tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82202142024-03-17T20:01:23.575-07:00jenny's blablablog (life, CULTcha, primitive & vernacular music with a kick)hello. i'm jenny page.
once upon a time, i had a band in bakersfield cali called the dusk devils. you still can find dd music online.
now i live in the mtns & am married to my wonderful husband, whiteboy james. i know him as james or other endearing nicknames i won't list here. we are as happy as two nuts can be. life is an adventure, a chore, a beauty, a choice, a turn. life is short, but it is good as you make it (in this culture, anyways), so let's not forget that!jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-41990092729946916702024-02-28T21:04:00.000-08:002024-02-28T21:11:15.295-08:00Dex r.i.p. and moredexter romweber passed away. the music world is much diminished. 😞
dictating, using speech to text. all errors are not sic. just finished watching a stunning show from BBC by way of hulu, am I being unreasonable. funny, twisty, sad, shocking. what terrific scripting and acting! I have not seen anything like it, the way it showed how grief and loneliness can create such a mess of one's life. jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-13596777376669572122024-01-21T12:06:00.000-08:002024-01-21T12:12:32.704-08:00a good day to be a humanit's a good day to be breathing, to still be alive, to be a human. i decided to make a cover for dad's book this morning. astoundingly quick was the process! i did this on canva in about 1 hour w "help" of a.i.... the verb's in quotes bc of its implication of agency... dad & mom were so delighted by the cover results, i am happy to have used cyber means. (ignore the stupid blue outlines. i forgotjenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-27059844707873794452024-01-19T21:12:00.000-08:002024-01-21T09:52:43.218-08:00blurblubluubbbbleblrblrbrrbrbrblblbsbsssssshhshsshthis has been a really, really, really weird week. anyways, some good came of it bc yesterday & today i edited dad's book, which has been hanging around his neck albatross-in-cement-shoes-like. and spending much time with the dear parents and dog furrrballl muffins. and i made a teepublic store for james shirts. i guess i did that part backwards bc it turns out most ppl don't make 10 cents on jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-51892349917218630592023-11-30T18:48:00.000-08:002023-11-30T19:11:36.165-08:00courtin´ mortis, mucha nuthin´wow, i haven blobbed in a good long while. was deathly ill for a month, tho no covid. we went to a funny, dadaist place called omegamart. quite a good one for two who grew up on mad mag. and we tramped thru an abandoned motel. there´ve been other events. mostly i am spending moolah like a madperson. tis the season.jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-59331113537809050672023-10-31T20:45:00.005-07:002023-10-31T20:47:35.785-07:00this sat for our 3rd set, we have batted around the idea of doing the entire first blasters album from start to finish. oh, would that be cool!!! we blew thru it a few weeks ago. we both know it so well, it was like magic, like the stuff i was reading about this morn in the forbes interview with sir roger penrose, like clairvoyance & memory & the uncanny & the time loop.
