Starlite Dance Studio

I so wish I was these girls!
Why was I never put into dance.

Such a hot day, and so many dancers, I had such a hard time choosing photos.

So much so, I think Im going to ask a few of these girls to come and do another shoot with me :)











Hope you like.

jr

The Step Sisters

Their my step sisters Charlotte and Mallory.

And we did a 5 minute photoshoot at the bridge near my moms house on Easter weekend.





xo
jr

June 26 2010...COMING SOON

Nicole and Adam

These were from a long long time ago, but I still remember our trip to Niagara Falls like yesterday.
While looking through these pictures all I could do it laugh at how cute they are.
So in love :)








Their joking btw hehe



jr

March

Always kiss me goodnight.

jr

Olivia is 4 :)

Olivia is my precious little sweetheart and she is now 4 years old.

Such a tiny little baby, such a tiny little girl.



But this one has a personality like no other, Olivia will out talk and out smart 50 years olds guaranteed. You cant put anything past her, so you shouldnt even try. Which is just like her mom Julie, THE funniest person I know and my should be sister.




jr

His sweet sweet words

Mechanic's son

I washed my hands
as best I could
or ever had before then.
I scrubbed under my nails,
the beds of my cuticles,
the webbing of my fingers--
with my prints on her skin
I tried to wash them away
from my fingertips
to let them belong to someone else,
and to let other hands wander like mine
and recreate my memories
and claim them as their own
and have me free from them
and leave me well enough alone.
My signature is branded onto her
porcelain skin, burned pink.
Her porcelain skin
is draped over almost silk sheets
and draped over her is him,
heavy and think
he heaves his weight,
shifting it from his left to right
hard hand and calloused fingers
still dirty like those of a
mechanic's son.

By: Paul Allard

His blog.
You will enjoy...

jr

Breakbot

Baby Im Yours --- click it

I know you want too

Whats Magic?

Because my uterus is bleeding

Alone in thought

I was bored today, sitting in a clean apartment which I have wanted for a while.
Always thought that my scattered brain was partly due to living the way I do. In a mess no one else could understand. A mess that some people stood back in amazement, and others just said “Jen I dont care” and I believed them.

I feel a sense of great satisfaction looking around my place with a permanent contented smile on my face, but weirdly enough with everything put back in its place, no dishes in the sink or clothes on the floor, it feels empty, just lots of space. I had forgotten how big a place I actually had, as the mess seemed to cave all the walls in.

The emptiness got me thinking and wondering about the people I let into my mess.
Some or one I will always be thinking about.



My Aunt gave me a birthday card a while back of a young girl on a chair looking out the window, I have been meaning to frame it for years. It sits beside my TV and I notice it almost everyday, but today decided to see what she had written years ago.
All it said was..

Alone in thought

Happy Birthday to a classy girl,

Love,
Aunt Susie

Thanks Aunt Susie :)

jr

Friday with myself...

What is there to do with no phone and no facebook?

....other then pour myself a glass of wine.

jr

“What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction.”

Chuck Palahniuk

Books to Bars

Ive known Scott Paige for a little while now, but I just recently found out that Scott is a huge supporter of the Hamilton community. Most recently running a summer camp for boys in Hamilton.

The one thing I have always known about him is he is a talented singer/song writer. So much so my own mother wont let him walk by without asking him to sing. He is now putting both his talents together in support of the Books to Bars program in Hamilton. All books donated will go directly to Southern Ontario prisons, and can be dropped off at many bars around Hamilton (the list is in the link below)

Books to Bars Facebook Page

Scott will be singing at the Books to Bars Benefit Show January 24th at Corktown. COME!!!!!




And listen to the reason why my mom loves him here

Enjoy!
jr

Dear Women Im Sorry

Thursday January 7th was an awesome night in Hamilton because of Paul Allard and The Dear Women Im Sorry Fundraiser.

I didnt have my camera for some regretful reason, but the night was amazing and so was everyone that was apart of it.

Paul had everyone listening to his every word. Hopefully he will do it again soon!

Check out his stuff here-Dear Women Im Sorry




Watch!

Watch! careful eyes compelled to be carefree
to bear witness;
to bear children's views on adult situations;
to not bear the burden of boredom
or to be blinded by the details;
the glistening engagement ring
finding its way down the drain.

Watch! behind your eyelids what exists
inside of a blink
the little vignette played out in front of you
that, like deja vu
seems to repeat confused;
the glistening engagement ring
finding its way down the drain.

Engaged to the idea of exploration
of making maps of ourselves
to never get lost along the way
to refrain from the poisons that made us
feel like ourselves even with
the glistening engagement ring
finding its way down the drain.

Paul Allard

A Rankin Christmas

I did some christmas pictures for Amanda and Tara a while back.
I believe my fingers fell off and Amanda's legs turned blue, but Tara didnt even say a word about the cold.

The sun was perfect and so were they :)






jr

Ok I've been slacking

new year, new attempt

I am a super lazy person and have pictures but just havent bothered to upload them.
Either way, I should be taking more, because its the only way to improve.

Friends of mine have taken on the 365 project (a picture a day for a year), and honestly I know I wont do it. As lazy as I am my life is quite busy now for some reason, and I enjoy it.

Soooo Im gonna try to upload something 3 times a week, which is what I set out to do before. But this time its going to happen.

Promise.

jr