32 things
(about Jennifer
Trinkle)
1. Despite trying them every year, despite the
fabulous selections at the farmer’s market in the
summer, I don’t like melons.
2. When I volunteered for a Washington, DC
vegetarian society, I never told them that I wasn’t
a vegan and would have been kicked out if I
mentioned that I ate fish on occasion.
3. Although we do have a television, I don't watch
it, despite the fact that we've had mysterious
cable access in our last two rentals.
4. I got my license at 26ish, but
I still
don’t drive.
5. I sometimes have dreams about driving.
6. Anthony
Bourdain gave me a gift certificate to
Les Halles on live television after I won a
cooking contest.
7. I hate to lose connections to people from my
past, no matter how tenuous.
8. Cats make my eyes itch. They bring on a
multitude of sneezes. Maybe even trigger my asthma
attacks.
9. I’ve lived with a changing cast of at least two
cats almost my entire life.
10. My attempts to use Jenna, my family nickname,
outside of the fold have been unsuccessful.
11. Really, if you don’t call me Jenna, please call
me Jennifer.
12. I can bring up the right 80s alternative music
lyric for almost any situation.
13. I’ve seen Robyn
Hitchcock on stage twice, though I’m not
a particular fan.
14. Sometimes, when I’m home alone, I listen
to Ted
Nugent.
15. When I was in San Francisco in late 2004 for my
restaurant internship, I flew home to Washington,
DC for a two-night trip just to see the
Pixies.
16. I also saw them six months later, when I was
seven months pregnant.
17. Punk music was the soundtrack of my life for a
long time. I knew my now-husband was a good match
after we watched a movie that included the song
Viva Las Vegas. As we were leaving the theater I
told him “Every time I hear that song I …” He
finished the sentence, “think of the
Dead
Kennedys version?” That’s right.
18. I’m beginning to think that if being an only
child was good enough for me, it might be good
enough for my son.
19. Somehow, maybe through good tooth genes, lots
of flossing, and liberal use of mouthwash, I have
never had a cavity.
20. There is no such thing as a flow of words for
me. I even reread and edit my blog comments or
Facebook status updates until I am satisfied and
even then worry that I've come across in an
unintended way.
21. I once had a Secret
security
clearance.
22. Although I went to culinary
school,
cooking totally disinterests me right now. I
could probably live off of tortillas, avocados,
and cheddar cheese at the moment.
23. I love a good
realistic ghost story.
24. I spend way too much time thinking about the
meaning of life and the inevitability of death.
25. Maybe this preoccupation is why I don’t go to a
lot of parties.
26. For somebody who has listed several things
about music, I don’t listen to enough of it, or get
out enough to see live shows.
27. I have never seen an episode of Friends and can
count on one hand the number of times I've seen
Seinfeld.
28. Since I was a child, I have loved old-time
radio programs and still tune in on the Internet to
Ed Walker's The Big
Broadcast out of WAMU in Washington, DC.
29. Though I am generally shy, there was a time
when I was wild, dance-on-the-bar wild,
The Lost
Weekend wild.
30. I will listen to a song over and over again
when I have it stuck in my mind.
31. My mother and I talk on the phone almost every
day.
32. I feel incredibly lucky to have a husband who
supports my writing.