today's haunted house was such jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-37414656747269664952023-10-15T17:28:00.003-07:002023-10-15T17:28:44.830-07:00i hateadulting.jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-57715674562770894032023-10-06T09:29:00.020-07:002023-10-06T10:00:48.813-07:00spooky, gooey, oogyboogy, wrestling for rorylast night was spooky, reminding me of that scene from
night of the hunter where lillian gish waits on her nighttime screened
porch, shotgun across her lap, while the evil rev. harry powell (robert mitchum)
lurks outside, singing a gospel hymn in a sonorous baritone that echoes eerily
in the darkness. he´s trying to get in, he's trying to get at the kids in the
house, he wants to kill them all injenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-50529273604331317232023-09-24T10:11:00.018-07:002023-09-24T10:49:19.562-07:00sunday morning (not) coming down & a country founded in genocide & slaveryyesterday i chauffeured james to his show. decided i won´t play with this band for a while. but now kidá´s back from hawaii & james likely will be able to expand his repertoire again, which means a lot more variety, happier band, happier james. the timing of my resignation was off! argh! but james told me i have an open invite to re-join. :) i am a lucky person. we are supposed to practice jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-76669191108178792862023-08-09T17:37:00.007-07:002023-08-09T17:47:31.572-07:00inhale, exhale, repeat. rest in peace, ben.sinus arrythmia, i just learned, is normal: your heart rate will vary between inhalation & exhalation. cause for alarm is when the resting heartrate overall & steadily (more than 7 days) is outside the normal range of 60-100 bpm. my sister & i each were born with mitral valve prolapse. as kids, we took meds before dental work. she maybe still does, but mine cleared up or maybe originally was a jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-13651316548152216032023-07-25T21:14:00.006-07:002023-07-25T21:22:16.372-07:00upcoming show, bd, etci made this poster for james - nice and bold and plain, as he likes it. my bd is upcoming & the family has asked me what i want to do, but what i really want is a tiny house here so that they all will visit and feel how much cooler it is here than in bakersfield, how much cleaner the air is, & how peaceful it is. then they will want to be here more. but since the 2nd tiny house was sold out fromjenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-20562206759283511282023-07-23T11:07:00.022-07:002023-07-23T11:39:20.497-07:00mama, tex-ass, the complications of family, bad cops, ¨the planet isn´t going anywhere... WE ARE!!¨ (geo. carlin)mama said she doesn´t want anything for her birthday so i got her a groupon for 2 spa treatments. i phoned dad to tell him to ask her to check her email for the surprise. he said, maybe i will go with her! so that will be double-plus-happy-making for mama. :)
cousin mary frances, a devoutly progressive roman catholic, is going to texas & i might join her. she needs another lefty to be there in jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-22803603634927393902023-07-20T16:02:00.000-07:002023-07-20T16:02:04.734-07:00blablablablablablablaam driving myself nutty looking at tiny houses and trailer hitches. think i need a chill pill or some other way to release adrenaline!!! here are some pix. after this, more piano!!!! blogger no longer gives the option to caption individual pix, so these will have to remain inscrutable, or annoying, or unknowing, or whatever.jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-46990508029175615572023-07-03T15:05:00.012-07:002023-07-03T15:20:21.570-07:00sometimes peanuts, sometimes shells. -uncle henry...i thought the neighbor was a nice male, but he neglects his dog, a sweet giant of a bear having the same name as my older stepson. the dog is almost as big as i am but affable, friendly, such a good boy. the male underfeeds the dog & leaves it alone constantly. he is blase & uncaring when others (i´ve done it now 3x) have to go retrieve the dog when he gets out repeatedly.
...resentment is jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-53113841454870992952023-06-21T15:52:00.003-07:002023-06-21T15:52:55.055-07:00zzzzzzzzzzzzzsore, owowow, sore
sleepy
old agejenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-39978315605120913852023-05-16T15:03:00.003-07:002023-05-16T15:21:50.488-07:00hello. stomp stomp stomp. and a tiny house. and travels.don't know if anyone reads this blog anymore, but i still like writing on it @ times. i think i'm finally getting a pretty nice tiny house for the hill above the house. we'll see; fingers crossed. and maybe the vintage trailer will go for a good cause. pingers crosst. school is winding down & i'm actually home today due to being lately fairly ill in the head (physical, not mental). hope i'm not jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-69244706575628065122023-04-22T20:48:00.002-07:002023-04-22T20:49:15.362-07:00zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzoh boy, so tired. realized that since before easter break, i've been home 24 hours only 3x. need more rest!! here are the pix run & the article from cesareo, published in the bakersfield californian newspaper about last night's show. we had a great crowd, & this article was partially why. mare see, c!
The Stompers, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Pour House Bar & Grill, 4041 Fruitvale Ave.
