permanently situate my name on THIS blog from now until forever. Amen. So…what now? I guess I can start off by introducing myself to those who don’t know me. Hi there. The name is Jessica and I’m a fourth year student at the University of Toronto (voted best school in Canada and 19th in the entire world, ayy yoo). I’m one of those crazy reporter kids who have either a) asked you for a quote b) taken …