Jennifer Griggs

Saint Louis University, Attended 1995 - 1999, Class of 1999, Bachelor's Degree, Fine Arts- Studio Art

sleep technologist....

The Early 80s Preservation Society.

art, education, HIV awareness education, research, music, dark-n-spooky stuff, Goth subculture, EBM, electro, synthpop, industrial, sleep!

Favorite book by far is "Till We Have Faces" by CS Lewis (do not be frightened by his religious tendencies- it's a great book, dammit!). Also a big fan of anything classic (Shakespeare, Chaucer, ee cummings, Jane Austen, etc.)

Amadeus, Shakespeare in Love, Tous les matins du monde, The Dreamlife of Angels, High Art, The Virgin Suicides, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Penny Seranade, Gone With The Wind, Trainspotting, Donnie Darko

Well, the top five are as follows: Jesus Jones, Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Beatles, and Tori Amos. Others include Apoptygma Berzerk, VNV Nation, Wolfsheim, de/vision, Pulcher Femina, Miranda Sex Garden, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, The Who, local to STL, etc.

I don't watch TV.

Someone once said, "I wonder what being inside Jen's head
is like." Another replied, "Probably like a full-on LSD
trip." I'm pretty much your textbook Sagittarian (and, as
my former roommate Gisele explained, "YOU ARE SO TWELFTH
HOUSE!"), in that I'm generally adventurous, ambitious,
sarcastic, fleeting, loyal as hell, protective, full of
myself and I don't give a fuck what anyone really thinks
about me. I try hard to be a good
person/friend/girlfriend/advocate...sometimes too hard.
However, I feel that my intentions are good, and I'm
generally alright with making mistakes in the interim.

I work as a sleep technologist (meaning I work at night- DUH!). This doesn't bode well for
a regular social schedule, but I seem to make do alright.
I am a woman of faith. I am a Christian (which most
people
don't believe when I tell them the fifth time, let alone
the first time), but I practice in a way that makes
logical, emotional and spiritual sense to me (read: I incorporate prior adventures in faith- predominantly paganism- into the practice of Christianity. If it doesn't make sense, you probably just don't get it). Religion
cannot exist in a vacuum, and I'm not about to subject
myself to following everything some old dude translated 50
different times to a "t".

I'm really wordy. ;)

Someone who doesn't suck.

Someone who likes curvier girls with an au natural rack.

Someone who can carry on a conversation involving their
own
experiences, their own thoughts, their own beliefs, and
not
make it sound like it's been rehearsed a zillion times.

Someone who likes to go out and have fun, alone or with a
bunch of folks.

Someone who believes that art and music are languages as
legitimate as the one you read right now.

Again, someone who doesn't suck.