James and Jennyjenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-7985143836066821002023-04-10T20:22:00.005-07:002023-04-10T20:25:53.058-07:00stompstompstompstompsaturday at the doll hut, james was in highest form, a god on the stage, a superhero, an icon! he was a big whoaaaa. we made it back to kern county for easter with the family. we were home today on frazier mountain working on the house. i put up the patio again & took a little sauna. tomorrow school resumes.
as does the music. now here we go! our combo renamed & restamped! i hear pour house has jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-50062636530267192432023-03-02T13:38:00.016-08:002023-03-02T14:03:23.779-08:00what i did during the bizzardlast thurs we left work early bc the blizzard was said to be incoming. fri was no school, only some snow, but the roads here get icy & the buses can't roll. all students in our district are bussed unless parents take them via car. no buses = no school district-wide. one route is a 45 min ride to-from school, to an alpine mountain "club." its only in-out access (unless folks want to go around, jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-33387712494942971122023-01-30T13:54:00.008-08:002023-01-30T14:01:02.360-08:00foe toes & follow-up for some reason i have to log out, log into work account, open google photos, screenshot, THEN i'm able to upload pix here. cumbersome. i'm sure it's bc my work account has swallowed up my pc. i don't care much except it's a p.i.t.a. when i want to post pix to this blog here ... to follow up on below's crazy-lady entry, the trip to sf wasn't all horrible. the hotel was really nice & should've jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-3004731322117526482023-01-30T13:33:00.005-08:002023-01-31T21:26:56.102-08:00blablablablablablablablablablablablablablablahaven't written in a long while, tho much has happened, as i'd bet it has in your life, too. today it snowed & snowed! then the sun came out bringing turquoise heaven to earth. lately i've had a lot of the blues from the cold; they call it s.a.d., tho i wonder if people outside the so-called "1st world" suffer it? a lot of my suffering is cultural, i think, tho some be genetics... last night we jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-75035495149146567252022-12-17T09:03:00.003-08:002022-12-17T09:16:00.712-08:00Sitting is the new smoking, or why our dad always has been so slim(dictated via speech to text, which mean errors are to follow! does anyone else think the creators of voice typing are germanic, due to the system's excessive noun capitalization?) we have had a free little library outside our pad for a couple years now, & it's gotten pretty battered by the elements, but it endures as a local mini-fixture. the current one, just a big box I painted with waterproofjenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-88863950813049498602022-10-16T11:17:00.003-07:002022-10-16T11:17:45.453-07:00kind, truthful, necessaryjust wrote a big dispatch about this dumb bird that keeps pecking the window & somehow that morphed into writing about the horrifying fact that the jeffrey dahmer netflix series is #1 with viewers which means children are watching it, & i know that bc one of my 5th grade students mentioned it, & that is just scary & sickening to consider.
tho when i was little, i was drawn to the muerte jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-15109279782010445702022-10-09T17:49:00.004-07:002022-10-09T17:49:52.254-07:00death and...i just did our damn taxes. late, but w/one wk to spare.
dear god!!!!
why?!?!?!?!
i'm not an outlaw like aunty rita & uncle henry, who didn't pay their taxes for yrs...
should feel relieved, but i'm just exhausted!!!!!! what a pain in the a**!!!!!!
that is all for now except that i have lost 10 lbs & we did get our little old man, joe louis page, arthritic canine extraordinarius, or as dad called jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-29452391830507415192022-08-27T12:22:00.002-07:002022-08-27T12:26:27.151-07:00hello!-i haven't blogged in some time, so will check in now. am looking at how to build a boulder retaining wall. interesting stuff! there are lots and lots of rocks and boulders around here, but i don't have a skip loader or anything like that, so need to think on it some more. railroad ties would be dramatic, but they're not common to locate.
-anyways, mama gave me this computer w a larger screen, sojenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220214.post-44141270436808551432022-07-17T12:17:00.004-07:002022-07-17T12:26:01.599-07:00go see Elvis. now.https://ew.com/movies/elvis-austin-butler-cover-story/ I was surprised when James said he wanted to see this because judging from the trailer, it looked bombastic and embarrassing, at least to me. The young actor didn't look enough like Elvis, Tom Hanks's prosthetics looked clownish, and the use of anachronistic music and vulgar style just seemed so gross. So we went and saw it and all I can say jenny pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984538613353556170noreply@blogger.com0