Has anyone seen that movie, Elizabethtown. The character of Kirsten Dunst, Claire, mentioned about being a student of names. Basically, she can tell the personality of a person by their names. I wanted to be a Claire, optimistic, loves life. Ellen’s are bitchy, and Mitch, everybody wants to be Mitch’s friend.

I am a Jenn. And the movie didn’t mention anything about being a Jenn. So with trusty google, I searched what it means to be a Jenn.

According to this site :

1) Your first name is marked with the sense of reality, efficiency, perseverance, and stakes its happiness on tranquility. 2) You almost always yearn for a possession 3) You resemble a plow ox, which is peaceful, slow, stuck in its habits, but capable of displaying considerable force and accomplishing a useful task patiently. 4) You feel all deprivation very acutely. 5) Stubbornness, which is one of your main characteristics, precludes all possibility of compromise. 6) Your courage and patience are legendary. 7) Your existence is centered on an immense love for life and on its pleasures.

Oookkaay. That’s encouraging and almost true specially the stubborness part, but I think you better know a Jenn from someone who’s been using Jenn as a nickname for nearly a decade. (Hey, I didn’t have a sassy nickname all my life, I’ve had nicknames that people mentions twice and I’ve had that one with the “H”, weird ass parents!)

I would like to say music is my passion, but the truth is, it’s not. I love listening to music but I don’t see myself listening to music all the time. Like everybody else I like singing in the shower and hum in public places to embarass me but I keep on singing the same type of songs, too high for my range and karaoke-ish. If I’m in the mood, I listen to anything from pop-jazz. I prefer adult alternative, classic rock and country though. When I’m sad, I don’t listen at all, I’d rather watch torrents. I love movies and tv, I’d watch anything aside from sports. I don’t have the patience for it. But I love sugary movies, sweet, fun and something that will make me feel good. I also cry a lot while watching. I hate suspense films, I don’t want to be surprised. I love tacky horror movies though because I can watch it. I love advertisements, tv, billboards, radios. It helps me believe that there are a lot of talented, creative people out there. I enjoy collecting those brochures given away at malls, specially for real estates. I love reading the buy and sell section of any newspaper or forums. I enjoy reading anything, I wish tissue papers have short stories in them. I love useless trivias, true crime stories and funny quotes. I love surfing the net, stumbleupon, flickr, crimelibrary.com are just some of my favorite websites. Pinoyexchange.com is the only forum I’m active at. I love my pets, they make me happy. I have a cat, 2 rabbits and 4 dogs that I share with a couple of people. I am weird, reserved and aloof but once I get to know a person I become a loudmouth who can’t keep her opinion to herself. I envy a lot of people and want to be like them. I’m spontaneous and I surprise even myself when I ask people questions and talk to them about things that I do not know about.

I owned a lot of blogs in the past, but I hate sharing about my life. What I am doing with another blog is still beyond me.

So if you are reading this, give me something to talk about and I’d be glad to talk to you about it.

I am fickle-minded, I like arguments but I’m also quite mellow so sometimes I let people I know get away with things. If I’m in the mood though and people mess with me specially when I’m in an unfamiliar place, I talk back to people. I get into arguments with security guards and drivers who are just doing their job. But I hate it when they think they know everything and takes advantage of me. I never curse them, but I let them know they’re wrong. The meanest thing I’ve done is vandalizing a taxi leather seat. The nicest thing I’ve done is leave 50 pesos and a note to an fx driver who’s having a bad day (he’s snotty) saying, “Manong, mukhang hindi maganda ang gising nyo, eto 50 pandagdag sa kita.” When I get off, my bracelet was snatched from my wrist. Hahaha!

I’m bad at numbers. I know the months of special occasions but I always miss the dates. I enjoy shopping for gifts, but too shy to give them away. Really, I’m thoughtful deep inside but I get really awkward giving gifts to people.

I do not like shopping for myself. I feel like I’m cheating myself into saying I love shopping clothes like every other girls, but I don’t like it. I hate seeing nice clothes that I can’t have because they don’t have it my size. I was embarassed by a gay salesperson once, saying the skirt I wanted to fit won’t look good on me because I’m too big so he told me to go to the “large” section. And I was 20lbs lighter then than now! I forgave him, after shedding a tear or two.

I like travelling. If I have the resources I would stop working and travel. It’s not a lost cause, I am working on it. I would like to travel by train from Singapore to Europe. It’s possible but I need a lot of money for it. My dream destination is Greece. Before I die I would ride the Gondola with someone I love.

This is just one Jenn. I am not saying all the Jenn’s in the world are like me, but wouldn’t it be so cool if that’s the case?

Now, if Claire describes all the Jenns in one word, I think she’ll go back to one of the words above. Jenns are truly, undoubtedly, STUBBORN. Believe me.