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Jenni Hammitt

Jennifer Hammitt is an Ohio native transplanted to Indianapolis. Jennifer currently lives int Indiana's capital with her four birds. She works in the education sector and is a freelance writer for several websites including Associated Content and Rain Tiger. She also has a novel and novella published through lulu.com.

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It is really that hard to get copies?

Do you remember that scene in Dream for an Insomniac where Frankie (Ione Skye) is telling the group about her horrendous trip to Kinko’s that day. I cannot even begin to give her rendition ju...

Friday Update

I’ve updated my actual website. I will probably make a few additional changes as time allows. For now you can see the new and improved site at: http://jenniferhammitt.blogspot.com/ . ...

Never Say Never

I was never a Karaoke person. I was not exactly sold on getting up in front of people and singing, but then I met these guys. After sitting back and being a spectator at a few shows, I couldn't help b...

My First Business Trip

Recently, I took my first business trip. Yes, after five long years at my place of employment, I had my first out of state conference. Woohoo! It was an awesome experience. Plus it was in Chicag...

What was I thinking??

Chicago was fun. I was great to just get away for a few days. Tuesday was sort of a rough day, so being able to escape even for just a day or two was fabulous. The conference was great. The hote...

Friends

This weekend I had a mixed bag of emotions. On one hand, I had three of my friends really step it up and be there for me when I really needed it. It isn’t that I EVER thought badly of said f...

4/1 writing update

Associated Content Page View Count: 51,134…yes that is up over 1,000 from 3/25. I need to keep this up so I am going to have to hammer out at least three good articles over the next couple...

The Real Me

Sometimes feel like the real me is trapped. The real me is happy. She loves people. She loves to laugh. She knows that she is beautiful and she isn’t obsessed about her weight. She likes ...

Meeting new people

Where do you fit In the big scheme of things, all people really want is to fit in. Yeah, we might want to find our “one” or to find the perfect jobs, or make tons of money, but...

If I could make my own t-shirt

Sayings I Would Put On A T-Shirt Current mood: sleepy It is Thursday...we are almost though the work week...I figured something quasi-funny would be in order. Here are my Top Ten Sayings that s...

Hiding

Another day is gone. I sit alone with my thoughts and my fears. Some say I’m too hard on myself…I think I’m just honest. I wait for my day to come half heartedly. I ...

Business Mayhem

We are officially over 50,000 Page Views on Associated Content. There were a few glitches this month that lowered the over all Page Views, but I am still happy to have reached this Benchmark consid...

Happy Easter and Hatchday

Today was exhausting, but great. Of course it is Easter! My family made there way out here to do Easter dinner (the usual Hammitt dinner, ham, potato salad, green bean casserole...). Getting eve...

Ten Rules to Live By

1) We are all adults here (well legally with the exception of Nicole), and we are all responsible for our own choices and actions. 2) It doesn’t matter what I or anyone else thin...

Novel update

Okay, the new novel has a working title: Omission I think it is fitting because that is the issue at the heart of this story. the whole storyline is based around the unconventional relationship...

Letting go

This seems to be a reoccurring theme in many of my friends’ lives right now, and it has really made me think about the subject. People suck in general. We do. I’m sorry I&...

one year later

What a difference a year makes. Had someone told me a year ago, this is what my life would look like, I never would have believed them. Please do read that opening statement as a "woe to me" type...

Facebook vs Pet Owners

A while ago a friend sent me a link to one of those Myspace survey sites. The fact he sent me the link didn’t surprise me, but the survey I found did. It was a survey to complete for your pe...

Making Sense of my Randomness

Welcome to another moment of introspection courtesy of my sleep deprived ranting. I sometimes spend too much time in my head. I think way too much and sometimes I think I may even put more meanin...

Picking Names...

Ok folks, I'm working on two new fiction pieces. One of the down falls of writing, is that I have to come up with names for the characters. With the girls I write about, it usually isn't an issue....

Great Bar, Bad Waitresses

Just FYI: If you are a waitress, and some one tells you they want to tab out, please get the said person their tab. That usually means they are getting ready to go home. Do NOT disappear fo...

Options

Okay randomness here: I just saw a survey created for you post on your PET'S myspace. Seriously, I've jokesd that my boys have thier own accounts and that is what they do all day, and as I JOKE i m...

Just a look at life

NO one ever pays attention to the plain girl. No one notices the fat girl. No one sees the girl brimming with “great personality” who wants nothing more than to stop being invisible. ...

pet adoption

This weekend I spent quite a bit of time in various pet stores. As we looked at the animals in all these pet store chains, my heart sank. I knew all of those little guys needed homes. I knew they...

Ode to the Sidekick

Every time you go out with your friends, you are convinced you are there for two reasons: Comic relief and to keep them out of trouble. You are the voice of reason, and the one who is nice enough to n...

What You Don't Know

What you don't know...I hear what you say about others, and I wonder if you think that about me.When I spend the time to make myself look as nice as I can, it hurts even more when I'm ignoredI would n...

The Drama Cycle

It seems like there is always some drama going on. However, really it is the same drama replaying over and over again. It is like a bad reoccurring story line where the characters may change slightly,...

Cutting the Drama

One day I woke up and found myself in the middle of this drama. I wasn't sure how I ended up there, but I knew I wasn't happy. I had worked too hard to be myself and to start to be okay with being me ...

Painfully Awkward

It would be great if we could just erase those moments that broke our hearts. If there were a reset button that made us forget it ever happened. When you are trying to just live, and find the good in ...

Diet Pill Quandry

She sat alone at her kitchen table. Another weekend was over, and she was looking to the week ahead. She was sick of being the caretaker. Her "great personality" would only get her so far. She yearned...

Why I Love My Wall

Everything was fine. To the rest of the world it may not have made sense, but it worked for me. I had accepted where I was in life. I knew my place, and I knew that I needed to be grateful for wh...

Hey Indianapolis! Learn To Drive

It is just a typical Midwestern winter’s day. You look out your window and you see a light dusting of snow on the ground and covering your car. You plan to give yourself maybe fifteen more m...

cell phone 101

I love my cell phone. Yes…I can’t imagine my life without it at times. My friends and family have access to me pretty much 24/7. This is admittedly a blessing and a curse. Yes, I lik...

I'm pretty simple to follow....really

It really isn’t that hard to figure out… The only things ask of people are these: 1) Be honest 2) Please, do not be fake 3) When I’m upset…don’...

Why Valentine's Day is Bad

I’ve never been a big fan of Valentine’s Day. I mean I get the whole it used to be a pagan holiday. Basically it was a tribute to one of their Pagan gods. The names of women would be...

When your Parents Move

When I was twenty, my parents decided they were moving. They weren’t moving out of the town I grew up in. Actually they just were moving down the street, but still I was devastated. I was b...

Healthcare Issues

Insurance companies really need have a reality check. No, this isn't one of those we need to have a more socialized system like France, or anti that tirades. It is just sad to see how the insurance co...

Wallow or Move On

Life is all about the choices we make. Sometimes we make the right choices and sometimes we make the wrong choices. Even when we make the right choices, there still might be negative consequences. Jus...

Ode to the Laudromat

My apartment complex is gutting the main office building. Our laundry room is located in that building so it is out of commission until March. I will be the first to admit that the laundry room as...

Five Rules to Live By

1) Just be you. Don't change just to gain approval. Even if you do, there are no guarantees there will be a positive result. If you lose friends or they aren't as accepting of you for who yo...

Hey University of Michigan...stop whining

I went to Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI. I spent four years living in the shadow of the great University of Michigan (a painful thing for this Ohio State fan). Don't get me wrong. I had...

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